Poon choi is a timeless dish with roots in southern China prepared during festive ceremonies for the whole table to feast on luxurious ingredients.
Where abalone, fish maw, prawns, goose web, chicken, mushrooms, and pork is typical for a poon choi, kick off your Chinese New Year gatherings with a feast on these premium options to order!
The best poon choi for Chinese New Year in Hong Kong
1. Duddell’s
Duddell’s is here with your poon choi needs if you fancy a Michelin-starred-standard for your Chinese New Year gatherings at home. Their Chinese New Year poon choi is reigning in abundant and prosperous vibes with their sensational mix of items, including braised fish tripe, braised South African abalone, soy sauce chicken, braised pork belly, and sea cucumber. The high price tag makes up for the richness packed within the pot.
Duddell’s, 3/F & 4/F, 1 Duddell Street, Central, 2525 9191, book here
Chinese New Year poon choi (HKD3,888 for six persons), available for self-pickup from Feb. 13-16, 18-20, order here
2. RÚ
At Nina Hotel Tsuen Wan West’s prized fine-dining Chinese restaurant RÚ, Chinese New Year can be enjoyed with fanciful flavours with their poon choi offering. The New Year treasure poon choi oozes with a rich braised flavour and includes the classics: king prawn, poached chicken, premium dried oyster, fish maw, and South African six-head dried abalone.
RÚ, 7/F, Nina Hotel Tsuen Wan West, 8 Yeung Uk Road, Tsuen Wan, 2280 2868
New Year treasure poon choi (HKD1,388 for four persons), available for self-pick up from now till Feb. 22, order here
3. Pak Loh Chiu Chow
With a Chiuchow twist, Pak Loh Chiu Chow is instilling five decades of cooking in Hong Kong into their harmony poon choi, serving many mouths on the table. The abundant poon choi features dried oyster, abalone, sea cucumber, prawns, duck, and chicken.
Pak Loh Chiu Chow, Shop 1002, 10/F, Times Square, 1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay, 2577 1163
Harmony poon choi (HKD1,480 for six persons), available for self-pickup from now till Mar. 4, order here
4. Harbour Grand Kowloon
Harbour Grand Kowloon goes large with their poon choi creation this year, offering a bowl piled up high with the typical ingredients, but with a massive steamed whole Boston lobster. Joining the bright red, juicy crustacean includes braised goose feet, braised black boss, pan-fried dried golden oyster, whole eight-head abalone, and boiled chicken. This poon choi is designed to be enjoyed for six persons.
The Promenade, G/F, Harbour Grand Kowloon, 20 Tak Fung Street, Whampoa Garden, Hung Hom, 2996 8432
Chinese New Year poon choi (HKD1,888 for six persons), available for self-pickup from Feb. 10-19, order here
5. Maxim’s MX
Those familiar with the fast-food chain Maxim’s MX can prepare for their Chinese New Year meal at home with a more affordable poon choi to order. Catering for 10 to 12 persons at the dinner table, Maxim’s MX simple yet hearty poon choi carries soy shrimp, pork knuckles, marinated chicken, roasted duck, Chinese mushroom, pig skin, and broccoli amongst an assortment of braised items.
Maxim’s MX, multiple locations across Hong Kong
Poon choi (HKD978 for 10 to 12 persons), available for self-pickup from now till Mar. 3, order here
