Year of the Golden Rabbit: A Grand Parade of Premium New Year Dishes

The Year of the Rabbit is just around the corner！How do you plan to celebrate this year? Have a reunion dinner with family, or spend a unique Lunar New Year abroad? There’s nothing happier than spending time with loved ones, and enjoying a delicious reunion dinner makes it all the more joyful！However, with the busy schedules and high work pressure of modern life, many may not have much time to prepare these dishes. In such cases, takeout or pre-ordering is the best option！Whether it’s premium New Year dishes offered by hotels, or a variety from convenience stores, they’re sure to meet everyone’s needs！

Chen Wen-yu, Marketing and PR Manager at The Westin Taipei - The Regent Taipei, mentioned that this year's takeout New Year dish gift boxes have seen about a 10% price increase compared to last year, due to an overall rise in raw material costs by approximately 20–30%. That said, businesses are still offering many premium New Year dishes and passing on cost savings to the ingredients—still great value for money！

The Regent Taipei introduces a premium soup tureen priced at NT$18,000. The Liuyuan’s premium single-order takeaway soup: “Supreme Seafood Prosperity Tureen,” serves 8 to 10 people. This “Supreme Seafood Prosperity Tureen” is slow-simmered with tender old hens, ruby-red Jinhua ham, and flat bamboo shoots to create a rich broth. It includes an abundance of premium ingredients such as abalone, shark fin, sea cucumber, fish maw, scallops, tendons, bamboo shoots, pork ribs, and pig trotters—all simmered together for a long time, allowing the essence of the ingredients to fully infuse the broth. The large slices of premium shark fin soak up the rich flavors, resulting in a luxurious yet not greasy taste.

For New Year dish 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 Dish Warm Pack” thermal bag to keep the dishes hot and fresh. Pre-orders start now and run until New Year’s Eve, with a 10% discount for orders placed before January 20, plus a complimentary chef’s special radish cake and New Year cake.

Guo Zhufen, Deputy Manager of Marketing and PR at The Westin Taipei - The Regent Taipei, said this year’s takeout New Year dish gift boxes are curated by the head chefs of Liuyuan Shanghai Cuisine and Yiyuan Beijing Cuisine, bringing together the essence of traditional dishes from northern and southern China for an authentic Beijing and Shanghai flavor at the reunion table. Among them, Chef Qiu Youbin from Liuyuan incorporates innovative Jiangnan-style flavors into the takeout New Year dishes, adding sweet and savory richness to the offerings. Meanwhile, Chef Yang Dexing from Yiyuan presents a fusion of classic and creative Beijing-style reunion dishes. Taking the Yiyuan Yingchun Beijing-style takeout gift box as an example—priced at NT$9,999 for six servings (including five dishes, one soup, and one dessert)—Chef Yang Dexing recreates the authentic flavors of old Beijing New Year dishes, featuring premium ingredients once reserved for nobility (like shark fin, abalone, lobster, and nine-ring imperial sauce), all presented in seven classic Beijing-style New Year dishes.

 

Taipei Fuhang Hotel this year introduces the “Five-Star Reunion Dinner,” where you can enjoy premium large shark fin even as takeout. They’ve launched three sets under the “Golden Rabbit Brings Joy” series: “Prosperity,” “Fortune,” and “Advancement,” as well as a “Three-Tier Japanese Lucky New Year Dish” and a variety of other delicacies such as German pork knuckle and health-focused fruit and flower New Year cakes. These offerings cover authentic Jiangsu-Zhejiang, Taiwanese, Cantonese, Japanese cuisine, and Western fare. This year’s ingredients include premium large shark fin, Mexican abalone, Australian lobster, and more. The “Golden Rabbit Brings Joy” New Year dish set is priced at NT$7,888 for six servings. Purchasing a set gets you a free dessert and an eco-friendly gift bag. Beyond the sets, there are also 47 à la carte options, each ranging from NT$360 to NT$7,888.

In addition to the set menus and à la carte options, Taipei Fuhang Hotel also offers premium New Year dishes, including the Jiangnan Chun “Premium Mexican Abalone & Shark Fin” (limited to 6 tureens) and the Zhenzhu Fang “Black Abalone, Pork Belly, and Chicken Stewed Shark Fin” (limited to 5 tureens), each priced at NT$12,888, targeting the top-tier clientele.

Among them, Jiangnan Chun uses premium ingredients such as Mexican abalone, large shark fin, and aged Jinhua ham, carefully selected by Chef Liu Yijia. First, an old hen and Jinhua ham are simmered for about 10 hours to create a rich chicken broth. Then, large shark fin that has been soaked and softened three days in advance is added to the pot along with Mexican abalone, pork loin, scallops, and fish maw, and simmered for about 2 hours. These top-tier ingredients are tailored for the luxury market, each tureen served in delicate porcelain to enhance the opulence of the premium soup.