5 Auspicious Ways to Eat Biscotti for Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year is the festival that celebrates the beginning of the new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. And also a time to feast and to visit family members. Sweet treats symbolize a sweet life. Gifting and eating desserts is an integral part of the Chinese New Year’s celebration. Here we’d like to share the 5 auspicious ways to eat biscotti for the Chinese New Year.
- 恭喜发财 Prosperity and Wealth
8 represent 发 in Chinese, so welcome prosperity & wealth with our 8 Biscotti flavors this Chinese New Year Huat Ah!!
- 敬茶 Tea Ceremony
Some Cantonese families still follow the tradition to serve tea (Yum Cha) to parents after the reunion dinner on Chinese New Year Eve. It is an opportunity to thank our parents instead of only doing it on Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.
Eating and displaying tangerines and oranges is believed to bring good luck and fortune due to their pronunciation, and even writing. Tangerine（桔) contains the Chinese character for luck (吉). The orange looks like the sun and is aligned with the yang (positive) principle, thus being a highly auspicious symbol of abundance and happiness.
This year why not serve Orange Peel Almond Biscotti in the tea ceremony?
- 拜年 Chinese New Year visit
When paying for a Chinese New Year visit, besides mandarin orange (a pair-all good things come in twos) gifting Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti to make your visit even more meaningful as Cranberry is red color 红, a homophone for 鸿运当头 “Approaching Good Luck” and Pistachio is 开心果, which is symbolizes “Happiness”.
- 捞起鱼生 Prosperity Toss (Lou Hei)
The Lou Hei is a boisterous highlight of the Lunar New Year, so loved by all that it takes place numerous times over the course of the 15 days celebration
An especially symbolic dish with each ingredient representing something auspicious for the Chinese New Year. Auspicious phrases are supposed to be uttered while each ingredient is being sprinkled into salad.
With convenient takeaway and DIY options so you can usher in good fortune and abundance at home. Forgoing the typical salmon sashimi is the exotic abalone and topped with our crunchy Cheezy Tomatoes Almond Biscotti for added texture and a fun flavor dimension. Enjoy and have fun
- 岁岁平安 Peace All Year Round
Biscotti crumbs “饼碎“ a homophone for “岁岁平安” (Peace All Year Round). There are many ways to enjoy biscotti, here are some of the creative ideas for serving biscotti at home:
- Paired with ice cream – ever enjoyed ice cream with a biscotti? If you haven’t yet, it’s a must-try. Dip it or sprinkle on top of the ice cream, gelato or frozen yogurt for a crunchy addition to a cold treat. Delicious treats that will be hard to resist.
- Add something new to the fruit platter or Rojak…a local salad of mixed vegetables, fruits and dough fritters. The Original Almond Biscotti will add more nutty flavor and crunch to the salad.
- Used in a Cheesecake Crust – crush up your biscotti and mix it together with melted butter, our Chocolate Almond Biscotti would be great for an Oreo cheesecake.
- Biscotti goes particularly well with iced latte and iced chai, try with our local Kopi Bing (冰）and Teh Bing (冰）it will bring them to another level.
Whether you plan to enjoy it with friends or alone, add to a recipe or enjoy the traditional way… or take the biscotti out of the box and straight into your mouth. Biscotti is a natural choice when you want something sweet, sophisticated and healthy.