The revered Fujian cuisine specialist, Putien, a restaurant chain celebrated for nine consecutive years with a Michelin Bib Gourmand, is launching an extravagant array of celebratory dishes for the upcoming Lunar New Year (CNY) festivities in Hong Kong. Available from February 1 through March 3, 2026, Putien’s festive collection centers on the traditional Poon Choi (basin feast), the symbolic Lo Hei toss, and carefully crafted festive cakes, providing families with luxurious and auspicious options for their reunion dinners.
A Dozen Delights in Putien’s Signature Poon Choi
The cornerstone of Putien’s New Year offering is the magnificent “Bountiful Harvest Abalone and Prawn Poon Choi”. This impressive communal dish is designed to symbolize prosperity and unity, incorporating a dozen premium ingredients. Key components include tender abalone, succulent large prawns, premium dried oysters, goose web, dried scallops, sea cucumber, fish maw, and artisanal Fuzhou fish balls, all layered meticulously inside the traditional basin vessel.
What truly distinguishes this basin feast is its exceptionally rich, slow-simmered broth. The luxurious liquid base is crafted over many hours using a combination of dried scallops, premium Jinhua ham, and pork hind leg, creating an incredibly deep, savoury flavour profile that intensifies as the dish is reheated, ensuring every ingredient absorbs the potent essence.
This signature Poon Choi is available in sizes catering from four to ten people, priced between HK$998 and HK$2,388. As an exclusive incentive, customers who order and collect the basin feast will receive a complimentary gift box of Mazu Longevity Noodles (valued at HK$65).
Toss to Prosperity: The Auspicious Yu Sheng
Recognizing the growing appreciation for regional Asian traditions, Putien is also bringing the Singaporean and Malaysian New Year staple, “Prosperity Smoked Salmon Yu Sheng” (Lo Hei), to the Hong Kong market. The symbolic tossing of this vibrant raw fish salad—where diners mix and lift the ingredients high with chopsticks—is believed to bring good fortune and high spirits for the year ahead.
Putien’s offering features fresh smoked salmon layered with a colourful assortment of shredded vegetables, including tea melon, preserved orange peel, and pink ginger threads. A homemade sweet and sour plum sauce binds the ingredients, offering a refreshing counterpoint to the richer flavours of the Poon Choi. The Yu Sheng is priced from HK$198 for a small portion, with special add-on discounts starting at HK$128 when purchased alongside a Poon Choi order.
Traditional Sweets for Stepping Up
To complement the rich main courses, Putien introduces the “Triple Treasures Festive Cakes”—a set of three classic holiday sweets, echoing the Cantonese tradition of eating cakes for “stepping higher” or continuous improvement (“Bo Bo Go Sing”). The collection includes soft, sweet New Year Cake (Nin Gou); savoury, velvety Turnip Cake (Lo Bak Gou); and dense, fragrant Taro Cake.
These festive delicacies are available individually for HK$88 or as a “Triple Treasures” combination gift set for HK$228. Diners ordering a Poon Choi can benefit from discounted add-on prices, starting at HK$68 for a single box or HK$168 for the set.
For those planning an entire reunion meal, Putien offers three comprehensive New Year Set Menus designed for parties ranging from two to ten:
- Auspicious Set: Includes the “Prosperity Yu Sheng.”
- Wishful Set: Features the “Bountiful Harvest Abalone and Prawn Poon Choi.”
- Good Fortune Set: Highlights the premium “Classic Buddha Jumps Over the Wall” soup (served per person).
These sets ensure that families can choose a feast tailored to their specific needs and desires for a magnificent Lunar New Year celebration. Putien’s festive offerings can be collected from any of its seven locations across Hong Kong, including Tsim Sha Tsui, Causeway Bay, and Central.