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Chef/owner Tho Cheng Kia of Hokkien restaurant Quan Xin Yuan and Mr Lee Chiang Howe, of Teochew restaurant Huat Kee shares their traditional Chinese New Year dishes. The Singaporean Hokkien community is the largest linguistic group in Singapore, making up two-fifths of the Chinese Singaporean population. Offerings are prepared by each household, and include a variety of Hokkien sweet and savoury cakes: sticky rice cakes (ti kueh), prosperity cakes (huat kueh), red tortoise buns (ang ku), red-coloured buns (mee ku), rice pudding (bee koh), and miniature bright-pink pagodas made from sugar. On Chinese New Year eve, the Hokkien will enjoy “stir-fried thick noodles”, which in Chinese carries the meaning of longevity. In addition, the Hokkien will also consume fried clams on this day. In ancient times, clam shells were used as currency and as such when eaten, represent wealth. This Five Spice Pork Rolls recipe is one of my mother-in-law’s best dishes, and It is a dish that will be cooked during praying ancestors, festivals. It is one of the Chinese New Year dishes. Penang is mostly Hokkien people, and the Hokkien called It Loh Bak. Mee sua noodles symbolise longevity, which makes this Hokkien stir-fry dish an auspicious one to be enjoyed with the whole family at Chinese New Year. Here are five Hokkien dishes that many Chinoys have spent their childhood eating: 1. Machang. Usually shaped like small pyramids, these glutinous rice dumplings are traditionally eaten on Dragon Boat Festival Day to celebrate the life of Qu Yuan, China’s first poet. Chinese New Year Dish : Hokkien Fish Maw Soup 福建鱼鰾汤 Recipe source : Adapted from Y3K magazine, Issue No. 40, 1/2 - 2008 Soup is a must for reunion dinners. Agnes Lin Siew Chin shares her love for Stir-fried Rice Cake, a must-have dish for most Hokkien and Foochow families in Malaysia during Chinese New Year. A collection of Chinese New Year recipes for the upcoming Year of the Rabbit. Each recipe includes easy-to-follow instructions and make-ahead tips. Whether it's to attract a bigger crowd or because the distinctions between various dialects have become so blurred, it's not uncommon to find Cantonese ingredients in Teochew cooking; Hokkien Teochew Specialties: Qi Yang Cai, Dao Gua, Sea Cucumber and Rabbit Fish One of most prominent Chinese New Year dishes for the Teochew community would be Qi Yang Cai, a vegetarian dish prepared on the 7th day of the Lunar New Year that contains seven kinds of vegetable, each meant to symbolise an auspicious meaning. Because of the central role it played in saving the community, sugarcane is an essential part of Hokkien New Year. A pair of whole sugarcane stalks – symbolising harmony and cooperation – are tied, one on each side, to the offering table or over the main doorway. Joss paper, known as kim chua in Hokkien, is tied to the top of the stalks. Which is exactly why 65-year-old Monica Lim’s home-cooked Taiwan-style kong bak pau is a must-have on the dinner table during Chinese New Year. “This is a very typical Hokkien dish,” explained Moses. Prayers and offering are made to the god in front of the homes of many Chinese in the country (Photo: typical offerings to in homes). Houses are usually brightly lit on this night. There is usually fireworks on a feast after the prayers. Story of the Hokkien clan and prominance of the sugar can plant: Hence, offerings of sugar cane are vital for prayers to usher the Hokkien New Year. Other offerings include fruits, flowers and selected dishes. Devotees also offer elaborate paper houses, effigies, paper pineapples, dragon robes, gold paper and joss sticks. Typically, prayers start at 11pm and end just after midnight with fireworks. Prayers and offering are made to the god in front of the homes of many Chinese in the country (Photo: typical offerings to in homes). Houses are usually brightly lit on this night. There is usually fireworks on a feast after the prayers. Story of the Hokkien clan and prominance of the sugar can plant: In the Philippines, Chinese New Year (Philippine Hokkien Chinese: 咱人年兜; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lán-nâng Nî-tau) is considered as one of the important festivals for Chinese Filipinos, and its celebration has also extended to the majority non-Chinese Filipinos, especially since in 2012, Chinese New Year was included as a public regular non Beng Hiang Chinese New Year 2025 Menu Celebrate the Year of the Snake with our exquisite Chinese New Year offerings—featuring prosperity set menus, signature Yu Sheng, and festive treats, crafted to bring joy and abundance from 24 December 2024 to 16 February 2025. Most Chinese, including Ken’s family which is Toishan, celebrate the New Year on the first day of the lunar calendar. But Hokkien Chinese choose to celebrate on the ninth day. The large Hokkien community here in Penang makes sure their presence and their traditions are remembered with raucous celebrations including pleasingly cheesy dance shows, a [] According to NLB, it is also tradition to not finish the dishes served at the reunion dinner so that there will be leftovers brought over to the new year, thus symbolising excess and abundance for the coming year. The leftover food will then be served on the first day of the new year.
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