We bring you the second part of our round-up on Chinese New Year menus and delights
Eating a horse, figuratively, is completely understandable during the Lunar New Year.
Here are a few more options to book and to spend quality time with your family and loved ones.
Au Chocolat
For an atypical Chinese New Year meal, try Au Chocolat’s set menus starting from $38++ per person.
Available from Jan 16 to Feb 16, expect dishes such as a Confit of Duck, Peking Style and Creamy Drunken Prawn Pasta.
Visit www.auchocolat.com for more.
Keyaki
Enjoy a Japanese take on a traditional Lunar New Year dish with Keyaki’s Wafu Lo-Hei ($98) where tuna, salmon, yellowtail and tobiko sashimi are mixed into a crisp salad, comprising shredded pumpkin, carrot, radish, cucumber, Japanese ginger, seaweed, Mandarin peel and jellyfish, and topped with rice crackers.
If you feel like splurging, try the Premium Wafu Lo-Hei ($288) with the inclusion of lobster, salmon roe and sea urchin into the salad. Available from Jan 8 to Feb 14.
E-mail [email protected] for reservations or enquiries.
Ku De Ta
Ku De Ta’s Executive Chef Frederic Faucheux has created the “Ingredients to a Year of Prosperity” menu ($168 ++) for Jan 13 to Feb 6.
It features dishes such as an iconic yu sheng toss with tuna, scallop and salmon sashimi mixed with shredded daikon, carrot, crispy yam and beetroot, as well as a Mandarin Chocolate Confection with Benedictine Dom, coconut, and strawberry yuan jelly for dessert.
Visit www.kudeta.com/singapore for more.
Lingzhi Vegetarian Restaurant
If you are tired of all that meat and fine food, try this vegetarian pen cai option from Lingzhi Vegetarian Restaurant.
Filled with three delectable layers of vegetarian abalone, white asparagus, Bai Ling mushrooms and more, you’ll have a slightly lighter and less decadent option.
Visit www.lingzhivegetarian.com for more.
Man Fu Yuan
Be all set for a traditional Chinese New Year feast with Man Fu Yuan at Intercontinental Hotel’s six-course Prosperous or Vegetarian Set ($198+) for five, complete with yu sheng and other dishes.
Also savour Chef Kwan’s Double-Boiled Fu Zhou Buddha Jump over the Wall with delicacies such as abalone, sea cucumber, fish maw, dried scallop, and goose web and panax ginseng for a broth that is rich in flavour.
Visit www.intercontinental.com/singapore for more.
Peony Jade
Traditional dishes such as the “Abounding Riches” Golden Suckling Pig Stuffed with Glutinous Rice ($238.88 for 5kg) and the “A Wealth of Prosperity and Longevity” Hong Kong Roasted Goose Sealed With Chef’s Special ‘Fa Cai’ Broth ($188.88 for 12 persons) are available.
The latter is popular. The pre-marinated 3.8kg goose is sealed with their noble broth rich with herbs and spices and finished with a slow-roast of up to two hours to achieve succulence before being served.
Peony Jade, Keppel Club, Level M, Tel: 6276 9138, 6375 5562 &
Block 3A Clarke Quay, #02-02 (entrance from Liang Court), Tel: 6338 0305
Szechuan Court
Make a statement with Szechuan Court’s yu sheng with exquisite ingredients such as African abalone, salmon sashimi, Boston lobster and a special blend of sauces.
The salad is then meticulously plated into the Chinese character of Horse for an impressive start to your meal, and the year.
E-mail [email protected] for reservations and enquiries.
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