The Best Places To Dine Out For Chinese New Year

Looking for a splurge to treat your kin? 1 Michelin-starred specialty restaurant Summer Palace spares no expense for their ulta-extravagant $8,888 Grand Dynasty Menu.
Helmed by celebrated Chef Liu Ching Hai, Liu’s cooking philosophy aims to elevate Cantonese flavours with the freshest ingredients and contemporary culinary artistry.

Every dish in the nine-course spread is skillfully prepared using luxurious ingredients, such as Alaskan geoduck and fish roe in the yu sheng alone! Tuck into superior dried abalone, lobster, pacific garoupa, foie gras, crab and bird’s nest, before washing it down with 30-year premium aged Pu Erh tea. Kindly note that a three-day advanced order is required for this opulent feast.

Looking to usher in a Tiger year filled with abundance? Look no further than buffet options! At Ellenborough Market Café at Swissôtel Merchant Court, there are plently of CNY-related dining options to choose from. For an À La Carte Buffet Reunion Dinner (S$108++ for adults), expect delicacies such as hydrangea noodles with seafood sauce or fu zhou braised pork short ribs in red yeast rice.

Alternatively, try out the CNY Buffet Lunch (S$78++ for adults) consisting of braised duck with yam, freshly-roasted bak kwa with yuba salad, red grouper with preserved vegetables, and finally a vibrantly-coloured plate of prosperity yu sheng. For a lighter high tea option, the CNY High Tea Buffet Specials (S$58++ for adults) provides a mouth-watering assortment Chinese cookies, char siew, roasted smoked duck, mini abalones with chilli crab kueh pie tee, and many other delectable treats!

Looking for a more luxurious take on usual CNY fare? Luxuriate in the glamorous decor of Mott 32, while taking in the breathtaking Marina Bay city view as you tuck into a eight-course CNY set menu with the fam, starting from $188 per pax. Expect delicacies such as smoked salmon yusheng, double-boiled abalone & chicken soup and the main course — braised Boston lobster drizzled with butter lemon sauce.

Moving on to sweets, think pan-fried nian gao, or sweet rice cake, homemade red bean soup with aged tangerine peel & black sesame glutinous rice dumplings! For those looking to get inebriated, pair with pineapple tart made with butter-washed Remy Martin VSOP, yuzu sake, pineapple juice, condensed milk and lemon juice.

At Lai Huat Signatures, they’ve been dishing out scrumptious, beloved zi char delicacies for 70 years. For CNY, they’ve introduced delivery set menus starting from $308 for 5 pax for a basic CNY Family Set, which comes with Yu Sheng, beloved mains such as Lai Huat Sambal Fish and even dessert. Curry your family’s favour with their Claypot Curry Fish Head, which easily feeds up to 4 pax.

For a jaw-dropping centrepiece, their 11-ingredient Pen Cai Treasure Pot ($428) is packed with luxurious delicacies that are perfect for sharing! Think seafood goodies like scallops, sea cucumbers and fish maw.

Treat yourself to some succulent roast meats from Kam’s Roast! Their Golden Duck starts from $45++, prepared with a secret in-house marinade, coated in decadent 22-carat French gold flakes that symbolise fortune and wealth. The Golden Toro Char Siew is also a hot favourite — think pork belly char siew charred to tender perfection and flecked with edible gold flakes.

Think roast meats that don’t just taste good, but photograph beautifully as well! For more traditional dishes, their Treasure Pot is filled to the brim with an abundance of exquisite Chinese delicacies from the land and sea, such as abalone, fish maw, and their signature roast meats.