Ring in CNY 2025 with these festive takeaway and delivery menus

The Year of the Snake is on the horizon, and it’s the time for festive decor, convivial gatherings, platters of yu sheng for lohei, and the planning of reunion dinners. For those looking to spend it in the comfort of your homes (and aren’t one to slave over the oven) with delicious CNY takeaway and delivery options, these are the places to have on your radar.

1. Goodwood Park Hotel Singapore

Goodwood Park Hotel’s award-winning restaurant brand Min Jiang, which has two restaurants, is back with tempting treats for a new year spread with your loved ones.

From Min Jiang, there’s the luxurious Double-boiled Abalone Soup with bouncy handmade crab meatballs, as well as fried eel fish maw, served in a claypot ($324.80 nett for six persons, includes pot). For a sumptuous pot brimming with goodies, order the Braised Whole Spring Chicken, Dace Fish stuffed in Radish, Goose Web and Sea Treasures in Pot ($422.90 nett for six persons, includes pot), which also comes with 8-head abalone, shiitake mushrooms, fried fish maw and more in a rich gravy.

At Min Jiang at Dempsey, its CNY takeaway delights include Double-boiled Chicken Soup with Abalone, Bamboo Pith stuffed with Japanese Eel & Handmade Shrimp Balls in Claypot ($324.80 nett for six persons, includes pot), and the new Typhoon Shelter Turbot Fish ($259.40 nett for six persons), which sees tender fish under a crisp, savoury blanket of fried garlic, shallot, and breadcrumbs.

Available for takeaway from The Deli, Min Jiang (Goodwood Park Hotel) and Min Jiang at Dempsey (7A & 7B Dempsey Road), from Jan 10 to Feb 12, 2025.

Visit Goodwood Park Hotel’s website for more information.

2. Wan Hao Chinese Restaurant, Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel

You can count on consistently good Chinese food from the award-winning Wan Hao Chines restaurant. For the festive occasion, it’s dishing up the Wan Hao Imperial Pot of Prosperity ($588 nett, serves 5 persons; $1088nett, serves 10 persons), a trad pen cai packed with collagen and rich nutrients. Think 3-head Australian abalone, premium conpoy, sea cucumber, crispy ‘Sha-jing’ oyster, goose feet and marinated Chinese wine free-range chicken.

It has a repertoire of new CNY dishes to satisfy hungry bellies too, like the crisp Roast Irish Duck marinated with Japanese bonito sauce (from $78 for half) to the Tea Smoked Chinese Rose Wine Soya Poached Chicken (from$35 for half) and the Barbecue Suckling Pig stuffed with Chicken Sausage and Glutinous Rice ($628, whole).

Also check out its yusheng offerings, with unique takes from a premium version with rock lobster, Japanese yellowtail, Hokkaido scallop and Sturgeon caviar ($288, large) to the Jamón Ibérico Ham with Rock Melon Yu Sheng (from $88, small).

For takeaways, pre-orders here. Walk-in purchases are also available at the Lunar New Year booth located at Hotel Forecourt from Dec 26, 2024 to Jan 28, 2025.

3. Man Fu Yuan, Intercontinental Singapore

If it’s an impressive pen cai you’re looking for, look no further than Man Fu Yuan’s Abundance Treasure Pot ($538 nett, serves up to five persons). The dish has an impressive smorgasbord of 18 ingredients, including unique offerings, such as six-head whole abalone, succulent rock lobster, premium sea cucumber, grilled unagi, dried whole scallop, dace fish ball, and preserved Kurobuta pork sausage. And instead of the traditional braising liquid, Man Fu Yuan’s pen cai comes with a sweet-savoury golden sauce. A stainless steel pot is provided too, so you can easily reheat and serve.

Complement it with other CNY takeaway treats, from the Eight Treasures Braised Chicken in Lotus Leaf ($98) to the Roasted Suckling Pig stuffed with preserved cured meat and five-grain glutinous rice. Of course, there’s yu sheng, too. Grilled unagi stars in the Abundance Yu Sheng (from $98) and the Prosperity Yu Sheng (from $138), drizzled with a tangy golden wafu and roasted sesame sauce.

 Available for pre-order from now until Feb 12, 2025. Order here.

4. Paradise Group

Your reunion dinner’s all sorted with The Abundance Takeaway Set ($338 for PGRMember; $368 for non-members) from Paradise Group, a crowd-favourite each year. This comes with Prosperity Abalone Yu Sheng (serves 8 persons), as well as a Grandeur Treasure Pot (serves 5 persons), Auspicious Salt-baked Herbal Chicken and Fortune Glutinous Rice with Conpoy and Chinese Sausage.

And if that’s not enough, you can get the Charred BBQ Pork with Honey Sauce (250g) at a top-up of $8 (U.P.$10.80).

Available for pre-order and collection at any Seafood Paradise, Paradise Dynasty, Canton Paradise and Paradise Classic restaurants excluding Canton Paradise Noodle & Congee House restaurants.

Collection available from Jan 9 to Feb 12, 2025, from 11.30am to 3pm on the eve of Chinese New Year (Jan 28, 2025), and from 11.30am to 8pm on other days. Items (except Prosperity Abalone YuSheng) are frozen at the point of collection and require reheating before consumption

5. Beauty In The Pot

If your fam is all about having hotpot for your reunion dinner, make it a fuss-free affair with Beauty In The Pot’s Reunion Takeaway Hotpot Set — it even comes with a dual-flavour pot and a portable gas stove (excluding gas canister)!

Sip on broth options such as the Beauty Collagen Broth, Spicy Nourishing Broth and Vitamin C Tomato Sweet Corn Broth. Then dive into over 20 fresh ingredients like the US Kurobuta Pork, Hokkaido Pork Belly, Fresh Red Leg Sea Prawn, Australian Fresh Scallop, and Ebiko Prawn Paste with Abalone and Black Moss.

Other tasty morsels include chive and pork dumplings, soft bone pork meatballs, prawn dumplings and chicken sausages.

Note: Soup base and food ingredients are frozen at the point of collection and require reheating before consumption.

$368 for eight persons. Available for pre-order and collection at all Beauty in The Pot restaurants from Jan 9 to Feb 12, 2025, from 11.30 am to 3pm on the eve of Chinese New Year (Jan 28, 2025), and from 11.30am to 8pm on other days.

6. Lao Huo Tang

Treat your fam to the hearty plates Lao Huo Tang has to offer this Chinese New Year. For hassle-free ordering, go for the CNY takeaway bundles available for groups of four, six or eight ($268 to $488). Otherwise, take your pick from festive dishes, from Wealth & Prosperity Pomfret ($49.80), Double Happiness Chicken Cutlet ($49.80, in cereal and honey lemon flavours), Wealthy Golden Big Prawn ($52.80) and Joyous Fragrance Honey Garlic Pork Rib ($46.80).

Of course, don’t skip on its lavish pen cai, the Abundance Fortune Treasure Pot ($238) with the likes of abalone, sea cucumber, fish maw, dried oysters, scallops, camellia mushrooms, and fish roe ‘fortune bags’ in premium abalone sauce.

Islandwide delivery and self-collection are available. Visit Lao Huo Tang’s website to pre-order or for more information.

7. Pan Pacific Singapore

Hai Tien Lo has elevated its pen cai offerings with two indulgent options that are perfect for celebrating the festive season in style. First up, the Hai Tien Lo Classic Treasure Pot (($368, serves six, and $588, serves 10), a sumptuous pot of eight-head abalone, bird’s nest, sakura chicken, wonton, dried scallops and more. Seafood lovers will want to opt for the indulgent Double Blessings Premium Treasure Pot ($628, serves 6, and $938, serves 10), packed with lobster, dried oysters, scallops, sea cucumber, eight-head abalone and roast duck.

For a party of six or eight, check out Hai Tien Lo’s Superior Treasure Set. ($828 for 6 servings, $1,288
for 10 servings). This has a Double Blessings Yu Sheng with Smoked Salmon and Crispy Silver Whitebait
Fish, a Double Blessings Premium Treasure Pot, Crispy Spring Chicken with Fragrant Minced Garlic, Premium XO Chilli Sauce with Dried Scallops, Chinese Taro Cake in Bamboo Basket. The set is complemented by a bottle of Changyu Noble Dragon N158 Red Wine 2022, the perfect toast to a prosperous new year.

Available for purchase through Pan Pacific’s eShop from now until Feb 12, 2025. Availablle for delivery or opt for self-collection at the Lunar New Year booth located on L1, available from Jan 8 to Feb 12, 2025, 10am to 8pm except for Lunar New Year’s Eve on Jan 28, 2025, where the latest collection time is at 5pm.

8. Yan

For reunions at home, Yan Cantonese restaurant has curated a Lunar New Year Family Feast ($108+ per person; minimum four persons) featuring a bounty of communal dishes. First toss to an auspicious new start with the Prosperity Salmon and Sakura Shrimps Yusheng, before moving on to Braised Six-Head Abalone with Dried Pork Tendons and Seasonal Vegetables, and Yan’s Traditional Cantonese Roasted Duck.

Continuing the feast, indulge in Steamed Cod Fillet with Minced Ginger and Spring Onion to signify abundance, then the hearty Wok-fried Glutinous Rice with Preserved Meat and Chinese Sausage – a classic that symbolises prosperity. Conclude your feast with Chilled Peach Resin with Osmanthus and Aloe Vera, as well as the quintessential nian gao.

Other popular takeaway options include the Roasted Suckling Pig (from $194+), Traditional Cantonese Roasted Duck (from $45+), Poached Chicken marinated with Chinese wine and Conpoy (from $40+), and Roasted Pork Belly ($20+ per portion).

The Takeaway Set Menu, Pen Cai and Prosperity Barbeque Signatures are available for collection from Jan 13 to Feb 12, 2025. Two days advance notice is required for the eight-course takeaway set. Order here.

9. Tablescape

Enjoy a CNY spread with European flair with Tablescape’s curation of festive eats. The Tablescape Seafood Yu Sheng ($138nett, serves up to 10 pax), shaped like a snake, comes assembled with Josper-grilled octopus, local lobster, maguro loin, salmon sashimi, crispy fish skin and a vibrant assortment of winter melon, leek, pomelo, and lotus root, and more. For a finishing touch, a sprinkling of crunchy ‘bo cui’ crackers, roasted peanuts, avruga caviar, ikura, and edible gold leaf.

The restaurant has also reimagined the traditional pen cai — its rendition comes with abalone, Boston lobster, Hokkaido scallops, slipper lobster, king prawns, pork belly, avruga caviar, and other delicacies, all tied together by a herbaceous broth inspired by the Italian acqua pazza. For more meaty additions, try the Roasted Duck ($128nett, serves up to six), a whole Silver Hill Irish duck with angelica herbs, hoisin, and five-spice powder, or the Honey Soya Sauce Chicken ($68 nett, serves up to five) elevated with honey, spices and other aromatics.

Or keep it fuss-free with the Tablescape Prosperity Set ($299nett for 4 to 6 pax and $399nett for 6 to 8 pax), that includes a la carte specials including the Prosperity Yu Sheng, Honey Soya Sauce Chicken, Prosperity in a Pot, ‘LO’ Radish Cake, and other additions such as Lotus Leaf Fried Rice and a Peach Gum dessert. 

A 15% early bird discount is available on selected items from the takeaway menu for orders placed by Jan 5, 2025 on their e-shop. Order here.

Set menus are priced from $388.80 for 8 to 10 pax (depending on the outlet ordered from) available for both dine-in and takeaway from Jan 26 to Feb 12, 2025.

This article was originally published in Singapore Women’s Weekly.