Are you clueless about preparing Chinese New Year’s celebratory dishes? This list of the best restaurants for reunion dine-in dinner menus in Singapore is perfect for spending Chinese New Year 2025 with the entire family.
For Chinese families in particular, Lunar New Year is a significant festive occasion. This yearly celebration, which lasts for 15 days, marks the start of a new year according to the ancient lunisolar Chinese calendar. 2025 will welcome the wood snake and bid goodbye to the wood dragon.
It is customary, according to Chinese traditions, for all family members to get together at the family home for a reunion supper or meal. Hence, make sure to schedule work ahead of time or clear tasks on hand to accomplish your filial responsibilities.
The importance of Chinese New Year reunion meals
Known in Mandarin as “Tuan Yuan Fan” (团圆饭), which translates to “gathering around the family hearth,” this yearly reunion meal’s intention is to maintain family unity and solidarity.
The most significant meal during this festive season is the Chinese New Year’s Eve reunion dinner. The extended family is usually gathered at the patriarch’s house for this occasion. For dinner, a wide range of foods with auspicious and symbolic significance are presented. Among these are dishes consisting of prized delicacies like dried oysters, sea cucumber, and abalone. Dumplings, which resemble ingots, are one of many customary lucky foods served at the meal.
Another significant Chinese New Year dish to appear on the spread is the yusheng or yee sang (鱼生). This salad, which means ‘abundant life’, features colourful ingredients like julienned vegetables, raw fish or sliced abalone. Only served during Chinese New Year, the dish is linked to the traditional habit of throwing and reciting lucky mantras (lo hei, 捞起), is consumed in big gatherings with family, friends, or coworkers.
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10 best and favourite restaurant reunion dinner menus in Singapore for Chinese New Year 2025:
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This Chinese New Year, Andaz Singapore’s 5 ON 25’s Executive Chef Martin Satow, Head Chinese Chef Lim Hong Lih and his creative team have created a contemporary reunion menu for sophisticated palates. With a commitment to present authentic Cantonese flavours, diners can relish in delectable sustainably-led creations from six set lunch and dinner menus (priced from S$98 to S$298 per person).
Appetites are piqued with highlights like the vibrant 5 ON 25 Signature Mapo Tofu. In addition, indulge in a visual and gastronomic spectacle through Wu Liang Ye Flambéed Claypot Baked Jasmine Rice, topped with braised jade tiger abalone, Cantonese cured sausage and Romanesco, which is flambéed tableside. Vegetarians can opt for a specialty six-course lunch or dinner menu that includes dishes like the appetising Wok-Fried Jasmine Rice and Lemongrass and Kaffir Lime-Scented Aiyu Jelly.
No reunion dinners are complete without the 5 ON 25 Signature Yusheng. The original features house-smoked sustainable Ora King Salmon from New Zealand. Add-ons like Sustainable Canadian Lobster Meat and Crispy Whitebait are optional for a generous toss. Making its debut this year is the Vegetarian Yusheng, constructed with crystalline ice plant, vegetarian bak kwa and garden greens.
Private dining suites – Emerald (up to 12 guests, minimum spend of SGD 1,800) and Ruby (up to eight guests, minimum spend of SGD 1,200) which spotlights magnificent city views and elegant interiors, are also available for bookings.
Reunion menus at 5 ON 25 are available from 13 January to 12 February 2025. Takeaways such as the luxurious Pen Cai of 12 delicacies (including six-head perlemoen abalone, fish maw, sustainable king scallops and tiger prawns) can be enjoyed comfortably at home.
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Celebrate the arrival of the upcoming Spring Festival at Cherry Garden with its two special Hennessy tasting menus, each designed to pair harmoniously with Hennessy’s rich and complex flavours. Savour decadent creations like Miyazaki Wagyu Beef, Fish Maw Soup, 4-head South African Abalone, Roasted Suckling Pig, and more.
Aside from the Hennessy-centric menus, Cherry Garden also presents five other curated menus featuring a line-up of auspicious dishes like the tender Steamed Marble Goby Fillet in duo garlic and longevity-represented Braised ee-fu noodles with Hokkaido scallop and prawn in scallion sauce.
Hennessy Tasting Menus are available at Cherry Garden from 13 January to 12 February 2025. A minimum of five-day-advance reservation is required. Lunar New Year menus are available at Cherry Garden from 13 January to 12 February 2025.
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Local favourite Diamond Kitchen serves quality seafood classics and old-school flavours at an accessible price point for its Lunar New Year menu. Not compromising on taste and quality while delivering the freshest ingredients, get smitten with the aromatic wok hei-kissed dishes prepared using traditional and homely Chinese cooking techniques which evoke nostalgia.
Diamond Kitchen’s 2025 set menus, available in six options for different group sizes, will debut 10 new dishes for the celebratory occasion. Find delight in the crispy You Tiao Xia 油条虾, with prawns wrapped in squid paste, deep-fried to golden perfection. Afterwards, nourish up with Fish Maw Pig Trotters, 鱼鳔白汁猪手. The fish maw and pig trotters are braised to utmost tenderness, all served in a warm, comforting white pepper broth.
Diamond Kitchen’s set menus are available from 11 January to 12 February 2025, with the restaurant opening throughout fifteen days of the Lunar New Year.
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Always pushing boundaries, while honouring tradition, is the team at Madame Fan. For Lunar New Year 2025, the opulent restaurant presents its delectable offerings under the theme ‘Fleur In Bloom’. Available in both curated set menus and a la carté, the alluring creations birthed from culinary craftsmanship are befitting to kick off the festivities on a good note.
Showcasing the vibrant richness of Cantonese cuisine with hints of nostalgic flavours, relish in highlights like the abundant Premium Bird’s Nest with Superior Broth, Crab Meat and Crab Roe, fragrant Caviar Fried Rice, and appetising Red Spotted Grouper, delicately infused with preserved black beans and chilli.
Madame Fan 2025 Lunar New Year menus and dishes are available from 6 January to 16 February 2025.
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Award-winning restaurant Mott 32’s outpost in Singapore celebrates the upcoming Lunar New Year with a twist inspired by the Wood Snake zodiac. The limited-time splendid menu, available for lunch and dinner, spotlights Wok-fried Boston Lobster served with Rainbow Quinoa and Pan-fried Nian Gao with Sweet Potato and Yam.
In addition, a unique launch during this festive season at Mott 32 is the Cold Tea cocktail menu featuring four distinct categories of tipples – Pick-Me-Up, Served Hot, Dessert, and Digestive. Inspired by the “Cold Tea” culture of the early 1920s during the Prohibition Era, each cocktail blends tradition with the contemporary flair of both Cantonese and Chinese heritage. Standouts include the Rye Whiskey and filtered coffee-based Kowloon Coffee and the Mitcher’s Burbon and Tamarind liqueur-based Tamarind Of.
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Reopening with much fanfare after a facelift is Shisen Hanten by Chen Kentaro. Currently helmed by the third-generation Chef Chen Kentaro, son of the late celebrated Iron Chef Chen Kenichi, the 10-year-old establishment returns afresh with new interiors and menu. Continuing his family’s 66-year-long culinary legacy, Chef Chen Kentaro showcases excellence with his distinct mastery of Sichuan and “chuka” cuisine.
For its Lunar New Year menu, expect a prosperous selection – from set menus and a la carté offerings to vegetarian dishes. Indulge in highlights like Roasted Irish Silver Hill Duck in “Dang Gui” Sauce, Foie Gras Chawanmushi with Crab Roe Soup, and the earthy yet healthy Sautéed Duo Mushrooms with Black Truffle and Seasonal Vegetables. Of course, the award-winning signature Chen’s Mapo Tofu is included in the set menus and perennial as an a la carté.
Shisen Hanten by Chen Kentaro Lunar New Year dine-in menu is available from 12 January to 12 February 2025.
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A Singapore MICHELIN Star recipient for eight consecutive years, Summer Pavilion has been consistent in presenting exquisite Cantonese dishes. The acclaimed restaurant continues to impress with new creations like the indulgent collagen-rich sea cucumber Yu Sheng, and steamed vermicelli complemented with king scallop, caviar, crab roe and egg white.
Choose from carefully curated six to eight-course lunch and dinner Lunar New Year set menus. A spectrum of luxurious Cantonese flavours comes through in signatures like steamed Dong Xing Grouper fillet with luffa gourd and black fungus, and the nourishing double-boiled chicken soup with fish maw, matsutake mushroom, dried scallop and soaked nostoc algae.
Summer Pavilion’s Lunar New Year menus are available from 13 January to 12 February 2025. Diners celebrating the first 15 days of the Lunar New Year at Summer Pavilion will receive a set of exclusive, limited-edition Ritz-Carlton red packets and a pair of Mandarin oranges, per reservation.
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As the pinnacle of the Paradise Group restaurants, Taste Paradise is an establishment where you can dine and treat family and friends to a feast. The Lunar New Year menu features an elaborate combination of fine Cantonese and contemporary Chinese cuisine, so expect nothing but the best and finest ingredients with a touch of sophistication.
Standout dishes include Braised Goose Web and Sea Cucumber in Abalone Sauce, Steamed Coral Trout in Thick Chrysanthemum Broth, Classic Suckling Pig, and Stir-fried Australian Scallop with Morel Mushroom and Asparagus.
Taste Paradise’s Lunar New Year dine-in set menus are available from 1o January to 16 February 2025.
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A bounty of delicacies awaits at Wan Hao Chinese Restaurant. Satiate in thoughtfully created Cantonese dishes perfect for cherished reunions with family, friends and loved ones. Celebrate the Spring festivities with a sumptuous spread featuring fresh seafood, premium meats and the finest ingredients.
Highlights include Barbecue Suckling Pig with Crêpe, Stewed Scampi Prawn in Black Truffle Cheese Sauce, and Wok-Fried Lobster in Signature XO Sauce and Chinese Sausage with Glutinous Rice wrapped in Lotus Leaf.
Wan Hao Chinese Restaurant’s Lunar New Year menus are available from now to 12 February 2025.
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Auspicious new beginnings for Lunar New Year 2025 start by indulging in fortuitous seasonal menus devised by 藝 yì by Jereme Leung. Savour time-honours provincial Chinese delicacies with loved ones who leave with joyful smiles after enjoying the feast.
The lavish spread spotlights elegant plates like Poached Squid with Arrowhead in Ginger & Scallion Sauce; Steamed Spotted Garoupa with Chicken Essence, Luffa Melon, Cured Meat & Shao Xing Wine; and Steamed Green Asian Lobster with Yellow Pepper Sauce.
藝 yì by Jereme Leung’s Lunar New Year dine-in set menus are available from 6 January to 12 February 2025. A la Carté selections are available from 29 January to 12 February 2025.
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