Chinese New Year 2025: The best food gifts to show your appreciation

For those looking for sweet morsels of indulgence, find a range of traditional and modern treats available in Sunway Resort Hotel, with homemade artisanal peach-shaped pineapple tarts, orange and apricot cake, or a selection of premium cookies to suit every preference. Crafted with intricacy and perfection, they make the ideal gifts to celebrate the season of togetherness and prosperity.

Wine enthusiasts can toast to the Year of the Snake with Penfolds' stunning 2025 Lunar New Year collection, featuring their iconic Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz, Grange 2020, and Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon 2022, and all packaging adorned with elegant gold snake designs slithering across both bottle and gift box. Available at major retailers like Jaya Grocer and The Chamber from mid-January, collectors can also experience the wines firsthand at a special Intermark Mall pop-up from the 20th–26th January 2025, featuring tastings of premium labels like Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon.

Bring The Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur's popular afternoon tea experience into the home with their Lunar New Year Afternoon Tea Box. The set features their exquisite set of gourmet treats, such as little sandwiches, tarts, and pastries, with a festive twist for Chinese New Year. 

The iconic TWG brand is bringing the Snake Charmer Tea in accordance with the Year of the Snake. A stunning new addition to the Grand Mode Collection, this blend combines the robust essence of black tea with matured tea, creating a beautiful golden infusion enriched with a slew of warm spices, bright citrus zest, tropical pineapple, and delicate marigold blossoms. Embellished with a gilded serpent, these red packets make an auspicious gift, an emblem of transformation and infinite wisdom. Further elevate your gift by adding on their exclusive tea pots to create the perfect companion for this sophisticated tea.

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Indulge in Lacher's premium desserts, specially curated for this festive season. Find three different cookie sets that match your every craving, including their Pineapple Tart Set, that has the golden duo of their incredible buttery pineapple tarts and jasmine pineapple tarts. Their Lite Cookie Set, a curated selection of classics like Matcha Shortbread and Earl Grey Sablé, which makes the perfect small gift. Or lastly, the Family Cookie Set, for those who are looking for guaranteed crowd pleasers, including Pineapple Tarts (both classic & jasmine), Shortbread Cookies (including Genmaicha flavour!), and more.

Spread your prosperity with the elegant Ritzy Afternoon Tea Box to savour moments with your loved ones. Either indulge in dining in The Lobby Lounge, all served in beautiful china, or recreate it at home, or as a gift for someone special. With three tiers of gourmet treats, find freshly baked savouries, sandwiches, and their signature scones in their afternoon tea box with a touch of Spring Festival Flair to celebrate.

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In a collaboration with local artist Jaee Tee, Jade Pavilion presents gifting options that cater to all your friends and family. In the Box of Treasures and Prosperity Chest are premium teas, assorted cookies, and their spicy scallop sauce. Their signature sauce is available to purchase on its own, made with over eight ingredients, each lightly fried in the wok to release their natural aromas and flavours. Packed with umami, it’s a great condiment to have on hand this festive period.

Elevate your Chinese New Year celebrations with Sofitel's exquisite Golden Fortune Box, an artfully curated gift that embodies luxury and traditional prosperity. Priced at RM288+, this elegant treasure chest opens to reveal a carefully selected ensemble of premium festive delicacies. Inside, you'll discover aromatic Pu Erh aged tea, the coveted Master Chef Heng's Signature Chilli Sauce, melt-in-your-mouth buttery pineapple tarts, premium cashew nuts, and sweet mandarin oranges—all symbolic of abundance and good fortune. Perfect for corporate gifting or sharing with cherished family and friends, each Golden Fortune Box promises to make a lasting impression this festive season.

Chivas 18 unveils a limited-edition Chinese New Year pack in collaboration with Malaysian artist Michelle Yap. The collaboration celebrates the brand's 85 unique flavour notes through a compelling visual narrative that merges traditional Chinese artistry with contemporary design.

Michelle's artwork is distinctive in her use of traditional Chinese ink and modern mediums. This design captures the season's essence of energy, renewal, and resilience—perfectly complementing Chivas 18's rich complexity.

An invitation to ‘Celebrate with Eleganza’, Venchi brings out the show stoppers for this year’s Lunar New Year Gifts. The packaging is adorned with circular and linear motifs, symbolising fullness and harmony. Capturing the festive spirit and cherished moments of reuniting in life’s many circles. Find Venchi’s signature chocolates crafted with the finest ingredients, share it with loved ones, capturing the essence of the Chinese New Year.

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