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Celebrate year of the rooster at these modern Chinese restaurants

Jessicha Valentina (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Sun, January 22, 2017

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Celebrate year of the rooster at these modern Chinese restaurants 'Yu shang' at Li Feng restaurant, Mandarin Oriental hotel, Central Jakarta. (Mandarin Oriental/File)

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hinese New Year is one of the most-celebrated events for the ethnic-Chinese community in Indonesia. To welcome the occasion, Jakarta's modern Chinese restaurants have geared up with several promotions.

Here's our list of recommended places offering special packages for Chinese New Year celebrations in the capital.

Table8

Tucked inside Hotel Mulia Senayan in Central Jakarta, Table8 is a specialist in Cantonese and Szechuan dishes. For the upcoming Chinese New Year, the eatery is offering the must-eat prosperity dish yee sang available from Jan. 5 to Feb. 10 and set menus on Jan. 27 and 28.

Those looking for nian gao (Chinese New Year's staple dessert), may get the sweet treat in the restaurant until Feb. 7.

Contact: 021 574 7777

Tien Chao

Situated on the second floor of Gran Melia Hotel Jakarta, South Jakarta, Tien Chao is offering set menus curated by the restaurant's chef Eric Lau with prices starting from Rp 7,888,000 (US$589.4) per table of 10. The set menus include classic Chinese delicacies like salmon yu shang, braised ten heads abalone, braised sea cucumber and more.

Fish-shaped nian gao is also available at the restaurant from Jan. 18 to 31.

Contact: 021 526 8080

(Read also: 5,000 red lanterns to enliven Solo's Chinese New Year celebration)

Fish-shaped 'nian gao' available at Tienchao, Gran Melia hotel, South Jakarta.(Gran Melia/File)

Jia 

The newly opened Jia is a contemporary Chinese restaurant located at Shangri-La Hotel Jakarta. In regards to Chinese New Year, the restaurant is offering three traditional set menus, namely Xin Nian Kuai Le, Gong Xi Fa Cai and Whan Shi Ru Yi, from Jan. 27 to Feb. 11 with prices ranging from Rp 888,000++ to Rp 1,688,000++ per person. The traditional set menus include Chinese New Year's staples, such as salmon yu sheng, deep fried prawn toast with goose liver and mayonnaise, barbecue suckling pig and jelly fish, as well as oven-baked nian gao with shredded coconut.

Starting from Jan. 15, nian gao is also available separately at Rp 338,000++ per box.

Contact: 021 2939 9562

Li Feng

Welcoming the year of the fire rooster, Li Feng restaurant at the Mandarin Oriental hotel is serving 10-course and 12-course set menus. Priced at Rp 1,288,000++ and Rp 1,588,000++ per person, guests can enjoy various dishes, including yu shang, deep fried chicken with sesame, braised baby abalone with sea cucumber and fat choy, and seared xi sha island crayfish with garlic sauce.

Contact: 021 2993 8825

(Read also: 178-meter dragon to ring in Chinese New Year in Singkawang)

Pearl Chinese

Located at JW Marriott, Pearl Chinese restaurant is having three festive set menus. The prices range from Rp 788,000++ to 1,488,000++ per person. Guests who dine in on Chinese New Year's Eve may join a giant yee shang tossing ceremony. During the day of Chinese New Year, guests can enjoy a special yum cha, which includes abalone soup, various dim sum, barbecue suckling pig and more, by forking out Rp 488,000++ per person.

Contact: 021 5798 8888

House of Yuen by Sun Tung Lok

Those looking for fine dining experience may drop by to House of Yuen by Sun Tung Lok. Located in Fairmont Jakarta Hotel, the restaurant is having special Chinese New Year packages with prices starting from Rp 12,888,000++ to Rp 39,888,000 for 10 people. The set menus consist of the finest Chinese delicacies, including yu sheng with abalone, goose liver, Hokkaido scallops, surf clam and salmon, whole roast suckling pig, Hong Kong-style steamed napoleon fish, and double-boiled bird's nest with almond cream served alongside young coconut. (kes)

Contact: 021 2903 9172

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