Chinese New Year Presents to Gift Your Foodie Friends This 2022

Founded in 1985, Hong Kong heritage brand Kee Wah Bakery is all but synonymous with classic confections. Thankfully, sweet tooths need not choose just one treat, as the bakery offers a range of assorted tins with various biscuits, cookies, palmiers, egg rolls, and more. Go the extra mile and opt for the limited-edition Chinese New Year hamper, which allows you to customise the contents to your liking. 

For inquiries, please call +63 968 228 8530, visit their website, or message Kee Wah Bakery on Facebook or Instagram.

Delicately packed within celebratory gift boxes, Grand Hyatt Manila's signature nian gao is an ode to the classic, available round or rectangular in brown sugar flavour.

For inquiries, please call +632 8838 1234 or email sea.reservations@hyatt.com.

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If tikoy is what you after, you’ll be spoilt for choice with Canton Road’s wide selection of nian gao treasure boxes, available in a radish cake, taro cake, steamed coconut, and an ube and red coconut sugar variant with pili nuts to boot. Additionally, explore the hotel’s exclusive speciality hampers which include vegetarian XO sauce, matcha cookies, black sesame biscuits, and some tasty tipples too.

For inquiries, please e-mail eats.slfm@shangri-la.com or shop the selection here.

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If one nian gao simply won’t do, revel in Man Ho’s tikoy gift set. The auspicious gift includes an ingot or gold bar tikoy, along with six miniature canele encased within Manila Marriott's golden tin.

For inquiries, please call +63 917 823 9692.

Whether you know it as turnip cake, radish cake, or lo bak go, we can all agree that the traditional Chinese New Year dish is delicious. Tim Ho Wan ups the ante this festive season with their superior radish cake, available for a limited time only.

Tim Ho Wan's superior radish cake is available for dine-in, takeout, and delivery via GrabFood, Foodpanda, and Pick.A.Roo.

Made in a variety of shapes and flavours like taro, radish, and classic with berries, the nian gao from Edsa Shangri-La are joyfully festive, a great addition to their specially curated hamper. Complete with Condor Peak Merlot, chocolate, candied cashew, and more, the set begs for celebration. For a beautiful dessert to cap it off, the hotel’s matcha dacquoise with sesame mousse and red bean compote will surely do the trick.

For inquiries, please call +632 8633 8888 local 2728, or email summerpalace.esl@shangri-la.com for takeaway and delivery reservations.

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For a dainty nian gao that’s easy on the eyes go for the trio of koi tikoy from Xin Tian Di. Prepared in the original flavour, it’s an infallible pick.

For inquiries, please call +63 37222 or email mnlcp.xintiandi@ihg.com.

Celebrated for its refined Chinese cuisine, Marco Polo Ortigas Manila's award-winning restaurant Lung Hin celebrates the Lunar New Year with its premium nian gao. Available in either double gold bar or round forms, the sticky treat comes in two unique flavours: red dates sugar and fortune orange.

For inquiries, please call +632 7720 7777 or email restaurant.mnl@marcopolohotels.com.

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With the generous prosperity box, New World Makati invites gourmands to give gifts of good fortune. The special Chinese New Year hamper includes staple and luxurious pantry staples, from dried scallops and Chinese sausage to Jasmine's XO chilli sauce and salted espresso cookies. Those looking for more decadent treats may also indulge in the sweet yet tangy mandarin orange chocolate cake or of course, the traditional nian gao.

For inquiries, please call +632 8811 6888 ext. 3679.

If you’re shopping for decadent centrepieces perfect for sharing, the special tikoy and premium radish cake from Jade Garden are right up your alley. As must-have Chinese New Year dishes, they will be welcome additions to any feast.

For inquiries, please call +632 7955 1808 or +632 7955 1728, or message Jade Garden on Viber via +63 956 459 1663.

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Hong Kong MX is perhaps best known for its exquisite mooncakes, but did you know that they also make a toothsome spread of pastries? Present your loved ones with a collection of sweets fit for a graze with the new MX exquisite combo set. Between the maple butter pastries, French chocolate cookies, almond mille-feuille, egg rolls, and more, they’re sure to find their new favourite.

For inquiries, please visit their website, Facebook page, or Instagram page.

Loyal patrons of Peking Garden know to expect meticulously executed classics, from the golden prawns with salted egg to the signature Peking duck. This Chinese New Year, the beloved restaurant offers their take on tikoy, beaming with a golden hue to symbolise wealth in the year to come.

For inquiries, please call +632 7729 0567 or +632 7729 0719, or message Peking Garden on Viber at +63 966 625 0722.  

Solaire has a few celebratory hampers on offer, but the luxury and fortune exclusive hamper takes the cake. Including house-made sweets, savoury streets, and even a bottle of scotch and wine, it’s an awe-inspiring present indeed.

For inquiries, please call +632 8888 8888 or email restaurantevents@solaireresort.com, or view their selection here.

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