It’s only one weekend left till the new year, and while you’re out hunting for the best yee sang and reunion dinner menus alongside new clothes, don’t overlook gifts for your loved ones. Elevate the usual red packet or mandarin oranges and switch them for tins of caviar, gift cards and Lunar New Year wines instead. Have a look at our list of unique CNY gifts to get for your home visits this year. 

Festive Caviar from T’lur Caviar

Produced from local sturgeons, T’lur is offering Kaluga Amur caviar in a festive box fit for gifting this Chinese New Year. Alongside two tins of 30g caviar, the set comes with a caviar key for easy opening, a mother-of-pearl dish and two mother-of-pearl spoons. The latter helps to keep the original flavours of the caviar that otherwise may be altered by metal spoons. T’lur Caviar

Traditional Gift Set from Wishful Curated Gifting

Designed to replicate sundry shops found in rural Chinese hometowns, this traditional gift set includes a plethora of classic snacks and candies. Premium bird’s nest, bak kwa, braised abalone and dried scallops are also included, along with pu’er tea, a tea pot and tea cups. Wishful Curated Gifting

Matcha Pineapple Tarts from Oh Cha Matcha

Elevate gifting snacks and cookies with matcha pineapple tarts from OCMC, made with premium matcha imported from Uji, Kyoto. The recipe includes vegan-friendly alternatives with flavours of umami along with a hint of sweetness and bitter end. You can also opt to get the Matcha Prosperity Bag, which comes with added snacks and four unique matcha drinks: Grape Matcha, Tropical Matcha, Mango Coconut Matcha, and Pineapple Coconut Matcha. Oh Cha Matcha

Lunar New Year Gift Card from Starbucks

Albeit small, the exclusive Year of the Rabbit gift card from Starbucks comes with a minimum activation of RM80. For a complete gift set, add on the new Lunar New Year thermos or grab the pineapple cakes, which will come with a 40% discount from 11 January onwards. Starbucks 

Lunar New Year Monopoly from Hasbro

Bring along a game for your next house visit with the Lunar New Year Monopoly edition, featuring exclusive tokens like tangerines, gold ingot, lantern and more. Instead of purchasing properties as you would in the classic Monopoly, this version allows players to buy shops, collect gifts and test their fortune. There are also red envelopes that players can use to store cards and money. Hasbro

Premium Fruit Basket with TWG Tea from Makehay Sunshine

Encased in a custom-made pinewood box that can be upcycled for other uses, Makehay Sunshine offers out-of-the-ordinary fruit baskets. Like charcuterie, a selection of imported fruits is arranged with fresh flowers picked to match the CNY theme. A box of TWG Earl Grey Tea sits in the core of the basket, while decorative gold coins add a symbol of fortune. Makehay Sunshine

Collectible Lunar New Year Lego from Lego

In conjunction with the upcoming new year, Lego has released a collection of Lunar New Year gift sets, ranging from singular displays to kits with multiple buildings. The Lunar New Year Parade set, which features rabbit parade floats, was made specifically for the Year of the Rabbit, though the brand offers nine other Lunar New Year sets. Lego

Year of the Rabbit Bin 389 Magnum from Penfolds

Often referred to as ‘Baby Grange’ due to some of its components being matured in the same barrels as the previous vintage of Grange, the Bin 389 Magnum takes on a Year of the Rabbit packaging this Lunar New Year. The wine, housed in the festive decanter, is known to give off a black cherry liqueur flavour with hints of roasted beetroot. Penfolds

French desserts from Elevete

Treat your relatives with some CNY-themed french desserts, made with oriental flavours and French techniques. The selections from this prosperity set include mandarin tarts, sakura madeleines, pineapple tart macarons and more. Elevete also offers other CNY desserts like cookies, koi petit gateaux and cupcakes with auspicious greetings. Elevete

DreameBot L10S Ultra by Dreame

For practicality this new year, gift your grandparents or parents a smart cleaning robot that will help ease the cleaning duties after house visits. Aside from self-cleaning the mop pads and hot air drying them, the device also automatically refills and adds the needed amount of cleaning solution. The robot also records the layout of the home and allows the user to control the device through their smartphones. Dreame