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What we love about this: the clever, punny name, the value-for-money price, and that it\u2019s a full drink-and-main set meal.<\/p>\n
The best festive bit? That it\u2019s crafted with vibrant colours and taste. This bundle features an Eastern twist on a Western brekkie item, the Yuzu Ham Blossom Open Toastie. Topped with chicken ham, cream cheese and yuzu, this \u201cWang-derful\u201d toasted slice will tingle your taste buds with both the savoury and the sweet.<\/p>\n
Paired with a refreshing floral-fruity Iced Osmanthus Pineapple Tea (it\u2019s only available for a limited time only, btw), the bundle should perk you up for all of the days into the Lunar New Year.<\/p>\n
Available at Heavenly Wang outlets, multiple locations, including SAFRA Mount Faber and SAFRA Punggol, www.wangcafe.com\/HeavenlyWang<\/a>; www.facebook.com\/WangCafeSg<\/a>; www.instagram.com\/wangcafesg<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n BONUS: SAFRA members enjoy 10% off a la carte purchases at Heavenly Wang<\/u><\/a> at SAFRA Mount Faber and SAFRA Toa Payoh, a well as 5% bonus value when topping up their WANG loyalty card.<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s no secret that SG foodies love all things mala<\/em>. Hurrah, then, that this fast food chain has decided to combine this hot flavour with two equally \u201chot\u201d (read: beloved) food items, cheese and chicken, for the CNY festivities.<\/p>\n This is the creation: Mala<\/em>-flavour coated fried chicken, drizzled with cheese sauce. If this cheesy, crispy and spicy heartburn-inducing guilty pleasure is too much for you, cool down with its Yuzu Coleslaw and Passion Fruit Green Tea ($8.80 for a Mala Cheesy Set).<\/p>\n You can also deepen the pleasure by opting for the Mala Cheesy Combo (it comes with 2-piece Tenders for $10.80) or share the guilt with a bud with the Mala Cheesy Feast ($18.80) that comes with another Popeyes Chicken Sandwich main and more.<\/p>\n Available at Popeyes Lousiana Kitchen outlets, multiple locations, www.popeyes.com.sg<\/a>; www.facebook.com\/PopeyesSGP<\/a><\/em>; www.instagram.com\/popeyes.sg<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Bubble tea isn\u2019t exactly a food item, is it? Let us qualify this by saying, firstly, for some of us, BBT is<\/em> a bona fide Singapore daily diet staple, and secondly, we chew on the pearls and not slurp them down, do we not? So, yes, in our eyes, bubble milk tea with pearls are<\/em> desserts-slash-drinks.<\/p>\n In any case, this collaboration is too novel not to include in this list of festive eats. Take the traditional Jia Jia Herbal Tea canned liang teh<\/em>, hipster-fy it through the lens of Taiwanese bubble tea brand PlayMade\u2026 and shazam!<\/em> You got yourself this herbal- and milky-tasting concoction.<\/p>\n Choose either to have it on its own (from $4.20 for a Medium) or add some gold, Jia Jia Herbal Tea-infused boba<\/em> pearls (from $1.20 for a Medium portion) for extra chewy goodness.<\/p>\n And, if you can\u2019t get enough of this collab or want to bring it as a house visit gift, there\u2019s the Uncle Jia Jia Huat You Kit ($26.80) that comes with Win Big Big playing cards, 2 packs of Super Huat red packets, 2 PlayMade x Jia Jia Milk Tea vouchers and 6 cans of Jia Jia Herbal Tea.<\/p>\n The PlayMade x Jia Jia Milk Tea drinks are available at PlayMade outlets, multiple locations, www.facebook.com\/playmadeonezo<\/a>; www.instagram.com\/playmadeonezo<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n The Uncle Jia Jia Huat You Kit is available from the Uncle Jia Jia site<\/u><\/a>; www.facebook.com\/UncleJiaJia<\/a>; www.instagram.com\/unclejiajia<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n This is how you do \u201cSwedishporean\u201d (Swedish and Singaporean) Chinese New Year dining in SG: Head to an IKEA restaurant. Like the furniture retail giant\u2019s wares, the food\u2019s easy-on-the-budget, tasty and even looks good to boot.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the rundown for the mains: Plant ball with mala spaghetti ($8), Mala pork ribs and vegetable money bag with golden fried rice ($13.80), and 8 treasures lotus leaf rice ($8).<\/p>\n To share: Mala chicken wings (6 pieces for $10).<\/p>\n And for the kids (and also, everyone else, because it\u2019s totes adorbs): Little tiger bun with kaya filling ($2).<\/p>\n Also, there\u2019s a special CNY Platter Set ($28.80) with Mala pork ribs, half spring chicken, salmon fillet, meatballs and vegetable money bags that\u2019s only available at the Jurong outlet.<\/p>\n Plus, at the halal-certified resto at Tampines, there are two recently-introduced dishes: Salmon lasagne with mixed vegetable ($9.90) and Roasted chicken whole leg with lemon sauce and butter raisin rice ($7.90), which are great if you want to get together with your Muslim friends and family members during the CNY period.<\/p>\n The IKEA food items are available at selected IKEA restaurants, multiple locations, <\/em>www.ikea.com\/sg<\/em><\/a>; <\/em>www.facebook.com\/IKEASingapore<\/em><\/a>; www.instagram.com\/ikeasingapore<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Like almost all Chinese restaurants during the Chinese New Year period, this Hainanese food specialist is also offering an indulgent feasting package (the Imperial King of Hainanese Abundance for 6 to 8 pax; $488). But, let us point you to the cheaper but no less delish, new offerings in its \u201cGrandeur of Happiness\u201d dining-in menu.<\/p>\n There\u2019s the East-West fusion Mozzarella & Bak Kwa Pork Corden Bleu with Prosperity Pineapple Sauce ($16.80), a cut of breaded and deep-fried heaven stuffed with mozzarella cheese and pork bak kwa,<\/em> accompanied by house-made Hainanese pineapple sauce. Then, there\u2019s Fen Pi Laksa ($9.80) that\u2019s elevated with a \u201cunique sort of springy gelatinous noodle\u201d.<\/p>\n Another spiced-up take on a humble dish: the Hainanese Curry Porridge with Deluxe of Goodness ($8.80), that\u2019s chicken porridge cooked with jasmine rice, served with handmade pork balls, sliced pork, cuttlefish and mini crispy you tiao<\/em>, and finished with a splash of curry gravy.<\/p>\n And, get your tongue twisting in delight with the sweet Nian Gao Tart ($2.80), which sees glutinous sticky rice paste blended with coconut cream custard, brown sugar and gula melaka<\/em>, baked in a crumbly tart shell, coated with gold dust and sprinkled with desiccated coconut flakes.<\/p>\n Trust us, all your \u201chmmms\u201d will turn into \u201cyums!\u201d when you\u2019ve tried them all.<\/p>\n Available at The Hainan Story, various locations, www.thehainanstory.com<\/a>; <\/em>www.facebook.com\/thehainanstory<\/em><\/a>;\u00a0 www.instagram.com\/thehainanstory<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Save up for your ang bao-giving by chowing down on these pocket-friendly festive creations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15030,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[9,3,6],"tags":[1008,516,1910,995],"yoast_head":"\n2. Popeyes Lousiana Kitchen\u2019s Mala Cheesy Chicken meals, from $8.80<\/h3>\n
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3. PlayMade x Jia Jia Milk Tea drinks, from $4.20<\/h3>\n
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4. IKEA\u2019s Lunar New Year 2022 menu, from $2<\/h3>\n
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5. The Hainan Story\u2019s new dine-in dishes<\/h3>\n
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