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Chinese New Year Casserole
January 4, 2012
Shanghai Min Introduces Unique Chinese New Year Casserole with Traditional Chef’s Signature Soup
‘Early bird’ offers for festive specialties from outlets across Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories
Traditional Shanghainese delicacies can be ordered for takeaway over Chinese New Year from any of Shanghai Min’s eight nostalgic restaurants in Hong Kong – with special offers on ‘early bird’ orders.
The brand famed for authentic Shanghai cuisine is taking orders from December 30 onwards for a menu of four specialties celebrating the Year of the Dragon.
Dishes can be collected any date between January 6 and February 5, with prices discounted by 10% on orders before January 15.
Chinese New Year Casserole, or poon choi as it is known in Cantonese, is an auspicious specialty symbolising union, prosperity and affluence on festive occasions, priced at HK$398, or HK$358 for early orders.
This year, the masterful chefs of Shanghai Min use the traditional Shanghainese Chef’s Signature Soup as the base of the Signature Chinese New Year Casserole of Stewed Meats & Vegetables. The soup of fresh pork, salted pork, bean curd sheet and bamboo shoot further enriches the taste of 14 luxurious ingredients including sea cucumber, fish maw, pork knuckle, prawn, salted chicken, Chinese ham, bean curd, glutinous rice cake, dried mushroom, Tianjin cabbage, green bean vermicelli and fish ball.
Eight Treasures Whole Braised Duck with Conpoy (HK$248/HK$223) is a famous Shanghai specialty renowned for its diverse ingredients and complex preparation. Another festive essential in Shanghainese tradition is Braised Pork Knuckle (HK$248/HK$223), served in sophisticated style with ‘golden eggs’ and Shanghai cabbage.
Completing the Chinese New Year takeaway menu is Shanghai New Year Pudding (HK$168/HK$151), an exceptional expression of the art of festive pastry-making, made with precious Chinese liquor Wu Liang Ye and osmanthus honey. Moulded as a pair of carp which seen as good luck and packed in a deluxe pink gift box, it is an ideal gift for relatives, friends, colleagues or business associates. The price is additionally discounted to HK$133 for orders of ten boxes or more.
Order forms for the festive takeaway menu are available at the brand’s flagship restaurant Xiao Nan Guo at One Peking, Tsim Sha Tsui and seven other Shanghai Min restaurants across Hong Kong at: Man Yee Building, 68 Des Voeux Road, Central; Times Square, Causeway Bay; Tsim Sha Tsui Centre, 66 Mody Road; MegaBox, Kowloon Bay; New Town Plaza, Shatin; Metroplaza, Kwai Fong and Tuen Mun Plaza.
Orders can also be placed at the hotline: 3759 0008; fax: 3759 0002; or email: cny@xiaonanguo.com.
With a grandstand view over Victoria Harbour from atop One Peking, flagship restaurant Xiao Nan Guo is also serving a special Chinese New Year feast served during Hong Kong’s annual CNY fireworks display on January 24.
The celebration dinner starts with five appetisers featuring Drunken Chicken and Red Dates Stuffed with Sticky Rice, followed by Double-boiled Fish Maw with Matsutake Mushrooms and Sea Whelk in Chicken Soup.
Main courses are full of premium ingredients including Giant Grouper with Shepherd’s Purse, Crispy Lobster Puff and Wok-fried Prime Angus Beef with Wild Mushrooms. Signature dim sum of Crispy Pork Soup Bun and a special festive dessert complete the luxuriant dinner.
Shanghai Min’s philosophy of classic Shanghainese delicacies created by master chefs has popularised the brand from a small Shanghai diner with just four tables to an international icon with branches across China and Hong Kong.
About Shanghai Min
Launched 20 years ago, Shanghai Min evolved from a small Shanghainese eatery of just four tables – becoming one of very few local Chinese restaurant brands to branch out to international acclaim.
Ten years ago, Shanghai Min opened its first branch in Hong Kong and has rapidly developed into a renowned fine-food brand attentive to exquisite, inspired and delightful Shanghainese cuisine delivered by its Shanghainese master chefs and the use of fresh and high quality ingredients that that wins universal plaudits of gourmands.
In December 2009, Xiao Nan Guo at One Peking was opened atop One Peking in Tsim Sha Tsui, becoming the flagship of Shanghai’s celebrated Shanghai Min restaurant group and the one and only Shanghainese restaurant offering spectacular panoramic Victoria harbour view, taking the Chinese dining experience to a new level in Hong Kong.
Across the region, the Shanghai Min brand now boasts branches in Eastern China, Northern China and Hong Kong.
Xiao Nan Guo at One Peking – Hong Kong Flagship Store
10/F, One Peking, 1 Peking Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
T - 2527 8899
Shanghai Min Central
Level 3, Man Yee Building, 68 Des Voeux Road, Central, Hong Kong
T - 2259 9393
Shanghai Min Causeway Bay
Shop 1201, 12/F, Food Forum, Times Square, 1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
T - 2874 8899
Shanghai Min Tsimshatsui
UG 2-13 & 45-51, Tsim Sha Tsui Centre, 66 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
T - 2369 8899
Shanghai Min Kowloon Bay
Shop 2, 6/F, MegaBox, Enterprise Square Five, 38 Wang Chiu Road, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon
T - 2545 0880
Shanghai Min Shatin
Shop 710, Level 7, New Town Plaza, Phase I, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
T - 2894 8899
Shanghai Min Kwai Fong
413-416, 4/F, Metroplaza, 223 Hing Fong Road, Kwai Fong.
T – 2845 8899
Shanghai Min Tuen Mun
Shop 3235-3237, 3/F, Tuen Mun Town Plaza Phase 1, New Territories
T - 2426 8899
