With social distancing restrictions in place in Hong Kong over Lunar New Year, it looks like entertaining at home will be the limit for most of us again this year. Happily, the uniquely Cantonese dish of poon choi – a large shared bowl of layered ingredients – can be easily ordered in, satisfying the family while being an easy option when dining at home. Whether you’re hoping to impress relatives, looking for something different this year, or simply want to stick to the classics, we’ve got you covered as we greet a hopefully more auspicious Year of the Tiger . Read on to find our selection of pre-order poon choi for all your needs. Something different Drunken Pot The first Indian poon choi (HK$1,188 or US$150, serves six) is here. Prepared by fabulous hotpot specialist Drunken Pot, it includes beef masala, fish masala, tomato prawn, yellow curry abalone, butter chicken, tandoori chicken and samosas, along with naan to mop up the sauce, of course. The restaurant also caters for more traditional sorts with a classic abalone and fish maw pot (HK$1,388, serves six) or a spicy version (HK$1,188, serves six). 27/F, V Point, 18 Tang Lung Street, Causeway Bay 5 best Lunar New Year menus and specials in Hong Kong Nina Hospitality Catering to the herbivores in town, this vegetarian option (HK$788, serves six) includes vegetarian abalone and chicken, black fungus and dried mushrooms allowing those who don’t eat meat to still savour some of the classic flavours. Of course, the hotel group also offers a traditional poon choi (HK$1,598, serves six) and a luxury lobster option (HK$2,480, serves six ) as well. Available online at eshop.ninahotelgroup.com. Soil To Soul For the ultimate Zen this Lunar New Year, you can opt for Soil to Soul’s Korean temple food version of poon choi (HK$888, serves four). Sink your teeth into tofu skin pockets stuffed with sweet potato noodle and napa cabbage, zucchini noodles, leen goh or Korean rice cakes, radish dumplings and a melange of mushrooms. Shop 704, 7/F, K11 Musea, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui Feast Go all out and indulge with Feast’s king crab and Wagyu beef poon choi (HK$1,926, serves six). Packed with a whopping 17 ingredients, your friends and family can savour succulent items such as Australian Stone Axe M9 Wagyu beef shank, US SRF black label Wagyu beef, Australian Westholme M5 oxtail and beef cheek, beef tendon, crab roe “lucky bags” and more. 1/F, East Hong Kong, 29 Tai Koo Shing Road, Tai Koo 7 Korean stars born in the Year of the Tiger – and how their 2022’s looking Michelin-starred Summer Palace Treat your loved ones to a luxurious, big bowl feast. Prepared by the team at the Michelin-starred Summer Palace, the Prestige Fortune Poon Choi (HK$6,888, serves six) features premium ingredients in abundance, including braised whole Yoshihama abalone, Kansai sea cucumber, Souya scallops, baked live prawns and more. Level 5, Island Shangri La, Supreme Court Road, Admiralty Dynasty Welcome the Year of the Tiger with a roar with Dynasty’s poon choi . The great thing about this Michelin-starred feast is you can tailor the amount to the exact number of guests, with it priced at HK$798 a person. Premium ingredients include fish maw, whole abalone, whole dried scallop, sea cucumber, Chinese mushroom, dried oyster, prawn, roasted goose – the list goes on and on! Renaissance Harbour View Hotel Hong Kong, 1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai Ming Court Experience the magnificence of Ming Court this Lunar New Year. Its poon choi (HK$1,388, serves four) features an array of delicate ingredients such as whole abalone, fish maw, sea cucumber, shiitake mushroom, dried oyster, conpoy, Okinawa Mozawa seaweed and goose web. Sample more succulent offerings by adding HK$228 for a signature Ming Court barbecue dish such as honey barbecued pork, supreme pork loin, chef’s chicken baked in rock salt or roast goose. Level 6, Cordis Hong Kong, 555 Shanghai Street, Mong Kok Quietly classy Lunar New Year luxury gifts to delight your loved ones T’ang Court Three Michelin-starred T’ang Court presents its yearly poon choi (HK$2,888) with all the trimmings. Apart from scrumptious produce such as the huge 10-head abalone, fish maw, dried oyster, conpoy and sea cucumber, there’s black mushrooms, fresh prawns, goose web, marinated chicken and pork belly. Upgrade your order by adding T’ang Court’s signature XO sauce or a bottle of champagne. 1/F and 2/F, The Langham Hong Kong, 8 Peking Road, Tsim Sha Tsui Traditional Ser Wong Fun If there’s an institution you can trust to get tradition right, it’s Ser Wong Fun. The historical Central eatery that specialises in soulful dishes and seasonal snake soup certainly gets the Lunar New Year feast dish (HK$1,388) right. Get your noodles or favourite carbs ready to mop up the delicious sauce. 30 Cochrane Street, Central The Legacy House Packed to the brim with premium ingredients, the Prosperity Poon Choi (HK$4,888, serves six) at The Legacy House will definitely impress. Decadent items include lobster, whole fish, abalone conpoy mushrooms and more. If you want to top up with even more delicacies, the Fu Gui Chicken (HK$1,688) – a delicious lotus leaf-wrapped fowl baked in clay – is the cherry on top for any family feast. 5/F, Rosewood Hong Kong, Victoria Dockside, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui 15 best restaurants and hotels for Lunar New Year 2022 in Singapore The Peninsula Hong Kong Abalone, fish maw and all things prestigious are included in The Peninsula Hong Kong’s poon choi (HK$2,288, serves two), but the thing that makes the five-star hotel’s offering stand out is that it comes in premium Staub pot. You can also order the refreshing Lunar New Year dish, lo hei (HK$1,080), a sort of fish and vegetable salad tossed together in the air by diners, to keep the auspicious vibes going. Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui Want more stories like this? Follow STYLE on Facebook , Instagram , YouTube and Twitter .