The best Chinese New Year food and drink gifts

This year, acclaimed local chef May Chow launched her eponymous brand, May Chow, and also released a colourful collection of festive cakes that’ll put a smile on your face. Delight in creative cake flavours like purple sweet potato with taro, golden salted egg yolk and pumpkin, beetroot and turnip, and a classic turnip cake – all loaded with sun-dried shrimp, shiitake mushrooms, dried conpoy, and rose wine sausages. If you’re craving something sweet, chef Chow’s CNY collection also offers a sticky red date glutinous rice cake and a matcha coconut cake. 

Price: From $108 and up
Where to buy: https://shop.maychow.com/en_HK/

Fortnum & Mason has released a wide range of celebratory treats for you and your loved ones to enjoy. First of all, there’s the brand’s Lunar New Year biscuit selection or chocolate plaque. They’re also offering several hampers and gift boxes full of popular treats like shortbread cookies, sparkling tea, sweets, and chocolates, among others.

Price: From $188 and up
Where to buy: Fortnum & Mason’s flagship location at K11 Musea

The Peninsula Boutique

This Chinese New Year, The Peninsula Boutique has released a gorgeous collection that’s sure to get you in the festive spirit. Munch on traditional puddings in flavours such as red date and ginger juice or turnip pudding with whole abalone, and dip into treats like cookies and chocolates from the hotel boutique’s goodie box. Don’t forget to add other holiday treats to your shopping carts, such as loose tea leaves, palmiers, cookies, and bountiful hampers. 

Price: From $168 and up
Where to buy: peninsulaboutique.com/hk/en

Spread joy with Rosewood Hong Kong’s celebratory collection of seasonal goodies. Shoppers can browse the hotel’s website to find festive gifting options like candy boxes chock full of snacks, traditional turnip cakes and puddings, a limited-edition gift set, various hampers, and plenty more. What’s more, The Legacy House will offer showstopping entrées like poon choi and fu gui chicken – both of which would be great additions to your festive meals. Finally, Butterfly Patisserie has whipped up a collection of sweet treats decorated with lucky shades of red and gold, as well as Chinese motifs such as gold ingots and traditional paper lanterns.

Price: From $98 and up
Where to buy:rosewoodhkshop.com

This year, premium cognac brand Hennessy has collaborated with Chinese fashion designer Shuting Qiu to give the brand’s iconic V.S.O.P, X.O, and Paradis cognac bottles a holiday makeover. Using the three distinct cognac blends as inspiration, Qiu has created unique designs that reflect each cognac’s characteristics. Firstly, the V.S.O.P has a gorgeous matte red coating and is adorned with vibrant floral motifs, as well as a textured snake slithering across the bottle’s label and box. As for Hennessy’s X.O cognac, Qiu has refreshed the bottle by giving it a gorgeous blue to red ombré and decorating the bottle’s label with a multicoloured snake design, which is replicated on the bottle’s box. Finally, the exclusive limited-edition Paradis cognac features a glossy red coating with a large embossed snake pattern, along with a soft leather collar and a glass cork, making it a true collector’s item not to be missed. 

Price: From $688 and up
Where to buy: https://hk.hennessy.com/

To usher in the Year of the Snake, Dashijie has released a lineup of traditional cakes that will be wonderful gifting options. Sink your teeth into the all-new Ocean Treasures daikon radish cake,  which comes filled with ingredients like sakura shrimps and dried shrimps. Other savoury cake options include X.O sauce radish cake with Chinese ham, vegetarian radish cake with porcini mushrooms, and taro cakes. Alternatively, this local brand has also whipped up sweet cake options like coconut glutinous rice cake, ginger and brown sugar cake, and water chestnut cake. Finally, Dashije brings back its beloved arrowhead and taro chips, which make for great snacks to munch on during the holidays. 

Price: From $168 and up
Where to buy: https://www.dashijie.com.hk/

Make your Chinese New Year extra sweet by savouring Godiva’s holiday chocolates. This year, the brand has released five CNY-exclusive chocolates and nine festive gift boxes, all adorned with auspicious designs such as flowers, fireworks, and snake-inspired Ruyi knots. Purchase the limited-edition chocolates to delight in irresistible creations like almond apricot dark chocolate, lemon white chocolate, strawberry caramel milk chocolate, and more. If you want to share these holiday treats with your loved ones (or have them all to yourself), Godiva’s festive gift boxes will add a touch of luxury and sweetness to your celebrations.

Price: From $329 and up
Where to buy: All Godiva locations across Hong Kong and on Godiva’s website

Luxury tea brand Tea WG marks the season by releasing a limited edition Snake Charmer tea blend. This festive release combines rich black tea leaves with warm spices, citrus zest, dried pineapple, and marigold blossoms to create a harmonious blend of flavours – perfect for a warming cuppa with your loved ones during the festive period. 

Price: $388 
Where to buy: All Tea WG locations across Hong Kong

In celebration of the Lunar New Year, Japanese beer brand Asahi Super Dry partners with Japanese model and product brand Teradamokei to release festive beer cans with a unique model kit-inspired design.  Each limited-edition can is decorated with bold designs in vibrant colours – red, yellow, and grey – and showcases intricate CNY-related iconography, including glowing lanterns and a striking large snake to represent prosperity and good fortune. Aside from being available for purchase in Hong Kong, Asahi’s limited-edition cans will also be released across the Asia-Pacific region in countries such as mainland China, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, and Vietnam.  Don’t miss the chance to celebrate the New Year with this premium Japanese beer!

Price: Subject to each vendor.
Where to buy: All Circle K and 7-Eleven locations across Hong Kong

Kick off the Year of the Snake with Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong’s exquisite range of products. Shoppers can find both sweet and savoury festive pudding options, such as ginger glutinous cake, Chinese turnip cake, or water chestnut cake. For something a bit bigger, the Gourmet Chinese Hamper is sure to impress with items like premium Champagne, red wine, homemade X.O sauce, candied walnuts, abalone, dried mushrooms, and plenty more. Alternatively, the hotel’s Chinese Gift Box presents auspicious treats like assorted pralines, preserved Chinese sausages, loose oolong tea leaves, and a glutinous rice cake.

Price: From $73 and up
Where to buy: hongkong.mandarinorientalshop.com

Say goodbye to eating dodgy chocolate coins and elevate your celebrations with Venchi’s exquisite festive chocolates this Chinese New Year. This year, the premium chocolatier’s gift boxes are elaborately decorated with vibrant colours and a large multicoloured geometric snake design, all of which will evoke festive spirit. From smaller gift boxes for personal enjoyment to larger-than-life hampers complete with premium Veuve Clicquot Champagne, Venchi’s collection of celebratory treats will brighten your festive gatherings during CNY.

Price: From $188 and up
Where to buy: All Venchi locations across Hong Kong and on Venchi’s website

Pamper the oenophiles in your life by gifting them one of Penfold’s wines in Year of the Snake exclusive packaging and gift boxes. Each holiday gift box features a bold golden snake against a vibrant red background, which captures the auspicious spirit of Chinese New Year. This year, customers can purchase delectable red wines including the full-bodied Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon 2022, the fruity and oaky Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2022, and the tannin-forward RWT Bin 798 Barossa Valley Shiraz 2022. No matter which variety you choose, Penfold’s holiday wines are sure to elevate all your festive gatherings this CNY.

Price: From $738 and up
Where to buy: Available at all Market Place and ParknShop locations, and selected retailers

In preparation for Chinese New Year, Spring Moon at The Peninsula Hong Kong has dropped its annual collection of celebratory treats. Find classic puddings in sweet flavours such as red dates and brown sugar, along with savoury options like turnip, water chestnut, and taro. The five-star hotel’s Cantonese restaurant also offers a Divine Treasures hamper, which comes with an array of tempting treats like various dried seafood, the restaurant’s signature X.O sauce, premium Chinese tea, and more. 

Price: From $418 and up
Where to buy: eshopphk.peninsula.com

Eaton Hong Kong’s one-Michelin-starred Cantonese restaurant, Yat Tung Heen, is prepared to please with its timeless turnip pudding and Chinese New Year puddings. Additionally, the restaurant also offers a signature gift box, which includes gourmet products like housemade premium X.O sauce, candied walnuts, and ginseng oolong tea leaves.

Price: From $268 and up
Where to buy: https://yattungheengifts.com/en 

Plan on knocking the socks off of your loved ones? Check out Yong Fu’s luxurious Chinese New Year gift set, which promises a treasure trove of premium food products. Create Ningbo-style fare at home with ingredients like ready-to-cook preserved Tibetan pork belly and a homemade thick green chilli sauce, or crack open tins of Zhejiang Zhuji Torreya nuts and shelled Lin’an walnuts. Additionally, the gift set includes two bottles of tangerine peel-infused Shaoxing wine from 2013, which will make for the perfect pairing during your festive meals.

Price: $888
Where to buy: Call the restaurant at 2881 7899 or via Whatsapp at 5573 1212

Make your lunar new year one to remember with Regent Hong Kong’s celebratory treats. Customers can delight in a savoury thick-cut turnip cake, or opt for a fragrant coconut milk-infused Chinese New Year pudding. While you can purchase the cakes as they are, Regent Hong Kong also offers its CNY cakes in various gift sets, which comes with items such as homemade X.O sauce, premium tea leaves, or even mini teaware sets.

Price: From $388 and up
Where to buy: regenthkshop.com