The most anticipated part of the Lunar New Year is not only the gathering with family and friends, but also the tasting of various New Year’s cakes and pastries! We have prepared a special collection of New Year’s cakes and pastries for everyone, including traditional and innovative flavors, with early booking discounts!
//Yi Dong Hotel//
The Michelin one-star restaurant, Yee Tung Hin, under the Yee Tung Hotel, presents two classic Lunar New Year cakes to welcome the Year of the Dragon. These include the “Dried Scallop and Preserved Meat Turnip Cake” and the “Prosperous Coconut Milk Rice Cake,” suitable for gifting or personal enjoyment. The former is made with selected top-grade dried scallops, flavorful preserved sausages, preserved meat, dried shrimp, and shiitake mushrooms, mixed with sweet shredded turnip, creating a fragrant and delicious taste. The latter is made with sweet cane sugar and fresh coconut milk, emitting a strong coconut fragrance upon tasting, with a soft and chewy texture. The packaging of the Lunar New Year cakes adheres to the concept of environmental protection, with designs incorporating lotus leaves symbolizing spring and carp patterns representing abundance, bringing auspiciousness and prosperity.
Early Booking Discount: Order before January 31st to enjoy up to 25% off early bird offer.
//Hong Kong Harbour Grand Hotel//
The Hong Kong Harbour Plaza Hotel’s Golden Leaf Court offers two types of Chinese New Year cake gift boxes. The “Classic Radish Cake” includes selected Chinese sausage, fragrant dried shrimp, and sweet radish, resulting in a rich and flavorful taste. It is complemented by Golden Leaf Court’s homemade XO sauce for an added burst of flavor. The “Traditional Coconut Milk Cake” is sweet and soft, with a delightful coconut aroma.
Early Booking Discount: Enjoy a 15% off discount when you book Chinese New Year puddings before January 16th. Online store: https://eshop.conraddining.com/zh-hant/product-category/chinese-new-year-gourmet/chinese-new-year-pudding/
//Hong Kong JW Marriott Hotel//
The JW Marriott Hotel in Hong Kong has launched the “Golden Palace Jujube Rice Cake” at its Michelin-starred Chinese restaurant, Marriott Golden Palace. The red dates used in the cake are sweet and rich in flavor. The chef makes a paste from the dates and adds glutinous rice flour and rock sugar, resulting in a sweet and refreshing taste. The popular “Golden Palace Radish Cake” is made with premium local waxed sausage, Japanese dried scallops, dried shrimp, radish, and glutinous rice flour, creating a rich and savory flavor. Both cakes can be paired with elegant gift box packaging or simple and convenient insulated bags.
//The ONE//
The Whampoa Club has launched a series of three Chinese New Year rice cakes recommended by Michelin-starred restaurant Tin Lung Heen. These include the fragrant and delicious “Black Truffle Yunnan Ham and Radish Cake,” which combines the rich flavor of black truffle with the sweetness of radish and the savory taste of Yunnan ham. The “Sakura Shrimp and Conpoy Wax Meat Taro Cake,” prepared using traditional methods, incorporates Japanese sakura shrimp and conpoy for added flavor and texture, along with locally sourced wax meat and smooth taro, creating a multi-layered aroma and taste. The “Ginger and Brown Sugar New Year Cake” is sweet and not greasy, made by steaming a mixture of old ginger juice, Okinawan brown sugar, and glutinous rice paste, and adding red dates and melon seeds. It has a chewy texture and a unique aroma and taste of brown sugar and ginger.
Early Bird Promotion: From now until January 31st, enjoy early bird discounts when you make a reservation. Online store: https://eshop.hotel-icon.com/tc/cny-2024/
//W Hotel Hong Kong//
The W Hotel in Hong Kong brings “Chinese New Year Wax Meat Radish Cake” and rice cakes to the Star Feast Chinese Restaurant. The design inspiration comes from the vibrant energy of the zodiac animal “Dragon” this year, symbolizing the dragon’s leap and the phoenix’s dance.
Early Booking Discount: Enjoy a 15% off early bird discount from now until January 31st.
//The Cordis Hotel//
The Rosedale Hotel has launched Chinese New Year cakes under its restaurant “Ru”, including the “Turnip Cake with Dried Scallop and Chinese Sausage” which symbolizes abundance and happiness! There is also the “Date Paste Cake” which nourishes and replenishes blood, with each bite filled with the sweet and fragrant taste of red dates, soft and sticky in texture, symbolizing a prosperous and sweet year ahead.
Early Booking Discount: Book before January 31st and enjoy up to 21% off. Order now: https://bitly.ws/37CXB
//Marco Polo Hotel//
Marco Polo Hotel introduces 3 exquisite traditional Chinese New Year cakes, including “Dried Scallop and Turnip Cake,” “Gold Leaf Coconut Milk Cake,” and “Fragrant Water Chestnut Cake.” The packaging is exquisite, the fillings are rich, perfect for gifting or self-enjoyment.
Early Bird Offer: Pre-order before February 1st and enjoy a special price of HK$198 per box. Order online at: https://store-hongkong.marcopolohotels.com/tc/cnypuddings/
//The Imperial Garden Hotel//
The Emperor Garden Hotel’s “Emperor Garden Supreme Radish Cake” carefully selects high-quality Korean radishes, each weighing over two pounds. The radishes have a strong and sweet flavor, and are paired with locally made wax sausages and waxed meat, which are perfectly balanced in terms of fat and lean meat. The dish is also infused with the natural umami flavor of soy sauce and the fragrance of rose dew. Another option, the “Emperor Garden Festive Red Date Low-Sugar Rice Cake,” uses top-grade Xinjiang red dates, each about two inches long and plump. After peeling and removing the meat from the whole red dates, they are cut into small pieces and added to the rice cake, allowing you to taste the sweet and fragrant red date meat in every bite, as well as the chewy and sticky texture of the rice cake. This low-sugar version utilizes the natural sweetness of red dates to reduce the amount of cane sugar, resulting in a more naturally fragrant and sweet rice cake.
Early Booking Promotion: Order Lunar New Year cakes or gift boxes before January 22nd and enjoy up to 15% off. Online store: https://bit.ly/3SYMoau
//Kowloon East Crowne Plaza Hotel//
The “Black Truffle Lap Mei Radish Cake” at the Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East’s Zi Yue Xuan is made with white radish cut into thick strips to enhance the texture, mixed with diced sausages and dried shrimp that are stir-fried until fragrant, and flavored with black truffle sauce to enhance the sweetness of the radish. Another option, the “Okinawa Black Sugar Red Bean Coconut Milk Rice Cake,” is made with rich black sugar, Tianjin red beans, Thai coconut milk, and Thai glutinous rice flour. During the cooking process, the red beans are intentionally kept whole, maintaining a dense texture without being too soft, and the sweetness is balanced without overpowering the flavors of the coconut milk and red beans.
Early Booking Discount: Save HK$20 per box when you pre-order online: https://crowneplazatkoshop.com/zh/tzeyuetheen
//Hong Kong Renaissance Harbour View Hotel//
The Renaissance Hong Kong Harbour View Hotel’s Man Ho Chinese Restaurant introduces the “Lucky Dragon Coconut Pudding” and “Turnip Cake with Dried Scallops”, symbolizing prosperity and success in the new year. The former is a delightful pudding infused with a delicate and refreshing coconut fragrance, while the latter is made with sweet white turnips, premium Chinese sausage, flavorful dried scallops, and dried shrimp, creating a rich and satisfying taste.
Early Booking Promotion: From now until February 5th, pre-order the Prosperity Dragon Coconut Milk Nian Gao from the Marriott Online Store and enjoy a 15% discount: https://bit.ly/41MAfaT
//Rich Hotel//
The luxury hotel introduces nourishing and healthy Chinese New Year cakes, incorporating precious seafood ingredients into traditional flavors. “Handmade duck liver sausage and fish maw radish cake” uses premium seafood, fish maw, and homemade liver sausage, resulting in a rich and layered taste. “Gold foil bird’s nest osmanthus cake” is adorned with gold foil on the surface and combines moisturizing bird’s nest with fragrant osmanthus, making it a beauty product for ladies.
//Hong Kong Gold Coast Hotel//
The “Dried Scallop and Preserved Meat Turnip Cake” at Dragon Court Chinese Restaurant in Hong Kong Gold Coast Hotel is made with selected preserved meats and fresh turnip, offering a rich and flavorful taste. The “Ginger Glutinous Rice Cake” is fragrant and smooth, not overly sweet. The “Dried Scallop and Preserved Meat Taro Cake” is both chewy and tender. This year, we are introducing two special gift sets: the “Glutinous Rice Cake and XO Sauce Combo” and the “Two Types of Glutinous Rice Cake Combo.” Both sets are elegant and tasteful. The former includes a choice of Dried Scallop and Preserved Meat Turnip Cake, Ginger Glutinous Rice Cake, or Dried Scallop and Preserved Meat Taro Cake (choose one) paired with a bottle of Dragon Court’s homemade XO sauce. The latter includes a choice of Dried Scallop and Preserved Meat Turnip Cake, Dried Scallop and Preserved Meat Taro Cake, or Ginger Glutinous Rice Cake (choose two).
Early Booking Promotion: From now until January 31st, enjoy an exclusive early bird discount of 30% off when you order through our online e-shop. Online ordering: https://eshop.holidayinngoldenmile.com/zh/festive-delicacies
Hong Kong East Tsim Sha Tsui Sheraton Hotel
Hong Kong’s Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel in Tung Chung has launched festive Chinese New Year pastries at “Cai Yue Xuan”, including the fragrant “Parma Ham and Radish Cake”, the sweet “Okinawa Black Sugar Ginger Juice Rice Cake”, or the chewy “Dried Jujube Rice Cake”, bringing different flavors!
Early Booking Discount: Enjoy a 15% off when booking before January 20th.
//Gold Coast Hotel//
The Chinese restaurant “Yue” at the Gold Coast Hotel is introducing the “Traditional Coconut Milk Rice Cake,” which has a rich coconut flavor, a chewy and smooth texture, and is sweet without being greasy. In addition, there is also the “Cantonese-style Radish Cake,” where every bite can taste the fragrant radish shreds, paired with delicious dried shrimp and preserved meat. It is definitely one of the essential pastries for the Lunar New Year. The restaurant has also prepared two beautifully packaged gift sets, namely the “Year of Abundance Coconut Milk Rice Cake Lunar New Year Gift Box” in the shape of a koi fish, and the “Cantonese Radish Cake with X.O. Sauce Gift Set.”
Caption 17: Year after year, there is an abundance of coconut milk rice cake Lunar New Year gift box HK$388; Cantonese-style radish cake with X.O. sauce gift set HK$488.
Tang Palace Gathering
Tang Palace, a modern Cantonese restaurant, has launched exquisite Chinese New Year rice cakes. One of the new offerings is the “Dried Scallop and Chinese Sausage Rice Cake,” made with tapioca flour and wheat flour, filled with dried scallops and Chinese sausage as the main ingredients. It also includes colorful matsutake mushrooms, which add a unique mushroom fragrance when eaten. Another option is the “Double Prosperity Carp Rice Cake,” which features a lively carp shape, rich coconut flavor, and a chewy and smooth texture.
Early Booking Discount: From now until February 9th, members can enjoy a special price starting from HK$98 to order Lunar New Year cakes and pastries.
//Guo Jin Xuan//
Guo Jin Xuan launches the “Golden Lion Auspicious Gift Box” and the “Fortune Carp Auspicious Gift Box” with unique auspicious meanings. Among them, the “Custard Nian Gao” in the shape of a golden lion has a soft and chewy texture, sweet but not greasy, leaving a lingering fragrance in the mouth. Its shape is lively and vigorous, symbolizing the arrival of wealth. The Golden Lion Auspicious Gift Box is accompanied by a set of aged Pu’er tea leaves. In addition, the “Coconut Milk Nian Gao” in the shape of a carp is sweet and delicious. The carp also symbolizes wealth, auspiciousness, health, and happiness, while also implying abundance for every family year after year.
//Tsui Hang Estate//
Choi Hang Estate is launching a new “Black Truffle and Chinese Yam Cake” this year, using the precious ingredient of black truffle, and specially adding fresh Chinese yam slices and crisp sweet arrowroot to enhance the texture. It also provides a light option for health-conscious individuals.
//Chi Hua Bakery//
“Disney Mickey and Friends Lunar New Year Rice Cake Gift Box” includes one “Mini Grandma’s Sugar Rice Cake” and one “Mini Coconut Milk Sugar Rice Cake”. The former is made from high-quality glutinous rice and freshly ground rice milk from Thailand, with a chewy and smooth texture. The latter is mixed with fragrant coconut milk, sweet but not greasy. The gift box, in the shape of a gold brick, symbolizes abundance and prosperity. Disney’s sweet couple, Mickey and Minnie, congratulate everyone on a “prosperous step-by-step” new year. The gift box also comes with a gift voucher.
Early Booking Offer: From now until February 9th, when you make a purchase of HK$248 or more on Lunar New Year products at any Kee Wah Bakery store, you will receive a HK$50 cash voucher. Kee Wah Fans can also receive a set of four Lunar New Year Panda Fai Chun (auspicious banners) when they make a purchase of HK$248 or more on Lunar New Year products at any Kee Wah Bakery store in Hong Kong (excluding the Hong Kong International Airport store).
//Hong Fu Tang//
Hung Fook Tong introduces a variety of new Chinese New Year rice cakes, including the upgraded “Supreme Local Organic Radish Cake”, which uses fragrant dried shrimp from Tai O Cheung Choi Kee, combined with delicious local organic white radish, Chinese sausage, authentic Jinhua ham, and top-grade dried scallops, leaving a lingering fragrance in the mouth. “Okinawa Sea Salt Dried Scallop and Taro Cake” uses flavorful ingredients such as Japanese Hokkaido dried scallops, preserved meat, and dried shrimp, with a rich taro flavor and a satisfying texture. And the “Osmanthus Sugarcane Juice Water Chestnut Cake” uses refreshing whole water chestnuts, paired with brightening goji berries and fragrant osmanthus, offering a sweet and refreshing taste.
Early Booking Promotion: From now until February 7th, purchase 6 vouchers/e-vouchers for any Lunar New Year cake products and receive 1 voucher/e-voucher for Lunar New Year cake products as a gift.
//Gourmet//
Heavenly Delights is launching four exquisite pastries for this Chinese New Year, including “Hokkaido Golden Scallop Radish Cake,” “Five-Spice Preserved Meat Taro Cake,” “Golden Crystal Water Chestnut Cake,” and “Black Sugar Coconut Milk Rice Cake.” These pastries are personally supervised by the head chef, using natural ingredients and without the addition of MSG, food coloring, or any other extra ingredients during the production process.
//Chisufang//
Chisato House has launched a series of classic and healthy Chinese New Year delicacies. Festive pastries include the savory “Mushroom and Radish Cake” (HK$128) and the rich “Mushroom and Taro Cake” (HK$128). For those who prefer sweet pastries, you can taste the “Beauty-Enhancing Red Date Cake” (HK$158), “Organic Sugarcane Rice Cake” (HK$168), and the fragrant “Osmanthus Water Chestnut Cake” (HK$108).
Early Booking Discount: From now until January 15th, enjoy an 12% discount on any Lunar New Year food purchase.
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