Cover Chinese New Year cookies and gifts are a strong part of the Malaysian hospitality, with this list, amp up your gift giving skills with some of these options (Photo by Wong Fok Loy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Chinese New Year cookies and gifts are a strong part of the Malaysian hospitality, with this list, amp up your gift giving skills with some of these options (Photo by Wong Fok Loy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Galloping into the new year, the transition from festive season to festive season is closer than ever this year, but it doesn't mean you can skimp on your gifts. In Malaysia, we're blessed with an abundance to choose from, with pastries, cookies, and kuih at our disposal.
You might like to keep it classy with pineapple tarts and walnut cookies, or perhaps you'd like to bring a little drama to the table with an edible pot of luck. Malaysia's bakeries and patisseries are all bringing something fun to the table, and with this list, we're sure you can find a great selection of food gifts to impress everyone at the reunion dinner.
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Floccus Floccus
Known for their incredibly creative and adorable takes on kuih, Floccus Floccus continues its reputation for artistic storytelling of whimsical treats. Find their Golden Horse Pineapple Cookies, which come in three distinct flavours, including original, salted egg yolk, and chicken floss, or the Lion Dance Angku Kuih, filled with sweet mung bean or gula Melaka and coconut. These offerings are the perfect amalgamation of a modern aesthetic with deep cultural symbolism, making them as much a conversation piece as a festive indulgence.
Floccus Floccus
85-1, Jalan Sultan, City Centre, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, +6011 6201 2850
Chocolate Concierge
Chocolates that look like dim sum and kuih? Count us in. Make your loved ones do a double take with this adorable collection of traditional Chinese bites, made entirely with chocolate. With flavours designed to please even the most discerning of aunties, this collection has been made to be less sweet, perfect for those without a sweet tooth.
Chocolate Concierge
Multiple locations, @chocconcierge
Fung Wong
Above Fung Wong Biscuits and their collaboration with Lee Kum Kee and Oloiya (Image: Keandra H'ng)
Fung Wong Biscuits and their collaboration with Lee Kum Kee and Oloiya (Image: Keandra H'ng)
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In a collaboration with household names Lee Kum Kee and Oloiya, Fung Wong has created a line of cookies and treats using their bestselling products, including their soy sauce and chicken floss. Crispy Rice Crackers, Walnut Cookies, the whole lot! Buy the whole set and find it will come with a free mini bottle of Lee Kum Kee soy sauce too for the perfect balance of savoury, sweet, and crunchiness.
Fung Wong Biscuits
85, Jalan Sultan, City Centre, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, @fungwongbiscuits
Jaslyn Cakes
Jammy biscuits and pineapple tarts from Jaslyn Cakes will add the artisanal touch to the traditional festive treats you know and love. With their signature homey, rustic aesthetic, this seasonal line up will be the perfect gifts to your loved ones, and if you want to go a step further, don’t forget to get any one of their whole cakes!
Jaslyn Cakes
Multiple locations, @jaslyncakes
Magnificent Park Bakery
Their Malaysian-inspired flavours for their viennoiserie is all year round, but this year, the festive season brings in mini versions of their crowd favourite and best-selling nian gao croissant! These are packed in a mini gift box, perfect to stand out against the wave of other traditional biscuits and cookies. Without preservatives, these don’t keep for long, but we doubt they’ll last long anyway.
Magnificent Park Bakery
28, Jalan SS 24/13, Taman Megah, 47301 Petaling Jaya, +603 7622 8755
Voilà Patisserie
Above The Plump Horse, created out of prosperity and abundance (Image: Voilà Patisserie)
Above Precise layers of flavours meld together in this delicious creation (Image:Voilà Patisserie)
The Plump Horse, created out of prosperity and abundance (Image: Voilà Patisserie)
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The bigger, the better right? Voilà Patisserie is bringing an exceptionally plump horse to be the centerpiece of the dessert table this year. Born out of the celebration of abundance, grace, and prosperity, a mixture of black jade, red bean, and tea meld together in this beautiful creation.
Voilà Patisserie
Wilayah Perserkutuan, 16, Jalan Indrahana 1, Jalan Kuchai Lama, 58200 Kuala Lumpur, +6016 416 6569
Texture Pâtisserie
A pot of luck will certainly find you at the end of the rainbow at Texture Pâtisserie this Chinese New Year. Wholly edible, this pot is filled with treats that make it a fun, interactive dessert. Meaningful, delicious, and adorable, this is surely a crowd pleaser for everyone this season.
Texture Pâtisserie
G06 & G07, Atria Shopping Gallery, Jalan SS 22/23, Damansara Jaya, 47400 Petaling Jaya, +6012 710 7690
A Cross Creations x Restaurant Shu
The significance of noodles should not be overlooked in your selection of food gifts, and this collaboration between A Cross Creations and Restaurant Shu features handmade longevity noodles with Shu's Supreme Seafood Soy Sauce, premium dehydrated mushrooms, and scallops. Made to impress, this gift will not go unnoticed, both in its substance and in its packaging.
Keandra's expertise lies within writing deep dives into the culture and anthropology of food, sometimes with a philosophical twist. With a background in London's F&B consultancy scene, she's excited to be back in Kuala Lumpur to champion the local dining scene.
Reach her at keandra.hing@tatlerasia.com, @keandruh
