12 Delicious Dishes For Your Lunar New Year Feast
Celebrate with these lucky foods that bring abundance and prosperity while thrilling your tastebuds!
The Lunar New Year is a time for family to gather together over a festive meal. Often, the dishes traditionally served at this time have special meaning, symbolizing abundance, prosperity, good fortune. The world is still in pandemic, but have't we all found ways to celebrate? For a meaningful and stress-free family meal, we recommend ordering a few special dishes that you know will make the night perfect. Send a dish or two to family and friends, too! To make it even easier, we're sharing our own chosen list in the gallery:
New Year Feasts 2022
New Year Feasts 2022
Lunar New Year dishes by Jen Cooks
Jenny Chan Tan of Jen Cooks has an amazing lineup of dishes to celebrate the Lunar New Year, including steamed wild-caught red lapu lapu, stuffed seafood eggplant, silken egg with seasoned pork, hand-pulled aromatic chicken, and shrimp firecrackers. Order the entire set or send a dish to family. Order from @jencooksph on Instagram.
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Lap Cheong Claypot Rice from Chief’s Kitchen
This rich and comforting Cantonese dish features two kinds of Chinese sausage, preserved salted duck and fragrant rice topped with fresh scallions, with a signature sauce on the side. Order from @chiefskitchenph on Instagram.
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The Humble Chef’s Cha Misua
From their home kitchen, ama and achi recreate their family’s Chinese and Taiwanese recipes passed down through the generations. This cha misua is a dish that symbolizes long life, traditionaly served on special occasions. Also try their superb hong ma, kiampung, and very popular pork barbecue. Order at @thehumblechefph on Instagram.
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Gan Gourmand’s Ginger Braised Duck
This tender, fragrant duck is slowly braised in ginger till it pulls apart with ease. Order this with the kiampeng, pork chop rice, and spicy taosi spare ribs. Yum. Order from @gan_gourmand on Instagram. (PHOTO: @jinlovestoeat).
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Wok with Mom’s Pat Po Kwe
Also known as 8 Treasure Chicken, this coveted dish is really hard to cook, so save yourself the stress and just order from the expert. And do pick up her summer vegetable wrap (to symbolize abundant new beginnings), or lucky Chinese meatballs (for a happy reunion). 8 Treasures Chicken, by the way, symbolizes family togetherness and prosperity. Order from @wok_with_mom on Instagram.
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China Mommy’s Sotanghon Crab
This seasonal specialty is unbelievably indulgent with chewy, sticky noodles bursting with flavor and huge, meaty crabs. Try the curry crab variant as well. For a festive dish, China Mommy’s Special Misua is a must with its roasted peanuts and fried shallots. Order from @chinamommyph on Instagram.
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Yao’s Kitchen Party Trays
Gather the family around traditional festive dishes like Cha Misua Supreme topped with shrimp, chicken, pork, mushrooms, black fungus or large lucky eggs. Or the Chicken Shiitake Claypot Rice with chinese sausages, ginger, garlic. Don’t mis the Hong Kong style roasted pork asado. Order from @yaoskitchenph.
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Cuapao Kits from Brown Bag Company
If you want fuss-free yet festive, this is for you. Steamed cua pao buns are filled with slow-braised pork belly, pickled preserved mustard, ground peanuts, and wansuy. Wow. Order from @brownbagcompany.
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HK Little Kitchen’s Hong Ma
This place is known for it’s roasts, but the Hong Ma, a traditional braised pork belly dish, is also stellar. Add a few orders of their roast duck, crispy lechon and Hong Kong-style roasted barbecue. Order from @hklittlekitchen.
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Cai Kitchen’s Bak Kut Teh
This signature Malaysian dish has pork ribs simmered with herbs to achieve beautiful savory flavor. Also grab some of their Chinese-style adobo, egg fried rice, and the dessert platter of peanut soup, almond jelly with lychee, and white fungus. Order from @cai_general_merchandise.
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Ocean Palace’s Peking Duck
A spectacular dish to celebrate the Lunar New Year, this duck is crispy on the outside, tender within, available three or four variations. Order from @oceanpalacemanila.
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Catonese Roasts from Wu’s Kitchen
Newly roasted lechon Macao and char siu to pair with assorted dimi sum. Order from @wuskitchen.ph.
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Photos: @jencooks, @chinamommyph
