CHOP CHOP launches Chinese New Year + Valentine’s Day claypot rice dishes with a twist

For the coming Chinese New Year of the Ox, Chef Dai celebrates the momentous occasion with a playful take on the classic Chinese Poon Choi (casserole). Served instead like a traditional clay pot rice, the festive Chinese New Year CHOP CHOP Poon Choi Clay Pot Rice (HK$328) will feature auspicious ingredients such as abalone, sea cucumber, fish maw, black hairy moss with dried oyster, stuffed courgette with dry scallop, eggs, and deep-fried taro with bean curd sticks. CHOP CHOP’s special Chinese New Year claypot rice is available from 1^st February – 25^th February.

For Valentine’s Day, CHOP CHOP cranks up the romance with “Show Me Your Love Clay Pot Rice” (HK$128), a play on the Cantonese pronunciation of “Sweetcorn Sauce and Pork” – which are also the key ingredients of this classic Hong Kong cha chaan teng dish. The second Valentine’s Day claypot rice offering, Abalone Preserved Sausage Clay Pot Rice (HK$198), toys with the X-rated Cantonese association of “abalone” and “sausage” (if you catch our drift). Guests may also choose to substitute Chinese sausage with western Cumberland sausage if they so desire. The final Valentine’s Day claypot rice offering is a simple classic, Preserved Sausage Clay Pot Rice (HK$168) to comfort, warm and nourish on cold days. CHOP CHOP’s special Valentines claypot rice dishes are available from 1^st February – 15^th February.

Both Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day clay pot rice dishes are made for sharing between two guests.