Chinese New Year is a time for giving! Besides handing out money in hong-bao (red envelope), you can share meaningful food to show appreciation and bring good fortune. Here are some of the most delicious edible gifts you can buy for your loved ones:
Chinese New Year Hampers
Hotel
Four Seasons Jakarta
Choose from two uber-luxurious options, the ideal symbols of appreciation for valued business partners and loved ones alike, with the Lunar Hamper (IDR 1,488,000++) and the Longevity Hamper (IDR 2,388,000++).
The festive offerings arrive in a hand-crafted box. You can find delicious goodies such as premium cookies, fine teas, La Patisserie chocolate bars, and Four Seasons angpao envelopes, along with other indulgent treats.
Read more: Blessing of Lunar New Year at Four Seasons Hotel Jakarta
Hotel Indonesia Kempinski Jakarta
Hop into the Year of the Rabbit and send wishes of prosperity, abundance, and good health to your family, friends, and business partners with our hampers. Exclusively curated with gourmet delicacies, our hampers include Peanut Butter Cookies, Salted Egg Cookies, Assorted Candy, Nian Gao, Lapis Legit Large, and Twinings Loose Tea. May our limited Chinese New Year hampers, jam-packed with must-have snacks during the festivities, bring fortune, success and harmony to all of you and your loved ones. The hampers start from IDR 1,200,000 nett.
InterContinental Jakarta Pondok Indah
InterContinental Jakarta Pondok Indah’s tradition of unique gifts continues. Artist-inResidence Rinaldy Yunardi’s second edition of Royale Hampers – which was inspired by a majestic abstract painting that towers the hotel’s lobby, Haryanto’ Bletuk’ Gunawan’s “Stand by Me” – features an iconic ruby and gold heart brooch wrapped in a bespoke red treasure chest of which the same painting masterpiece has also inspired timeless design.
The hampers will also include delicious culinary treats such as pineapple crunch gold bar; diamond-shaped, orange-colored white chocolate; two types of gourmet cookies; two Mandarin oranges; orange pistachio cake; and InterContinental egg tart.
Mandarin Oriental, Jakarta
The special Chinese New Year Hampers are filled with premium delights from Li Feng. Accentuated with shades of blue to reflect the year of the Water Rabbit, Mandarin Oriental, Jakarta’s Chinese New Year Hampers took inspiration from ‘qipao’ or known as Cheongsam, a symbol of freedom and intellectual advancement for women dating back to the 1920s. The exquisite hampers include Li Feng artisan Jasmine Tea handpicked from the Fujian mountains, Homemade Chinese Butter Cookies specially made by the award-winning pastry chef, Local and organic Orange flavored Almond Cookies, Seasoned Walnut Szechuan specially made by Li Feng’s Executive Chinese Chef, a pair of hand-painted ceramic bowl with matching chopsticks, Limited edition Mandarin Oriental Hóngbāo and MO Branded Leather Luggage Tag.
Raffles Jakarta
This year, Raffles Jakarta announces its second collaboration with Weillen, a gifted 20- year-old visual storyteller, to create the Prosperity gift boxes. The Lunar Box, consisting of Six-Pieces at IDR 1,100,000 net/box perfect for presenting delightful sweet treats to your family and friends. The additional Add-On of premium homemade Cookies, Macaroon and Champagne, is also available.
Shangri-la Jakarta
A variety of Chinese New Year hampers have been crafted and filled to the brim with the finest ingredients that are available in four (4) delicately wrapped designs, including the Prosperity, Longevity, Happiness, and Harmony hampers, respectively, and all come in various sizes that are available to order from JIA Restaurant, and prices start at IDR 988,000+.
Sheraton Grand Jakarta Gandaria City
Extend your wishes of prosperity and good luck to family, friends, and business partners with our exquisite Lunar New Year hamper selections. Guests can enjoy a scrumptious feast with three options – Layer Cake and Fortune Hamper, starting from IDR 688,000++. These hamper selections are available throughout January.
The St. Regis Jakarta
Exclusive Hampers Collection is available at Rosé to be shared with loved ones which may include the selection of festive cakes – Raspberry Lychee Delight, a delightful Raspberry Mousse combined with Lychee Gel and Almond Dacquoise, and Strawberry Garden consisting of Strawberry Mousse, Vanilla Cream Brûlée, and Strawberry Jelly – or The St. Regis Jakarta’s exclusive homemade produce such as the famous lapis legit, homemade jam, cocktails, pralines and premium tea from Dammann Frères including a selection of wines.
Restaurants
Breaking Bread
Famous for its sweet potato bread, Breaking Bread prepares three special hampers filled with savory and sweet delicacies to accompany your Chinese New Year celebrations.
The Ahwa Hampers includes 3 Salted Egg Hekeng Bun and 3 Lapis Legit, while the Axiang Package consists of 3 Salted Egg Hekeng Bun, 2 Chocolate Mandarin Oolong Cake, and 2 Lapis Legit. For those who want something sweeter, you can choose their special Chocolate Mandarin Oolong Cake.
Crio
Located on Jalan Teuku Cik Ditiro in the Menteng area, Crio is a mix of a restaurant, a chocolate and pastry shop, and a cocktail bar, but in an exquisite setting and presentation. Chocolatier Richie Pratadaja curated special hampers to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Their hampers consist of two packages; the Big Box consists of 12 pcs Chocolate Bonbons Box, 1 Jar Chocolate Chip Cookies, and 3 Types of Dragees (chocolate-covered nuts). While the small Box consist of 12 pcs of Chocolate Bonbons. There will also be limited Lunar New Year Bonbons, such as Mandarin – Dark Chocolate Orange Ganache with Candied Orange Peel.
Exquise Patisserie
Exquise offers a variety of CNY hampers, all filled with a curation of jarred cookies made with premium ingredients, like the Orange Butter and Coffee Almond Cookies. The quality of the products also reflects in their lavish, red-theme presentation. Ranging from IDR 370,000 to IDR 2,000,000, you can choose the different sizes and selections available to fit each recipient’s taste and preference.
Ginchoux
For their Chinese New Year menu, Ginchoux offers several packages like the Red Rabbit choux (consists of many whimsical flavors like Mochi Tengteng, Kaya Raya, and Yuang Yan) and liquor-infused cakes. Their Honey Butter Cake, which resembles the money bag, is particularly fitting for wishing your relatives wealth and prosperity. If you’re looking to impress the adults of the family with a more daring bite, these are the hampers to order!
LIT Bakehouse
Inspired by the Ming Dynasty’s Chinese porcelains, the eclectic Lit Bakehouse presents the Dancing Rabit Spring Collection to celebrate this year’s Year of The Water Rabbit. Collaborating with pastry chef Keisa Putri from Kaktus, you can share the unique experience of six limited pastries with prominent Chinese-themed flavors like ‘Pineapple’ and ‘Abon’ croissants, ‘Tape Ketan’, ‘Mocha Nugget’, and ‘Red Bean’ doughnuts, and ‘Fortune Danish’ with your family and friends this festive season.
Minggu Nikho Masak
The online baker, ‘Minggu Nikho Masak’ is cooking on more innovative take on desserts! This time, they modernize the traditional pineapple part by stuffing a layer of chocolate sponge cake, lychee jelly, and fresh pineapple all inside a real pineapple. Pineapple (ong lai) in Hokkien means ‘fortune come,’ so this “Literal Pineapple Cake” is perfect to dazzle your loved ones as well as wish them luck and fortune!
Namelaka Refined Patisserie
Starting from bazaar to bazaar in 2016, the quality of Jakarta’s own Namelaka pastries is undeniable, and a box of their famous craquelin choux, including the new Oolong and Peach flavor, is the perfect gift to hand out for this Chinese New Year! For those who prefer to enjoy the celebration more conventional, their Opulence and Abundance hard-box hampers are filled with selections of premium cookies that can be enjoyed with a cup of Havilla’s artisan tea (included in the box).
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