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Indulge in Chinese culinary culture by tasting lo hei salad with lobster, salmon and sweet plum sauce, steamed Hokkaido scallops with chilli and black garlic and Hutong’s signature aromatic Peking duck. The meal ends with a warm sensation of dumplings – sesame tang yuan served in ginger soup.

Date: January 10 to February 9

Price: HK$1,098 per person

Duddell’s

In the mood for more Cantonese flavoured dishes? Join the Canto feast at Duddell’s for its exclusive combination of Chinese New Year menus – a la carte specials, dim sum assortments and two six-course set menus.

The special festive menus, the first titled “The Year of Wealth Menu”, celebrates a combination of Duddell’s enriched appetisers such as sauteed prawn and main highlights include steamed grouper and braised shiitake mushroom with stuffed bamboo pith. The meal concludes with a sweet dessert platter.

The second set, “The Year of Prosperity Menu”, features supreme Cantonese delights with a modern twist, ranging from double boiled whole papaya, chicken, fish maw soup for appetisers, and stuffed pigeon with foie gras, and omperial bird’s nest with almond cream and sesame dumpling.

Date: January 13 to February 8

Price: “The Year of Wealth Menu”, HK$1,088 per head; “The Year of Prosperity Menu”, HK$1,688 per head

Old Bailey

Old Bailey invites you and your family to taste its delightful nine-course dinner menu complementing the sensational dishes of a contemporary Jiangnan cuisine. The family-dinner starts with a collection of lo hei (prosperity toss), then round two includes saucy assorted appetisers such drunken chicken, smoked fish, and crispy vegetarian goose.

For round three, the highlights include a sharing pot filled with Shanghainese delicacies, seasoned in pork and chicken soup, crispy whole mandarin fish layered in sweet and sour sauce and red braised pig trotter.

For the culinary farewell, traditional sweets are served, such as the Shanghainese wok-fried Ningbo rice cake.

Date: January 20 to February 9

Price: HK$2,588 for 4 persons; HK$3,888 for 6 persons; HK$7,688 for 12 persons; extra persons HK$600 per head

John Anthony

If you are in the mood for contemporary and sustainable dining, John Anthony is the perfect choice. John Anthony has curated a stylish set dinner menu exhibiting 11 Cantonese favourites, such as dim sum, roasted meats and seafood for the festival. The highlights include steamed prawn dumplings wi th Korea yuzu, rose tea smoked crispy free-range yellow chicken and plum mousse, cherry glazed plums and cookie crumble.

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Date: January 20 to February 8

Price: HK$688 per person (minimum four people)

The Salted Pig

Even though the Year of the Pig has ended, you can still relish a family feast at Salted Pig with its sizzling and suckling variety of the six-course dinner menu serving a “hei hei” piggy snack platter, honey mustard pork cheek salad, fat choi seafood risotto, crispy “bok bok chui” pork knuckle and lucky golden whole suckling pig. A dessert platter will be served at the end of the night.

Date: January 20 to February 2

Price: HK$300 per head (minimum 6 people)

Mott 32

Enjoy China’s diverse cuisines, from Canton and Sichuan in the south to Beijing in the north. Mott 32 offers lots of variety on its Lunar New Year Menu, including braised sea cucumber, steamed fillet of leopard coral grouper, stir fried Australian Wagyu M9+ sirloin and crabmeat E-fu noodle.

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Date: January 25 to February 20

Price: HK$1,680 braised sea cucumber; HK$1,680 steamed fillet of leopard coral grouper; HK$488 for stir-fried Australian Wagyu M9+ sirloin; HK$288 crabmeat, E-fu noodle.

One Harbour Road, Grand Hyatt

One Harbour Road presents two festive lunar menus to indulge in.

The spring lunch and dinner menus both comprise seven courses and the highlights include the shredded Australian abalone with caramelised walnuts, deep-fried mud carp dumplings in preserved clam sauce and marinated pig’s feet preserved in soy sauce.

Date: January 9 to 22

Price: HK$298 per head for lunch set and HK$580 per head for dinner set (minimum 8 people)

Pak Loh Chiu Chow

If you are looking for a traditional Chiuchow culinary experience, check out Pak Loh Chiu Chow’s choice of three 10-course set menus for tables of six to 12 guests, packed with spectacular flavours and spices. The focal dishes include the chef’s signature pan-fried sliced pomfret in soy sauce along, soyed goose meat platter and stewed abalone and goose webs in oyster sauce.

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Date: January 2 to February 9

Price: From HK$3,280 to HK$6,680 (for six people); from HK$6,480 to HK$12,880 (for 12 guests)

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Lai Heen, The Ritz-Carlton, Macau

To dine in style, executive chef Jackie Ho has created an enticing six-course lunch menu and eight courses for dinner.

For lunch, try the deep-fried codfish fillet with crispy garlic, which symbolises abundance in traditional Chinese culture. As eight is considered a lucky number in Chinese culture, the eight-course dinner might bring you good fortune. Packed with flavour, try the special sliced pork and hairy mousse accompanied by air-dried oyster, for an auspicious kick.

Date: January 24 to February 2

Price: Lunar New Year lunch HK$688; Lunar New Year dinner HK$2,388

Man Ho Chinese Restaurant, JW Marriot Hotel

Try the auspicious four-course set menus at Man Ho Chinese Restaurant, with the Lunar New Year specials: New Zealand king abalone salad, braised pork knuckle with pork tongue, baked Boston lobster in “Kam Heong style” and baked crab claw with caviar.

Date: January 21 to February 8

Price: HK$3,580 (for six people) and HK$8,629 (for 12)

Dynasty 8 Conrad Macao

If you are planning an extravagant gathering Dynasty 8 has you covered. Its Lunar New Year set menus comprise three remarkable nine-courses for lunch and dinner. Start light by having bites from the starter combination platter of foie gras, sea whelk and braised goose. Enjoy the variety of main dishes, from double-boiled soup and wok-fried orzo pasta with preserved Chinese sausage, to seafood dishes. End the meal with small bites of the savoury Chinese petit fours.

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Date: January 25 to February 2

Price: From HK$9,600 (for eight guests or more); from HK$2,900 (for four to six); f rom HK$1,444 (for two to three)

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