Tea-smoked duck, nian gao tarts: Wan Hao Chinese Restaurant’s Chinese New Year treats 

SINGAPORE – Among Wan Hao Chinese Restaurant’s range of new Chinese New Year items is the show-stopping Tea Smoked Grain-Fed Duck ($78 for half, $138 for whole, available for dine-in and takeaway). 

The duck is marinated, then air-dried for 24 hours before it is smoked in a mix of osmanthus, long jing tea leaves and sugarcane. This imparts a gentle fragrance to the succulent meat, while the crisp, golden skin shatters on my first bite. 

The restaurant also reprises its signature pen cai offerings (from $558++ for five people), including the Wan Hao Bird’s Nest Eight Treasures Pot, part of the Celebrations of Abundance set menu ($268.80++ a person, minimum five people to dine). 

Other set menus start at $138.80++ a person for a six-course meal, minimum four people to dine. 

For fans of its delicious nian gao tarts ($38 for a box of eight), the latest addition is the Golden Nian Gao Tarts with Salted Egg and Mung Bean Paste – reminiscent of a tau sar piah. This flavour joins the other nian gao tarts made with pandan, gula melaka and grated coconut; yuzu chocolate; and my favourite with yam paste. 

For a salted egg spin on the traditional pineapple tart, try the new Signature Salted Egg Golden Nuggets ($48 for a 300g jar).

The buttery pastry is infused with salted egg and curry leaves, making for a more savoury option, to offset the sweetness from the pineapple filling.  

Where: Wan Hao Chinese Restaurant, Level 3 Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel, 320 Orchard Road
MRT: Orchard
When: Till March 3
Tel: 6831-4605
Info: Go to

www.wanhaochineserestaurant.com

or order three days in advance at

cny.celebratorydelights.com