For the Year of the Water Rabbit, the hotel’s Chinese restaurant Jasmine brings back its handcrafted tikoys and Chinese New Year hamper
Celebrating Chinese New Year has been part of the Filipinos’ yearly traditions. It is a time for families and friends to bond, enjoy good food, and wish everyone a prosperous year ahead. As we welcome the Year of the Water Rabbit, one of the best places to observe the occasion here in the metro is at New World Makati Hotel.
Located at the heart of Makati City, the five-luxury hotel invites everyone to experience a Chinese New Year like no other with its exclusive room packages, auspicious eats, and other festivities happening this weekend.
Eat your way to prosperity
What is a Chinese New Year feast without tikoy? Tikoy or nian gao is a dish embodying history and tradition. A must-eat every Chinese New Year, this sweet treat is made of glutinous rice, with its sticky consistency representing the special bond and connection within the family. It is also believed to lucky dish as it helps good fortune to stick to you all year round.
This season, New World Makati Hotel, together with its Chinese restaurant Jasmine, brings back its special set of tikoys. Handcrafted by its skilled chefs, its tikoys come in two forms. First is the koi fish tikoy, priced at P1,188 nett, which will definitely be the elegant centerpiece on any Chinese New Year table. Next is the round one, P1,088 nett, featuring a classic good fortune design with a red date at its center representing wealth and prosperity.
The tikoys can also be bought at a great deal. Bulk orders get a 20 percent discount with a minimum of 50 boxes and Club Epicure members receive a 10 percent discount. The tikoy also comes in a box with fortune cookies and wine for P3,888 nett.
Luck in a box
Guests can also send love and well wishes to their loved ones with the New World Makati Hotel’s special Chinese New Year hampers. Good fortune now comes in three thoughtfully-curated gift boxes. The hotel’s Premium Chinese New Year hamper, P9,888 nett, features dried scallops, dried black mushrooms, Chinese sausage, Jasmine’s XO chili sauce, Sweetened cashew nuts, salted espresso cookies, fortune cookies, and a bottle of wine. While its Mandarin Cake box, P4,288 nett, is for the sweet tooths. The cake is made of vanilla creameux white chocolate mousse cake filled with orange jelly mandarin disk and orange segments, finished in a red shiny glaze. It is also paired with fortune cookies and wine to help foster a beautiful new year of partnership with friends and business associates.
Auspicious stays
New World Makati Hotel is positioning itself as the center of Chinese New Year festivities in Makati City for families and friends with its dining offerings and traditional dragon and lion dances. This weekend, from Jan. 20 to 22, guests can experience all that and treat themselves to a luxury stay at the hotel with its special deals.
Guests can create more special moments with its Deluxe Room package, P8,888 nett, and enjoy breakfast for two adults. Its Residence Club Deluxe Room package, P10,088nett, gives guests exclusive access to its smart, stylish executive lounge offering a warm ambiance and a scenic view of the city. Both room packages also come with a round tikoy to wish its guest a prosperous Year of the Water Dragon.
To know more about New World Makati Hotel’s Chinese New Year offerings, visit manila.newworldhotels.com/en/ or check out the hotel’s official Facebook and Instagram accounts For inquiries and room reservations, call +63288116888 or send an e-mail [email protected].