30 Most Unique Yusheng In 2023 For the Year of the Rabbit
Whether you’re planning to have a CNY feast within the comforts of your home, in your office, or dining out with your family in tow, we’ve rounded up some of the most unique and luxurious yusheng platters in Singapore to toss your way into a prosperous 2023! As a melting pot of cultures, many non-Chinese restaurants have also jumped on the lohei traditional with their own creations of yusheng. From yusheng with steamed Hainanese chicken to yusheng on a pizza, those with unconventional ingredients or made almost too cute to eat, here are 30 yusheng to usher in the Year of the Rabbit!
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Si Chuan Dou Hua
Si Chuan Dou Hua is the only Chinese restaurant serving fugu, aka pufferfish! Directly imported from the fugu capital of Shimonoseki, it is the main star in the Fugu Japanese Pufferfish Yu Sheng ($198++), where the fugu sashimi are shaped into a rabbit. It also features edible flowers such as Ulam Raja flowers and Sichuan peppercorn leaves, along with ice plants and fresh greens, all tied together...
Straits Bakery
Look no further than Straits Bakery for a Peranakan-style yusheng ($128++). Available as part of the cafe’s Chinese New Year menu, it comprises a unique mix of ingredients such as ginger bud, ice plant, baby shrimps, crispy tapioca strips, local herbs, abalone, and a specially created light and refreshing sauce that brightens the dish. Available for both dine-in and takeaway, but do note that ther...
Summer Pavilion
The One-Michelin-starred Summer Pavilion offers different kinds of yusheng for Chinese New Year 2023, and a highlight is the Lobster, Black Caviar Yu Sheng (from $280++). A whole crustacean guards over an assortment of lobster sashimi, caviar with gold leaf, cucumber, radish, pomelo, and crackers, then tossed together with plum sauce and a squeeze of lime. Other renditions include the Abalone Yu S...
Tablescape
Up for something out of the norm? The $138++ set menu at modern European restaurant Tablescape features a yusheng shining a spotlight on Josper-grilled Spanish octopus. There's also winter melon, leek, daikon, pickled radishes, kit pan, pomelo, ginger, lotus root, carrots, roasted peanuts and bok chui crackers to signify wealth, peace and good fortune. Avruga caviar and gold leaves add the finishi...
The Hainan Story
Celebrate the festivities with Hainanese dishes with a modern twist. The Hainan Story's version of yusheng (from $28.80) combines the festive dish with our favourite Hainanese steamed chicken. It features a salad of fresh carrot, green radish and purple cabbage, cucumber, yellow winter melon and leek. Along with the quintessential toppings and seasonings, steamed chicken lends an extra touch of su...
White Restaurant
White Restaurant is all set for Chinese New Year with the Grand Fortune Abalone Yusheng (from $49.90++).18-head abalones are combined with shredded carrot, winter melon, dried persimmon, jellyfish and buckwheat. For some crispiness, it also comes with deep-fried shredded yam topped with ground peanuts, pomelo, lemon leaf and white sesame. The specially-concocted piquant yuzu sauce imparts the dish...
Ya Ge
At first glance, the yusheng by Ya Ge (from $68++) look no different from what we usually see every year. However, the Prosperity Smoked Salmon Yu Sheng, which comes with either Abalone or Crispy Fish Skin, features a unique line-up of ingredients like strawberries, jackfruit, carrots, crispy lotus root, radish, and fried yam, just to name a few. And instead of the usual plum dressing, the yusheng...
Yan
Enjoy the Kaleidoscope of Prosperity Yu Sheng ($92++) from Yan this year. Featuring fresh yellowtail fish, this yusheng is a mountain of fried vermicelli, shredded purple and yellow sweet potatoes, crispy shredded conpoy and gold flakes. Surrounding it is a ring of yellowtail slices, vibrant vegetables, pickled ginger, crushed peanuts, sesame seeds, youtiao, and cherry tomatoes that are adorably c...
Yì by Jereme Leung
Yì by Jereme Leung is serving four variations of yusheng for the Year of the Rabbit. The Longevity Yu Sheng ($238++), which features arctic shellfish and Japanese sweet shrimps; Prosperity Yu Sheng ($258++), which is served with abalone, Spanish Ibérico ham, and honey melon; Fortune Yu Sheng ($198++) with salmon sashimi and crispy bait fish; and Vegetarian Yu Sheng ($198++) with crispy cordyceps f...