Top New Year’s Dishes Parade in the Year of the Golden Rabbit

The Year of the Rabbit is just around the corner！How will you spend this Lunar New Year? Enjoying reunion dinner with family or having an unconventional celebration abroad? There's nothing happier than spending time with your loved ones, and adding delicious reunion meals makes it even more delightful. But with modern people facing high work pressure and busy lives, many may not have much time to prepare traditional dishes. In such cases, takeout or pre-ordering becomes the best option. Whether it's premium New Year’s dishes offered by hotels or a wide variety from convenience stores, they’re sure to meet consumers' needs.

Chen Wenyu, Marketing and PR Manager of The Westin Taipei - Regent Taipei, mentioned that the price of pre-ordered New Year’s meal gift boxes has increased by about 10% compared to last year, due to an overall rise in raw material costs of around 20–30%. Despite this, many premium New Year’s dishes are still being offered, with cost savings passed on to the ingredients — truly great value for money P$！

The Regent Taipei offers a premium soup tureen priced at NT$18,000, featuring the exclusive takeout soup dish from Liuyuan: The Ultimate Seafood Prosperity Tureen. Each tureen serves 8 to 10 people and is made with slow-simmered premium stock using aged hens, crimson-hued Jinhua ham, and flattened bamboo shoots. Rich ingredients include abalone, shark fin, sea cucumber, fish maw, scallops, tendons, bamboo shoots, pork ribs, and pig trotters. After long hours of simmering, the essence of the ingredients fully infuses the broth. The large slices of premium shark fin soak up the rich flavor, resulting in a luxurious yet not greasy taste.

For gift boxes, there are two options: the Shanghai-style 【Liuyuan Nafu】 and the Beijing-style 【Yiyuan Yingchun】, each priced at NT$9,999 for six servings, including five dishes, one soup, and one dessert. Each set comes in a “New Year’s Meal Warmth Pack” thermal bag to keep the dishes hot and fresh. Pre-orders are now open until New Year’s Eve, with a 10% discount for orders placed before January 20, plus a complimentary chef’s special turnip cake and New Year cake.

Guo Zhufen, Deputy Manager of Marketing and PR at The Westin Taipei - Regent Taipei, said that this year’s pre-ordered New Year’s gift boxes are curated by the culinary teams of Liuyuan Shanghai Cuisine and Yiyuan Beijing Cuisine, showcasing the essence of traditional dishes from northern and southern China to bring an authentic Beijing and Shanghai flavor to the reunion feast. Among them, Chef Qiu Youbin from Liuyuan incorporates innovative Jiangnan flavors into the takeout New Year’s dishes, adding sweet and savory elements to the menu. Meanwhile, Chef Yang Dexing from Yiyuan combines classic and creative Beijing-style reunion dishes. For example, the Yiyuan Yingchun Beijing-style takeout gift box, priced at NT$9,999 (serves six, includes five dishes, one soup, and one dessert), sees Chef Yang Dexing revive the authentic flavors of old Beijing New Year feasts, featuring rare ingredients once enjoyed only by nobility (such as shark fin, abalone, lobster, and royal sauces), all presented in seven traditional Beijing-style dishes.

 

This year, Taipei Fuhang Hotel introduces the “Five-Star Reunion Dinner,” where you can enjoy premium shark fin even with takeout. They’ve launched three packages for the Year of the Golden Rabbit: “Prosperity,” “Fortune,” and “Advancement,” along with a “Three-Tier Japanese Lucky New Year’s Set” and diverse dishes like German pork knuckle and healthy fruit-filled New Year cakes. The selection spans authentic Jiangsu-Zhejiang, Taiwanese, Cantonese, Japanese cuisine, and Western fare. This year, premium ingredients such as top-tier shark fin, Mexican abalone, and Australian lobster are used. The “Golden Rabbit Prosperity” New Year’s package is priced at NT$7,888 (serves six), and buyers receive a complimentary dessert and an eco-friendly tote bag. Additionally, 47 à la carte dishes are available, each priced between NT$360 and NT$7,888.

Beyond set menus and à la carte options, Taipei Fuhang Hotel also offers premium New Year’s dishes, including the Jiangnan Chun “Ultimate Mexican Abalone Shark Fin” (limited to 6 tureens) and the Pearl House “Black Abalone Pork Belly Chicken Shark Fin Stew” (limited to 5 tureens), each priced at NT$12,888, targeting the high-end clientele.

Among these, the Jiangnan Chun dish is crafted by Chef Liu Yijia using premium ingredients like Mexican abalone, shark fin, and aged Jinhua ham. The process begins with slow-cooking an aged hen and Jinhua ham for about 10 hours to create a rich stock. Then, pre-soaked shark fin, Mexican abalone, chicken breast, scallops, and fish maw are added and simmered for another two hours. These top-tier ingredients are served in exquisitely crafted porcelain tureens, highlighting the luxurious presentation of the premium soup.