Lunar New Year 2023: The Best Yusheng to Welcome the Year of the Rabbit

CONTENT: Michelle Ng

When it comes to Chinese New Year in Singapore, there’s nothing more Singaporean than the tossing of yusheng! Every gathering with friends and families during this season will start with the boisterous tradition of lo hei, where everyone gathers to toss yusheng and usher in prosperity, good fortune, and wealth.

Filled with ingredients to symbolize wealth, the yusheng platters are piled high with shredded vegetables, fish, abalone, and plenty of other delicious things!

Here’s where you can find some of the best Yusheng as you hop into the Year Of The Rabbit.

Ya Ge, Orchid Hotel

Ye Ge will be celebrating its first ever Chinese New Year with the Prosperity Smoked Salmon Yusheng that pays homage to the time-honored tradition with a modern twist. The Yusheng comes with your pick of either abalone or crispy fish skin, and lined with delicious mango puddings in the shape of bunnies on a bed of fresh fruits vegetables like strawberries, jackfruits, lotus roots, and edible flowers. The fruit-forward salad is a healthy start to your reunion dinner as you toss your way to good health and fortune with your loved ones!

The Prosperity Smoked Salmon Yusheng kicks off Ya Ge’s CNY Festive Menus or can be ordered for takeaway from now until 5 February 2023. For reservations, call +65 6818 6831 or visit Website 

Soup Restaurant

Hop into the Lunar New Year with Soup Restaurant’s auspicious spread of dishes for the year ahead — including a luxurious Baby Abalone & Salmon Yu Sheng! Available for dine-in, delivery and takeaway from 6 January onwards, these dishes come in sets that are good for 2 to 10 pax (from S$168 – S$888), showcasing both traditional favorites and sumptuous new dishes.

Toss to an abundant year ahead with the Baby Abalone & Salmon Yu Sheng! Served with Soup Restaurant’s house-made citrus sauce — made from mandarin oranges and plums — alongside luscious slices of salmon and QQ pieces of baby abalone, this is one yusheng to savour with your loved ones.

Pair your yusheng with dishes like the Abalone Collagen Treasure Pot with Cordyceps Flower, Yuzu Pork Chop, and don’t miss out on the adorable handmade Bounty Twin Bunnies with Mini Longevity Buns.

Soup Restaurant’s multi-generational Lunar New Year sets are available exclusively from 23 December 2022 to 5 February 2023. Reservations in store or via WhatsApp at +65 9897 3761. For delivery and takeaway, please order Online 

True Cost

Have an abundant lunar new year ahead this 2023 with the freshest seafood at True Cost, which takes pride in premium and fresh seafood at modest prices. Savour the Salmon Yusheng (S$38++), which comes with fresh and thick slices of salmon sashimi, alongside freshly julienned vegetables and a delightful citrus sauce. Besides that, indulge in their CNY special — the Seafood Lucky Tower (S$88++), which consists of 8 pieces each of scallop and salmon sashimi, unagi, Japanese oysters, prawns, crayfish, baby lobsters, and tobiko caviar.

Sip on some cocktails with these: the citrusy yet spirit-forward Tangerine Sour (S$11.88++), made with mandarin, gin and sambuca; or the refreshing Mandarin Mojito (S$10.88++) made with mandarin, rum and mint.

The Seafood Lucky Tower, Salmon Yusheng and CNY Cocktails are available until 31 January 2023.

Issho Izakaya

Put a Japanese-twist into your Chinese New Year celebrations with the Issho Auspicious Yu Sheng that comes with fresh Norwegian salmon slices and signature Japanese plum sauce for a zesty flavour. Intricately arranged into the auspicious mandarin word, 吉 the yusheng is perfect for gloriously large gatherings as it serves up to twenty people! If you’re dining at one of their outlets, the Issho Prosperity Yu Sheng serves smaller groups, with portion sizes to feed 3 or 6 people.

The Issho Auspicious Yu Sheng (S$128) is available for takeaway only at all issho izakaya outlets. Pre-order at least one day in advance is required by calling the respective outlet. The Issho Prosperity Yu Sheng is available for both dine-in and takeaway. Available from now until 5 February 2023.

Tablescape, Grand Park City Hall

Kick off your celebratory meal in style by tossing to indulgence with the Prosperity Yu Sheng from Tablescape. The Yusheng comes with plenty of smoked salmon, fresh abalone, and crispy fish skin, with a rich mix of wintermelon, pomelo, ginger and carrots, and topped with vruga caviar and gold leaves for that extra bling of opulence. After all, this is the season for good fortune! The Lunar New Year Menu continues hitting all the high notes, with traditional favourites like Wok Fried Yee Fu Noodles, Soya Braised Chicken with Chicken and Scallion, and Chilled Mango Sago Cream with Pomelo.

The Prosperity Yusheng is available for delivery and takeaway with 2-day advance order, from now till 5 February 2023. Order by calling +65 6432 5566 or email hello@tablescape.sg. The Prosperity Yusheng is also available for dine-in as part of the Abundant Prosperity Set Menu and Grand Longevity Set Menu.