Popular Chinese New Year reunion dinner dishes

Reunion dinners can be stressful for some, especially when you really don’t know where to start or what to serve. With a little research, preparation and "never say die" attitude, you could start out the new year with a "bang" by serving delicious food and ushering in delightful happy "eaters"!

Yee Sang

This is truly a popular favourite during Chinese New Year reunion dinners. Besides the fact that it is mostly available only during this season, the various ingredients that go into the dish is nothing less than delicious. It is also pleasing to the eye with the various different colours displayed when the dish is presented.

Buddha Jumps Over The Wall

This dish is known to be healthy and nutritious, and serves as the ideal alternative for the 'meaty' dishes that are commonly served during Chinese New Year. This vegetarian dish is very popular for its "cooling" merits and easy preparation style with only the finest ingredients.

Sui Yuk

Crispy Roast Pork Belly or more popularly referred to as Sui Yuk – is another must have at the reunion dinner. The crispier the better, as this is usually the main element savoured when munching on this meat dish.

Stir-fried Leeks

Stir-fried Leeks – think bundles of rolled up cash and then think leeks. This auspicious dish is supposed to be one of that symbolises wealth, due to the way the word sounds. Having leeks as the base ingredient, you may like to add some other items, such as tofu, pork and any other non-leafy vegetables and make your dish a winner.

Braised Mushrooms and Abalone

Abundance and mushrooms are supposed to be inseparable, so cook up a dish of this and win over everyone’s admiration. Simple yet flavourful, the abalone can be fresh or canned, yet it will still prove to be a restaurant-worthy dish.

Stir-fry Prawns

Stir-fry Prawns – laughter in abundance is something very necessary in a person’s life and with prawn sounding like "ha" in the Chinese dialect, you can’t go wrong with having a lot of "ha,ha,ha" at your reunion dinner.

Snow fungus soup with Longan and Ginkgo

Cool everyone down after the huge meal with a bowl of this and sit back and watch in delight as you hear the compliments you will receive for such a wonderfully thought up menu.

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Serena Mui

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