Elevate your CNY celebrations with premium steamboat broths, decadent pastries and liquor

Keep family and friends well-fed with premium items from FairPrice Finest, including soup and noodle bundles, to delectable pineapple cakes and crispy popiah rolls

Elevate your CNY celebrations with premium steamboat broths, decadent pastries and liquor
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Chinese New Year is right around the corner, and if you are planning to host a rotation of family and friends this year (hooray to no more Covid restrictions!) you have just a couple more weeks to prepare. Besides getting your nails done and the home in order, it’s a good idea to make sure you’ve fully stocked your kitchen with plenty of treats for family and friends when they come over for a reunion gathering, or to tote along on your various house visits.

For all your must-have CNY grocery and gifting needs, there’s FairPrice Finest – a one-stop shop to get everything you need for your festive feasting. The supermarket has rolled out a range of premium goodies – which you won’t find at regular FairPrice stores – at affordable prices, so you can load up on the essentials in the lead up to the Year of the Rabbit. 

Read on for a few of our Finest-exclusive picks and all the discounts and deals to nab.

No-sweat food prep: Delicious soups and noodles from Chu Collagen

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Hosting a reunion dinner often means spending hours in the kitchen beforehand. But good food doesn’t have to take ages to make, and prepping accordingly can save you precious time that can be better spent catching up with loved ones.

Jazz up your steamboat feast with delicious Chu Collagen soups, from $10.50 per pack, and Chu Collagen Mochi Mochi Noodles, at $6.90 per packet. Broth flavours run the gamut from rich and comforting double-boiled collagen chicken soup, to light and flavourful kombu-based Japanese teapot soup to aromatic laksa soup and umami-rich prawn mee soup, while the artisanal Mochi Mochi Noodles are crafted with high-quality wheat flour mixed with Japanese mochi for a satisfying and slurp-worthy bite.

Shopper special: Get $1 off when you purchase a bundle of one Chu Collagen soup pack and one packet of Chu Collagen Mochi Mochi Noodles. Valid till Feb 5.

No-sweat food prep: Dress up dishes with mentaiko products from Fukuya

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Add a Japanese spin to your snacks with the Fukuya Mentaiko Mayo, at $9.50 (220g), and Bottled Mentaiko with Baby Sardines, at $12.50 (70g). You can mix them together, or enjoy separately – torch the mentaiko mayo over fried food or add to salads, for instance.

Shopper special: Get $3 off when you purchase both products together. Valid till Feb 5.

No-sweat food prep: Easy-prep frozen kueh from Chufa

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Tuck into delightful kueh from popular homegrown heritage brand Chufa, from $9.55 per pack (UP from $10.55 per pack). The family-run brand has been churning out these vibrant Nonya delicacies since the 1960s, which are now exclusively available at FairPrice Finest frozen and individually wrapped for extra convenience.

There’s the Traditional Ang Ku Kueh that’s stuffed with mung bean paste and wrapped in a chewy coconut-milk-infused skin made with glutinous rice flour, as well as the colourful Rainbow Kueh Lapis that’s sure to be a hit with the kids. For something savoury, go for the Soon Kueh, which is filled with aromatic shredded turnip, dried shrimp and fried shallots.

Auspicious gifts: Pineapple cakes from SunnyHills

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When going visiting, it’s key to not show up empty handed. This year, delight your family and friends with pineapple cakes from SunnyHills, at $15.70 (box of five). These scrumptious bites are made with organically grown pineapples from Taiwan that are cured with minimal sugar in order to retain all that natural pineapple goodness.

They also feature top-notch New Zealand butter and Japanese flour and boast half the calories and sugar of many other pineapple tarts, making it an ideal present to wish someone an auspicious year ahead.

Lay out tasty snacks: Addictive popiah rolls from Eureka

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One of the best parts of the Chinese New Year is having people over for a few rounds of mahjong or catching up with loved ones over an array of delectable treats. As crunchy snacks are always a crowd pleaser, you can grab some Finest-exclusive popiah rolls from Eureka and roasted chickpeas from Peng.

Eureka’s CuiCui Popiah Rolls, at $5.95 (UP $8.58) until Feb 5, are available in three scrumptious flavours – Sour Cream & Onion, Salted Egg and Cheese. They are handmade and properly flavoured to give you just the right amount of tastiness and crunch in each bite.

Lay out tasty snacks: Healthy chickpeas from Peng

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Meanwhile, Peng’s moreish Roasted Chickpeas, from $3.45 per packet (UP from $4.59) until Feb 5, are offered in a myriad of flavours. These include unique ones like Chilli Nacho, Cappuccino & Dark Chocolate, Fruity & Dark Chocolate, and Coconut & Dark Chocolate, as well as classics like BBQ and Seasalt & Vinegar.

They’re also gluten-free, suitable for vegans, Halal-certified and contain no artificial colours or flavours, making them ideal for health-conscious snackers or those with dietary restrictions.

Toast to a good year ahead: Fine wine from Copower Jade

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Cheers to the Year of the Rabbit with Finest-exclusive tipples, which range from wine to whisky.

Those who enjoy their wines have to make a beeline for Copower Jade’s Cabernet Franc Reserve, available at a special price of $29.90 (UP $46), until Feb 8. The balanced and highly quaffable wine has notes of blackcurrant and ripe capsicum interwoven with a hint of mint, spice and crisp tannins.

Toast to a good year ahead: Whisky from The Glenlivet

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Alternatively, treat guests to a dram or two of The Glenlivet’s Founder’s Reserve Single Malt Scotch Whisky, which is also on sale at $70 (UP $95), until Feb 8.

Made with water from crystal-clear mountain streams and matured in traditional oak casks, the tipple has a smooth, creamy sweetness that mingles harmoniously with the delicate flavours and complex fruity tones already present in the whisky.

Bonus: Get free personalised chopsticks

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To commemorate the New Year, selected FairPrice Finest stores will feature an on-the-spot calligrapher. Simply spend $38 in a single receipt to redeem a free pair of chopsticks in a beautiful satin pouch, and the calligrapher will write an auspicious phrase of your choosing on the chopsticks.

Available between 1 and 5pm at FairPrice Finest’s Waterway Point and Bukit Timah Plaza outlets on Jan 7 and 8; and Thomson Plaza and Causeway Point outlets on Jan 15 and 16.

Visit your nearest FairPrice Finest outlet, where you’ll find everything you need for a prosperous and sumptuous festive season.

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