If you’ve yet to get a hold of tasty treats for Chinese New Year, you’re not too late as many establishments around the island are going full swing for the week before the year of the Tiger kicks in! Get your fill of bak kwas, pineapple tarts, and even uber cute ingredients for your hot pot reunion dinner! Here are our top picks for those mouth-watering CNY goodies both available online and in-store.
Wang Lai Bakery, established in 1968, has been a popular confectionary booth located in Chinatown that specialises in traditional Chinese goodies. Their traditional family recipes have been passed down over four generations, constantly tweaked and improved upon to leave us craving their snacks each and every year. Boasting one of Singapore’s best pineapple tarts, they pride themselves on their handmade and homemade goodies. Definitely our top pick! Free delivery for any orders above S$100!
Janice Wong’s Chinese New Year selection are so pretty to look at and of course super delicious too! Whether you’re buying for yourself or gifting to others, this CNY collection is not to be missed. Available for purchase are the usual snacks like pineapple balls and peanut cookies, but they’ve also bundled together hampers that include wines and bubbles! Sweet! Do note that all orders must be placed at least 24 hours in advance.
If you’re just wanting to satisfy your craving for pineapple tarts, then order away from Pineapple Tarts Singapore. Be rest assured that the goodies you receive are hand rolled and baked freshly out the oven, maintaining the best quality possible. Aside from traditional favourites, check out their delicious innovations like their Cheese and Salted Egg Pineapple Tarts. For a luxurious decadent treat, their Double Truffle – Charcoal Truffle Pineapple Tarts are not to be missed!
Usher in the festivities with The Fat Kid Bakery this Lunar New Year. Indulge in the bakery’s all-time favourite bomboloni with exclusive flavours such as Roasted Sesame, featuring a homemade sesame praline, and the Peanut Crunch, inspired by the taste of Muah Chee. Well-loved flavours befitting of the festive season are also making a comeback. Look out for the fragrant Oolong Milk Tea and tangy Yuzu Creme as they return to the menu this month. Besides the classic Chocolate Chip Cookies and Triple Chocolate Brownies, enjoy seasonal exclusives including the irresistibly fragrant Butter Cookies that melt in your mouth, and crunchy bittersweet Blackout Cookies made using black cocoa powder. If you’re a fan of bak kwa, the smokey Bak Kwa Cookies are sure to be a hit – the bakery’s homemade charsiew glaze promise an intensified BBQ flavour that will keep you going back for more.
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Revel in the celebratory mood with Marmalade Pantry with the new Spring Abundance Afternoon Tea experience with two pots of artisan tea by Monogram. Featuring an array of sumptuous festive goodies such as the Mini Chicken Bak Kwa Burgers, Golden Pineapple Tarts, Almond Cookies, and Honey Mustard Crackers, this gorgeous set is perfect for gifting! Personalised message card is available
For a slightly more indulgent treat, check out Hai Tien Lo’s range of sweet and savoury Lunar New Year delights that are great for wowing the family and also gifting. We love the Prosperity Lunar New Year Koi Fish Nian Gao that’s oh so cute and also the super attractive rainbow kueh lapis. Traditional pineapple tarts and almond cookies are also available.
Led by MasterChef Asia 2015’s Finalist Sandrian Tan, The Tartlery takes a modern twist to traditional favourites this Chinese New Year. The Koi tart resembles a koi swiming in a pond and is filled with white chocolate mousse and floral-scented Osmanthus gel, topped with generous bits of grapefruit and pomelo. A fusion twist on the popular CNY goodie, her Pineapple Tarte features a Lemon Myrtle infused cheesecake filling, topped with a layer of home-made pineapple jam, finished with Pina Colada cream and galangal-laced biscuit. Delicious!
Who doesn’t love a good fish skin snack this CNY? Irvins has become quite a household name with their signature fish skin snacks that always leave you craving for more. Check out their Prosperity Box this year that that contains two Salted Egg Salmon Skin, one Salted Egg Fish Skin and one Hot Boom Salted Egg Fish Skin. Great for buying it for the family or to giving away to friends!
For traditional goodies, check out yu99.kitchen. From pineapple tarts to cheesy cookies to honey comb and also golden cornflakes, they’ve got them all. Visit their Instagram page here to place your orders. Delivery fee is S$10. Free delivery available for orders above S$80.
Roar into the new year with PAUL’s Tigerrific festive offerings for Chinese New Year! Presenting their Mini pineapple panna cotta and mini mandarin orange tartlets are back, together with mini croissants stuffed with pumpkin floss, bbq chicken bak kwa and mozzarella, plus spicy sakura shrimps with kaffir lime leaf! Each CNY creation comes in a box of eight. Simply cart out three boxes (two sweet and one savoury) at S$88 nett. Five boxes are just priced at S$118 nett. Spend a minimum of S$100 for free delivery as well as exclusively designed ang pow in a pack of six, whilst stocks last! Delivery surcharge of S$15 applies on 31 January, 1-2 February.
Salted egg yolk here we come and this CNY, you get to savour Golden Duck’s collab with Paradise Group with two two limited-edition fish skin creations specifically made to celebrate the upcoming festivities.
The Yu Sheng Fish Skin Crisps is packed with your favourite taste of yusheng and will have you thinking of lo hei for sure. Think sweet and tangy notes of plum sauce with a nutty aroma, with every bite of the crispy snack. What’s more, the Sweet and Sour Fish Skin Crisps comes with dried pineapple bits that adds to the authenticity of the treat!
This Chinese New Year, usher in great fortune with Baker’s Brew. Take on the roaring 22s with distinct Southeast Asian staples and Peranakan flavours, through irresistible signature cookies packaged in adorably paw-some tins in their Fortune Cat Collection (bundle of five tins). These fortune feline friends have toiled and tested to bring you their best take yet on these traditional Lunar New Year goodies, reinvigorated with a modern twist. Flavours include ondeh ondeh, pineapple bak kwa, hae bee hiam, peanut almond and of course, pineapple.
Mdm Ling Bakery ushers in the Year of the Tiger with a limited-edition collection of Lunar New Year goodies in tropical rainforest-themed gift sets comprising of circle and square tins of delectable festive goodies. Get the most out of your forest-like experience with Mdm Ling Bakery’s Festive Picnic Basket ($148) laden with 6 standard-sized bottles of festive cookies and the gift set even comes with a complimentary matching picnic mat. How fun!
Golden Moments and its newly launched sister-brand “Long Da Ge” are proud to offer classic snacks this CNY including the fiery Ma La Xiao Long Xia which is a must have as it hails from a 100% authentic Sichuan Mala Recipe. Previously made famous by their widely-known signature Mao Shan Wang Durian Snowskin Mooncake series, the duo’s latest offering Ma La Xiao Long Xia, is sure to pack a punch in your taste buds and provide a twist from your usual CNY goodies.
Satisfy your cravings for Cantonese and Sichuan cuisine with this Mala Chicken + Hotpot, created by Chef Ng Kong Kiu of Ju Xing Home, a Hong Kong Michelin Bib Gourmand Restaurant frequented by Hong Kong celebrities themselves! Mala Chicken + Hotpot is exclusively available at Kam’s Roast Jewel Changi Airport and Joy Luck Tea House outlets, which are known for their famous egg tarts. Listed by The Guardian as the “Top 10 dishes to try in Hong Kong”, choose from two variations of egg tarts – one with a puff pastry shell and the other with a lightly sweetened, shortbread crust.
Festive Chinese New Year Snacks
- Cookies And Kueh @ Chilli Paddi Goodies –www.chillipadigoodies.com.sg
- Wide Variety Of CNY Food Items @ Gin Thye – www.festive.ginthye.com.sg
- Healthy CNY Goodies @ Seriously Keto – www.seriouslyketo.com/collections/chinese-new-year
- Flavorful Local Snacks @ Bengawan Solo – www.bengawansolo.com.sg
- CNY Specials @Bread Talk – www.breadtalk.com.sg
‘Bak Kwa’
- Kim Joo Guan – kimjooguan.com
- Bee Cheng Hiang – www.beechenghiang.com.sg
- Kim Hock Guan – www.kimhockguan.com.sg
- Lim Chee Guan – www.limcheeguan.sg
- Angie’s Tempeh Bak Kwa – www.tempehbakkwa.com
Chinese New Year Cakes
- Printed CNY Cakes @ Polar Puffs & Cakes – www.polarpuffs-cakes.com
- Festive Radish Cake & Yam Cake @Sheraton Towers Singapore – www.shopatsheratonfestive.oddle.me
- Traditional Nonya Cakes @ Lek Lim Nonya Kueh – www.kuehkueh.com.sg
- Wide Selection Of Traditional Whole Cakes @ East Ocean Teochew Restaurant – www.eastocean.sg
- An assortment of Kueh Lapis @ The Lapis Place – www.thelapisplace.com
- Pineapple-Themed Cake And Tiger-Themed Cupcakes @ The Ugly Cake Shop – www.uglycakeshop.sg
