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Metro's Guide To The Best Chinese New Year Feasts 2024

The most sumptuous feasts, auspicious dishes, enchanting festivities in the metro! 

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Metro.Style Team

<p>It’s time to welcome the Year of the Dragon. And that means a glorious Chinese feast to bring in the good fortune for you, your family, and close friends. We’ve scoured the metro to check on what the most popular Chinese restaurants are preparing for this once-a-year celebration. Take your pick!</p><div><br/></div><div class="article-content" itemProp="articleBody"><div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/e0afbaaf-427d-4b3a-b4eb-2127357300ff_5%20desktop%20cover.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/0ff50270-e707-40c0-a6a7-f45b0b18bb48_conrad%203.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/712c2509-7322-4f24-9923-0a75c38abc2b_1.%20crystal%20dragon" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/fb221965-e684-43e4-8f4a-00e1fdeeb49a_okura%201.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/a7fdcd33-a8b1-41cd-b734-7d615bceed48_lung%20hin.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/275624f9-aa72-4b5c-b177-0555bcc63be0_makati%20shang%202.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/1dc2ac56-574f-47e8-b19c-ca43d4a03ccb_marriott%20.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/bbebda57-2dae-459a-a9f4-7371d5a0f988_3%20red%20ginger%E2%80%99s%20version%20of%20nian%20gao.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/58571450-0122-40ee-972a-c4e57f243597_celebrate%20with%20a%20well-curated%20authentic%20chinese%20spread%20from%20the%20empress%20dining%20palace.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/ddf6b9b1-886c-4fdb-8cc4-b46994b7e8a5_peninsula%20.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div></div><div class="media-content slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><div></div></div><div class="item-desc"><p>China Blue by jereme Leung - The fabulous Soaring Prosperity Set Menu features such delicious classics as roasted duck, steamed live garoupa, braised ten-head abalone, yee sang and money bag. Good for ten persons, available until February 10. Don’t forget to drop by the Bru Coffee Bar to enjoy the All Shades of Red specials, available from February 1 to 29. Call 0917 6503591 | FB: @conradmanilaph | IG: @conradmanilaph.<cite>RESERVE A TABLE </cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Crystal Dragon  - Specializing in Cantonese and regional Cantonese specialties, Crystal Dragon offers the quintessential Lunar New Year celebratory fare. The symbolic  Prosperity Abalone Yu Sheng is accompanied by dishes that augur harmony and good fortune, like Sea Treasures Broth with sea cucumber, crab meat and crispy dried scallops; Slow-braised Pork Knuckle with 10-headed abalone; Steamed Star Grouper with aromatic coriander and chili paste; Slow-poached Yellow Skin Chicken; Wok-fried Prawn in fragrant oat and roasted sesame dressing. End with pineapple pastries. Available from now until February 25. Call 02 88008080 | FB; @cityofdreams | IG: @cityofdreamsmanila.<cite>RESERVE A TABLE </cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Hotel Okura   - Impress your guests with a Lunar Bento Kaiseki from Yamazato. Or if you prefer Chinese cuisine, the Kisetsu Buffet at Yawaragi will also have a Lunar New Year Buffet Spread with some of Hotel Okura’s signature Japanese dishes on February 9 and 10. Yawaragi will also be offering a 2-for-1 promo on the other ays of the month. Don’t forget to stop by the Yawaragi Pastry Boutique for some Lunar New Year-inspired pastries! Available from February 1 to 29. Call 0917 8429067 | FB: @hotelokuramnl |IG: @hotelokuramnl.<cite>RESERVE A TABLE </cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Lung Hin  - Gather the family around a scrumptious Lunar New Year feast that includes abalone, salmon jellyfish tossed in plum sauce, fried rice with taro and Chinese sausage, wok-fried prawn, sea conch with XO sauce. There are a la carte specials, too. Available from February 5 to 11 only. Call 02 77207777 | FB; @marcopoloortigasmanila | IG: @marcopolomanila.<cite>RESERVE A TABLE </cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Makati Shangri-La  - The perfect setting for a sumptuous celebrations with exciting festivities, exquisite dining offers, and fortune favors for the family. Welcome the Lunar New Year with a lion and dragon dance performance at the hotel lobby on February 9 at 10:30 p.m., and February 10 at 12:30 p.m. Gather at Shang Palace for a delectable oriental feast. Special Lunar New Year set menus are available from January 29 to February 18, offering such classic signatures as braised e-fu noodles with wild mushrooms and black truffles, braised pork tendon with dried oysters and mushrooms, yee-sang to bring in favorable blessings for the year ahead. All set menus are good for a table of ten.  Call 02 8138888 | FB; @makatishangrila | IG; @makatishangrila. <cite>RESERVE A TABLE </cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Man Ho  - Head to the Marriott Manila for their Poon Choi, an auspicious treasure pot filled with the priciest ingredients, great to share, accompanied by Man Ho’s signature dishes. Available until February 24, good for five. Call 0917 5849553 or 0917 6245980 | FB: @manilamarriott | IG: @manilamarriott.<cite>RESERVE A TABLE </cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Red Ginger  - Get a Southeast Asian twist to the usual yu sheng salad with its Prosperity Prawn and Pomelo Salad featuring sustainable prawns, local pomelo, hydroponic-grown lettuce and Vietnamese Nuoc cham dressing. As it’s customary to eat fish for abundance, enjoy this with Deep-fried Whole Tilapia with calamansi, ginger and steamed bok choy; Crispy Orange Chicken with toasted sesame seeds; and their version of nian gao with custard-filled glutinous rice cake and fish-shaped tikoy.<cite>RESERVE A TABLE </cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>The Empress Dining Palace  - Order an auspicious feast in  four dishes: The Empress Treasure Pot that includes 18 Chinese favorites in one pot, like Peking duck, abalone, sea cucumber, pork knuckles, white chicken and prawn. The Empress Prosperity Toss Salad. The Empress Radish Cake for good fortune. And the Empress Glutinous Rice Cake. There’s also Hot Box Feasts that you can bring home, bountiful dim sum platters. Call 0915 5431862 | FB: @empressdiningpalace | IG: @empressdiningpalace. <cite>RESERVE A TABLE </cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>The Peninsula Manila  - Feast on a Chinese New Year-inspired buffet in Escolta from February 7 to 14. Take part in the traditional Peninsula Lion and Dragon Dance at the porte-coche1re and The Lobby from 9:08 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on February 10. And on February 9 and 10, big platters will waiting in the middle of The Lobby’s dining tables so you can participate in the traditional Lo Hei Prosperity Toss. Truly a sumptuous welcome to the Year of the Wood Dragon. PenChat WhatsApp02 85812500 | FB: @thepeninsulamanila | IG: @thepeninsulamanila | bit.ly/ThePeninsulaManilaSpecialOffers.<cite>RESERVE A TABLE </cite></p></div></div></div></div><div><strong>Related Story: </strong><a href="/food/features/lucky-food-for-chinese-new-year-and-where-to-get-t/37271" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">8 Lucky Foods To Ring In The Year Of The Dragon</a></div><div><em>Lead photos: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thepeninsulamanila/" target="_blank">The Peninsula Manila</a> and <a href="https://makatishangrila.com/?fbclid=IwAR2M_IVDkSFRc-AeYXX8pFzhdF8uStsIYJ3h6s4El1v1elT3v2UlpmYpTfk" target="_blank">Makati Shangri-La</a> <br/></em></div><div><br/></div>