Where to order machang for Chinese New Year 2025: Sarsa, Lechon Diva, Xiù, and More

Available for delivery or pick-up at Market Eighty-Eight in Tondo, the authentic Cantonese-style dish from Machang House follows an heirloom family recipe. It is slow-cooked for eight hours, resulting in a soft, melt-in-your-mouth consistency. Choose between pork belly with Chinese sausage, chestnuts, dried shrimp, and salted egg, or chicken thigh with Chinese sausage, mushroom, lotus seeds, and salted egg. Better yet, keep your eyes peeled for their limited-time-only specials.

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You may know Sincerity Café & Restaurant for its crispy fried chicken, but their comforting machang is not to be missed, either. Opt for the regular with chicken and pork, the special with added mushroom, hebi (dried shrimp), and castañas (chestnuts), or go for gold with the eight treasure, containing beans and abalone, too.

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Spice up your weekly machang and try the taochang from Moon Rabbit in San Juan instead. The difference? The typical toothsome blend of sticky rice, pork, and mushroom gets a hearty serving of beans for added texture, too.

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With over 20 branches throughout Metro Manila, Mann Hann offers a quick, tasty fix of Chinese staples, from dim sum to noodles and, of course, machang. If you’re looking for something more straightforward, their pork belly machang may just hit the spot.

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Lim’s Bakeshop in Little Baguio, San Juan City, is a lesser-known outpost for Chinese treats from radish cake to misua—a beloved secret among those in the area. As their loyal patronage will attest, their special machang with pork, chicken, and mushroom is definitely worth a try.

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Lo mai gai, or sticky rice in lotus leaf, is a Chinese delicacy similar to machang that trades bamboo leaves for lotus and typically comes in a rectangular shape rather than the pyramid form like machang. Give it a try at Xiù Fine Cantonese Dining, where the parcel is filled with shredded chicken, dried scallops, mushrooms, and crab meat.

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You may know this Chinese deli for its hopia and tikoy, but did you know Eng Bee Tin also offers machang? The premium machang supreme is jam-packed with pork, chicken, mushroom, and Chinese sausage, so one serving will surely fill you up.

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Ho-Land Hopia is home to a delectable array of Chinese delicacies, and thankfully, machang is one of them. In addition to the large chicken with pork and mushroom, double pork with mushroom, and regular pork machang, the brand carries taochang, too, and are now available to order on Lazada.

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Yes, the famed Lechon Diva of Pepita’s Kitchen, Dedet dela Fuente also makes a delicious machang, or Mamachang (the mother of all machangs), as they call it. Open the massive sticky rice parcel and discover a trove of lucky ingredients: chestnuts, salted egg yolk, cashews, Chinese sausage, Chinese ham, mushroom, pork, and flavourful sticky rice, wrapped in banana leaves for added Filipino flair.

Tatler Tip: for a more indulgent pick, opt for their 8 treasure lechon or boneless 8 treasure chicken, choc full of the same delicious and auspicious ingredients.

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Enjoy authentic Cantonese favourites from King Chef, delivered straight to your doorstep. Wrapped in lotus leaves, the fragrant sticky rice is blended with chicken and black mushrooms.

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