Snake bites: Check out our favourite Lunar New Year menus this season

The spate of Lunar New Year meals has already begun, with restaurants all around town putting out seasonal menus to celebrate.

With so many options to choose from, it can be difficult to settle on just one. So we’ve done the legwork for you and rounded up our top picks for the best places to dine as you usher in the Year of the Snake.

Shisen Hanten by Chen Kentaro

From now till Feb 12, the newly reopened Shisen Hanten — helmed by executive chef Chen Kentaro — is serving up special menus crafted for the Lunar New Year.

For dine-in, the restaurant has put together six menus, including the “Abundance” set, an eight-course spread priced at $208++ per person.

Starting off this menu is a yusheng with salmon and abalone. This is followed by a Shisen Hanten signature — crab roe foie gras chawanmushi — that comes topped with bird’s nest to mark the festive period.

Other standouts on the set menu include the kinmedai fillet with pickled yellow peppers. The fish is topped with a slightly spicy chilli blend that gives it a just-right piquant kick. We also like the shirobuta pork from Hokkaido, which comes with a delicate XO sauce, mushrooms, leeks and peppers.

For dessert, there’s the lightly sweetened double-boiled hashima with dried longans and a “yuan yang” niangao in a crispy wrap featuring two flavours: red sugar on one end and pandan on the other.

Shisen Hanten has also created its own version of pencai. The Abundant Fortune Pot ($518 for takeaway, $488++ for dine-in) is good for four to six, and comes with pork knuckle, roasted duck, whole abalone, Japanese scallops, prawns and sea cucumber.

Orders for takeaway must be placed three days in advance via phone, WhatsApp message or in person at Shisen Hanten. Reservations for dine-in can be made via phone or online at shisenhanten.com.sg.

333 Orchard Road
Level 35 Hilton Singapore Orchard
Singapore 238867

Tel: +65 6831 6262 (call), +65 8901 3089 (WhatsApp)
Email: shisenhanten@ouerestaurants.com
Opening hours: Daily, 12pm – 3pm, 6pm – 10pm

YÀN

Located at the National Gallery Singapore, YÀN specialises in traditional Cantonese cuisine. For the Lunar New Year, the restaurant has introduced six dine-in set menus ($138++ to $288++ per person), as well as an a la carte menu available for both dine-in and takeaway.

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Offerings include five types of yusheng, including the “Kaleidoscope of Prosperity”, which is available for dine-in only and requires an advance order of one day. The yusheng is prepared in the shunde style, a lesser-known traditional version of the fish salad that is more savoury than sweet. Topped with yellowtail slices and sakura shrimp, the dish is given an extra kick of texture with crispy fried vermicelli and fried conpoy, along with a kaleidoscope of other ingredients.

The “Kaleidoscope of Prosperity” yusheng is available a la carte in two sizes ($128++ or $178++) and as part of the restaurant’s “Golden Treasure” menu ($288++ per person). Also in this set menu is the steamed soon hock, which comes with a delicate arrangement of Shanghai greens at its centre. Yunnan ham, shiitake mushrooms, carrots and julienned ginger complete this dish.

For a hearty soup, YÀN has prepared a pumpkin broth with braised chicken and conpoy. A generous piece of fish maw sits in the bowl, making the dish equally delicious and impressive.

Dishes available for both dine-in and takeaway include a poached kampung chicken, which is marinated with a blend of hairy fig, Chinese herbs, Chinese wine and conpoy. Yellow gardenia gives the chicken a rich golden colour.

YÀN’s Lunar New Year menus are available from now till Feb 12. Reservations for dine-in can be placed via email, and orders for delivery or takeaway can be placed online at yan-restaurant.myshopify.com/collections/lunar-new-year-2025.

1 St Andrew’s Road
#05-02 National Gallery Singapore
Singapore 178957

Tel: +65 9272 7522 (call), +65 8198 3398 (WhatsApp)
Email: reserve@yan.com.sg
Opening hours: Daily, 11.30am – 2pm, 6pm – 10.30pm (takeaway and delivery end at 8.30pm)

藝 yì by Jereme Leung

Usher in the arrival of spring and new beginnings with time-honoured provincial Chinese delicacies at 藝 yì by Jereme Leung.

The restaurant has prepared four types of yusheng platters, available for both dine-in and takeaway. Each comes artfully plated with seasonal ingredients and dressed with the restaurant’s signature delicate, and floral Yunnan rose dressing specially crafted by namesake chef Jereme Leung.

藝 yì by Jereme Leung’s Lunar New Year menus comprise a wide range of appetisers, mains and desserts. There are four curated sets (from $198++ per person), including a vegetarian option, as well as an a la carte menu for those looking to customise their selections.

Among the dishes on offer are poached squid with arrowhead, black moss, ginger and scallion sauce; fish maw soup with double-boiled wild red mushroom, dried scallop and abalone; and steamed green Asian lobster with a yellow pepper sauce. Seasonal desserts include the deep-fried niangao with golden pumpkin and yam, as well as the house-made water chestnut cake with nostoc pearl.

If you’d like to escape the crowds and dine at home, opt for the restaurant’s takeaway sets with exclusive specialty treats, including a radish cake with a savoury medley of premium Chinese sausage, Japanese dried scallop and Sakura shrimp.

Online orders for 藝 yì by Jereme Leung’s takeaway sets are available till Feb 10 at rafflescelebrations.com.sg.

328 North Bridge Road
#03-02 Raffles Arcade
Singapore 188719

Tel: +65 6412 1331
Email: yi@raffles.com
Opening hours: Daily, 11.30am – 2pm, 6pm – 9.30pm

Tablescape Restaurant & Bar

Traditional flavours are the name of the game at Tablescape’s Lunar New Year menus this year.

For dine-in, the restaurant has an “Auspicious Treasures” set menu ($88++ per person), which runs from now till Feb 9 and is available for both lunch and dinner. Dishes include a comforting morel mushroom chicken soup, soya-braised chicken with Shanghai greens and wok-fried asparagus with halibut and XO sauce.

Takeaway diners can look forward to the Tablescape Seafood yusheng ($188), which includes generous portions of Josper-grilled octopus, local lobster, maguro loin and salmon sashimi. With its massive range of ingredients, this yusheng is perhaps among the most bang for your buck that you’ll get this Lunar New Year.

The “Prosperity in a Pot” pencai ($218) is similarly luxe, with abalone, Boston lobster, Hokkaido scallops, avruga caviar and more. There’s also a fragrant roasted duck ($128), cooked with angelica herbs, hoisin and five-spice powder.

Takeaway orders can be made online at tablescape-restaurant-bar.myshopify.com.

10 Coleman Street
Level 3 Grand Park City Hall
Singapore 179809

Tel: +65 6432 5566
Email: hello@tablescape.sg
Opening hours: Lunch served Tuesday to Sunday, 12pm – 2.30pm; dinner served Tuesday to Saturday, 6.30pm – 10pm

Si Chuan Dou Hua

Over in Si Chuan Dou Hua at PARKROYAL on Beach Road, Chinese head chef Dave Lai has created a series of Lunar New Year menus that will run from now till Feb 12.

For a slight twist on traditional yusheng, the restaurant has created a version with not just smoked salmon, but also crispy fish skin and avocado, giving the final dish a unique mix of textures. The “Golden Prosperity” yusheng is part of Si Chuan Dou Hua’s dine-in set menu at $138++ per person, and is also among four varieties that are available on the restaurant’s takeaway menu.

Those who enjoy spicy food will like the stir-fried lobster found in the $218 set menu. Prepared with lily bulbs, asparagus, Chinese yam, mushrooms, black fungus and fresh peppercorns, this is a surprisingly piquant dish that’s sure to whet one’s appetite.

Among the menus available is a seven-course dine-in set that feeds six ($1,088++). Dishes here include a fugu yusheng, double-boiled sea cucumber soup with morel mushrooms, and a crispy suckling pig with five dipping sauces.

The suckling pig is also available for takeaway at $488++, with an advance order of two days required. This takeaway version comes with a complimentary Sichuan hot-and-sour soup with crabmeat that feeds six to 10, a “Golden Prosperity” yusheng, and a $50 dining voucher.

Reservations to Si Chuan Dou Hua at Park royal on Beach Road can be made via Tablecheck at tablecheck.com/en/parkroyal-beach-road-si-chuan-dou-hua. More information on takeaway orders is available at panpacific.com/en/hotels-and-resorts/pr-beach-road/offers/joyful-lunar-feast-at-home-2025.html.

7500 Beach Road
PARKROYAL on Beach Road
Singapore 199591

Tel: +65 31386711
Email: douhua.prsin@parkroyalhotels.com
Opening hours: Daily, 11.30am – 2.30pm, 2.30pm – 6pm, 6.30pm – 10pm