Where to get the best rice dumplings for Dragon Boat Festival 2024

This Dragon Boat Festival, Forty-Five’s Shanghainese restaurant, The Merchants, invites customers to indulge in their handcrafted rice dumpling sets ($318). Each dumpling is stuffed with succulent braised pork belly, Japanese shiitake mushrooms, Hokkaido dried scallops, salted egg yolks, and aromatic Jinhua ham. Get your hands on these mouth-watering dumplings on The Merchants’ website and collect them from the restaurant’s Landmark venue.

Spoil your family and friends for the upcoming Chinese festival by gifting them Spring Moon’s festive treats. Pick from options such as the deluxe rice dumpling ($418) filled with rosé wine-marinated pork, or the abalone sauce-marinated premium rice dumpling ($698). Those with a sweet tooth will enjoy the restaurant’s golden twins set ($348), which consists of one dumpling filled with lotus seed paste, and another stuffed with red date paste and lychee. If you want to impress, Spring Moon’s supreme glutinous rice dumpling set ($988) is loaded with traditional ingredients and comes with a jar of the restaurant’s signature XO chilli sauce. Find all of Spring Moon’s holiday goodies on The Peninsula’s e-shop.

Two Michelin-starred Chinese restaurant Lung King Heen at Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong has curated a selection of rice dumplings ahead of the Dragon Boat Festival. Share a hefty glutinous rice dumpling ($568) stuffed with whole abalone, dried conpoy, and plenty of other luxurious fillings. For those who want both sweet and savoury options, Lung King Heen offers a dumpling duo ($488), which comes with an osmanthus and sweet potato rice dumpling, as well as a whitebait, conpoy, and termite mushroom-stuffed dumpling. All these Dragon Boat Festival offerings will come with a portion of Yingde No.9 black tea, which is known for its rich aroma. Head to Four Seasons’ website to pre-order Lung King Heen’s rice dumplings before they’re gone.

Celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival with The Ritz-Carlton’s Hong Kong rice dumplings which are sure to get you in the festive spirit. Those who enjoy traditional flavours will appreciate the hotel’s deluxe rice dumpling stuffed with abalone, conpoy, and pork ($578). Alternatively, sweet-toothed customers will also relish in The Ritz-Carlton’s sweet rice dumpling duo ($418), which includes a Shanghainese-style sweet rice dumpling with lotus seed paste filling, as well as a red bean paste version with mandarin peel. Secure your orders for these exclusive rice dumplings on The Ritz-Carlton's e-shop. 

Michelin-starred Cantonese restaurant Yat Tung Heen at Eaton Hong Kong has whipped up two rice dumplings to honour the Chinese festival. The restaurant’s deluxe whole abalone rice dumpling with conpoy ($328) is chock-full of premium ingredients like roasted goose, aromatic mushrooms, and premium dried scallops. Alternatively, health-conscious customers can opt for the Omnipork vegetarian dumpling ($298), which includes flavourful foods like mushrooms and red kidney beans. Purchase your rice dumplings from Yat Tung Heen’s website.

Drum up the Dragon Boat cheer with Rosewood Hong Kong by treating your loved ones to The Legacy House’s rice dumplings. This year’s offerings come in a gift box ($598) which features a deluxe glutinous rice dumpling stuffed with luxurious fillings like abalone, Jinhua ham, mung beans, salted egg yolks, lotus seeds, and plenty more. The gift box also consists of a sweet dumpling, made with 24-year-old dried tangerine peel with sweetened red bean paste. Visit Rosewood Hong Kong’s website to buy The Legacy House’s rice dumplings before they’re gone!

This June, The Fullerton Ocean Park Hotel’s Chinese restaurant, Jade, has created three exquisite rice dumplings for customers to enjoy. With top-notch ingredients like a four-head South African abalone and Japanese conpoy, the Jade premium glutinous rice dumpling ($368) is sure to please. The restaurant also provides a healthy alternative to the traditional festive dish by offering the red quinoa vegetarian dumpling ($188), which contains mung beans, red rice, barley, adzuki beans, and peanuts. Finally, customers who prefer sweet treats will be delighted with the restaurant’s red bean paste dumpling ($168), which houses a creamy red bean filling within the bouncy glutinous rice exterior. Get your hands on Jade’s rice dumplings by visiting The Fullerton’s website.

Get ready for the Dragon Boat festivities by sharing Man Ho’s rice dumpling gift sets ($538 for thermal bag, $598 for gift box) with your friends and family. The Man Ho iteration of this classic Cantonese treat includes ingredients like dried abalone, tender pork belly, Korean chicken thighs, Hunanese lotus seeds, and Japanese shiitake mushrooms. The set also comes with Man Ho’s red bean and pork glutinous rice dumpling, which sees supreme Japanese red bean paste paired with soy-sauce seasoned pork belly and buttery salted egg yolk, all wrapped within a layer of chewy glutinous rice. Put down an order on JW Marriott’s website before May 31 to enjoy a 15-percent discount, and collect your dumplings at Man Ho from June 1 to 10. 

In anticipation of the upcoming festival, The Mira Hong Kong’s Chinese restaurant, Cuisine Cuisine, has released a rice dumpling duo ($468) made with premium quality ingredients. The pair consists of a savoury dumpling stuffed with South African 50-head dried abalone, salted egg yolk, and premium Jinhua ham; along with a sweet dumpling filled with Tokachi red bean, chestnut, and osmanthus. Cuisine Cuisine also offers a package where customers can purchase the dumpling duo along with the restaurant’s premium X.O sauce ($658). Place your orders for Cuisine Cuisine’s rice dumplings on The Mira’s e-shop.

This Dragon Festival, traditional Cantonese restaurant Tsui Hang Village has churned out a sweeping selection of rice dumpling packages (from $168 and up). Sink your teeth into dumplings boasting fillings like golden kumquat, Chinese ham with peanuts, as well as assorted ingredients like Japanese conpoy or shiitake mushrooms. Additionally, Tsui Hang Village has launched an auspicious rice dumpling duo ($238) in celebration of its 50th anniversary. Try the ginseng root and black Silkie chicken dumpling as well as a black glutinous rice and sweet potato dumpling in a set that comes packaged within a hand-woven grass bag. Find Tsui Hang Village’s rice dumplings by visiting The Mira’s e-shop.