Cover The Jade set from Keju (Photo: @kejubycarmen/Instagram)
The Jade set from Keju (Photo: @kejubycarmen/Instagram)
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Wish your foodie friends an auspicious Year of the Water Rabbit with these delicious gifts
Gift-giving is an integral part of Chinese New Year traditions, symbolising appreciation and prosperity for the new year. This year, our gift guide consists of delicious treats and beautiful gift boxes for you to gift to family and friends.
From intricately-designed cookie and cheese platters from Keju by Carmen and artisanal ice cream sets from Inside Scoop to homemade bakkwa and tarts by the Karls Group and curated hampers from Wishful, the new year will shape up to an utterly scrumptious one for you and your loved ones with these gifts.
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Keju by Carmen
Keju by Carmen is back once again with its whimsical and exquisite gift platters for the festive season. This time, there are four platters for you to choose from: The Chiara, Jade, Ruby, and Scarlet, all of which are different sizes to cater to your budget and tastebuds.
Each box contains a carefully-selected variety of treats including classic Chinese New Year cookies, fruits, and/or cheese. With their beautifully-crafted boxes, these gifts are sure to make a statement.
To buy
Visit kejubycarmen.com.
Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur
Above Mandarin Oriental's gift set offerings (Photo: Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur)
Mandarin Oriental's gift set offerings (Photo: Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur)
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Give the gift of food with Mandarin Oriental Kuala Lumpur's variety of gifting options this Chinese New Year. Choose from its range of luxurious gift sets, yee sang, poon choi, a festive-themed cake, and more.
The gift sets include a variety of Chinese New Year classics like bird's nest, dried scallops, braised abalones, and Chinese New Year cookies. Its cake is an almond vanilla sponge cake with orange marmalade, crème brûlée, and dark chocolate mousse. Its Treasure Pot poon choi is an opulent claypot filled with premium ingredients such as tiger prawns, sea cucumbers, fish maw, and abalones.
To buy
Visit kualalumpur.mandarinorientalshop.com.
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Karls Lifestyle
The truffle bakkwa from Karls Lifestyle is making a comeback this year in the Karls Lifestyle 2023 Tradition gift set. The set includes a box of truffle chicken bakkwa and truffle Wagyu bakkwa each, along with a floral arrangement and greeting card.
Karls Lifestyle's Chinese New Year collection also includes decadent upgrades of festive favourites, including an abalone chicken Fortune Tart and a foie gras Prosperity Bowl.
To buy
Visit karlslifestyle.com
Unbox by Huff and Puff
Unbox by Huff and Puff is offering three options for your Chinese New Year gifting this year with its Bou Tu-Gather, Ong Ong Too, and Fortune Box. The Bou Tu-Gather box is filled with healthy and nourishing traditional Chinese ingredients like premium big goji berries and glutinous rice-infused pu-er tea.
Meanwhile, the Ong Ong Too is a fun gift set disguised as a vintage matchbox that allows you to grill your own bakkwa with the included BBQ set. The two-tiered Fortune Box includes treats such as White Rabbit candy, flavoured sunflower seeds, and walnuts.
To buy
Visit unboxbyhuffandpuff.com.my
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Bakhache Hampers
Bakhache Hampers' Chinese New Year 2023 collection is fittingly decked out in hues of red and encourages happy snacking and hearty 'yam sengs'. Its collection ranges from a luxurious champagne set to an exciting Chinese New Year advent calendar.
Our picks are the Gourmand Celebration Collection with abalone and cordyceps and the Bubbly Spring Festival set that includes a bottle of Moët & Chandon Brut Imperial champagne.
To buy
Visit bakhachehampers.com
Crème de la Crème
Known for their adorable ice cream petit gateaux, Crème de la Crème has crafted a festive set for those who have a sweet tooth. The set consists of a brown butter ice cream prosperity bunny, homemade candied clementines swirled in Madagascar vanilla ice cream representing mandarins, roasted peanut butter ice cream gold ingots, and a lychee rose sorbet and chrysanthemum ice cream mahjong tile.
To buy
DM @mycdlc on Instagram or call one of its outlets to pre-order.
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Real Sweet Treats
Real Sweet Treats's Fortune Dessert Box is also a great option for those who have friends and family with a sweet tooth. One box consists of four tarts, each with its own distinct flavour: earl grey with Meyer lemon, Jivara chocolate with hazelnut, pineapple with vanilla, passionfruit, and coconut, and lastly matcha and strawberry.
To buy
Visit realsweettreats.com
Kooky Cream
Any Malaysian Chinese New Year would be incomplete without cookies. Kooky Cream has released its annual Chinese New Year collection that consists of a range of cookies for the season, including the crowd favourite sea salt chocolate chip and a salted egg cracker.
The cookies are available as individual tubs or as part of a gift set.
To buy
Visit kookycreambakery.com
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A Cross Creations x C3 Lab
The teams behind A Cross Creation and C3 Lab have joined forces to create this stunning petit gateaux set to ring in the Year of the Rabbit. Each dessert is an iconic symbol of auspiciousness for the new year: the peach is a symbol of longevity, while the mandarin oranges symbolise longevity and the yuzu prosperity.
Aside from this collaboration, A Cross Creations has also released a lovable set of nostalgic granolas, while C3 Lab has its own range of intricate and elegant Chinese New Year desserts.
To buy
Visit acrosscreations.com
Godiva
Chocolates are always a foolproof gift and Godiva's Chinese New Year collection promises to be a hit with any loved one you gift it to. From its cute rabbit-shaped box of signature Godiva truffles to its decadent 36-piece gift box, you're sure to find one that you'll love.
To buy
Visit godiva.my
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TWG
Make your Chinese New Year celebrations a tea party with TWG's range of fine teas that have been curated into lovely gift hampers. Our favourites are the Auspicious gift set, which includes its limited edition Tea Party Tea blend and the World Voyage New Year tea set, which features six mini tea tins.
To buy
Visit valiram247.com/collections/twg-tea.
Oh Cha Matcha
Oh Cha Matcha's Prosperity Bag is returning and it's bigger and better than ever before. Each bamboo bag includes its signature matcha pineapple tarts, homemade tofu crisps and roasted sunflower seeds alongside four special matcha drinks: grape matcha, mango coconut matcha, pineapple coconut matcha, and tropical matcha.
To buy
Visit ohchamatcha.com.
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