Lunar New Year at The St. Regis Jakarta

Welcoming the Lunar New Year at The House of Astor in Jakarta

As the Lunar New Year approaches, The St. Regis Jakarta invites guests to gather, reflect, and welcome new beginnings in the considered spirit of The House of Astor. Rooted in tradition and guided by intention, the celebration unfolds as a series of moments designed to honour family, prosperity, and the quiet joy of togetherness.

This season, the House of Astor welcomes the Year of the Fire Horse with a thoughtfully curated calendar of culinary experiences and festive offerings, each one a tribute to heritage, symbolism, and the enduring art of celebration.

The ritual of gifting takes centre stage through the hotel’s Lunar New Year Hampers, presented in three distinct expressions: Layer of Abundance Box, Radiant Lantern Hampers, and Harmony Treasure Hampers. Each is composed with care, reflecting wishes of prosperity, harmony, and good fortune, elegant gestures intended to be shared with loved ones or treasured at home.

Complementing the season’s gifts, Lunar New Year cakes are presented as refined expressions of celebration and optimism. Mandarin Mousse, offered as both a whole cake and a petite gâteau, brings a bright, citrus-led note to the festivities, light in texture, composed in flavour, and designed to be shared in moments that mark new beginnings.

At The Drawing Room, the Lunar New Year is observed with quiet refinement through a Lunar Afternoon Tea created as a moment of pause and indulgence. Thoughtfully conceived by Executive Pastry Chef Kevin Lee, the experience unfolds through six savoury bites and six sweet creations, each reflecting Lunar symbolism through modern form and flavour. Served with grace and intention, it is an invitation to linger and to savour, converse, and welcome the season in an atmosphere of ease and warmth.

The celebration reaches its fullest expression at Bel Étage, where Chinese New Year’s Eve Dinner, Chinese New Year Day Brunch, and Chinese New Year Day Dinner are presented as ceremonial gatherings of abundance and reunion. The experience opens with the time-honoured ritual of Yu Sheng, the prosperity toss that brings guests together in a shared gesture of hope, unity, and renewal. What follows is a lavish procession of festive dishes, led by revered delicacies such as Bird’s Nest, Braised Abalone, and Roasted Suckling Pig, alongside crispy pork belly, steamed grouper fish, Ngo Hiung, and Sichuan-style jellyfish. Each dish is chosen not only for its flavour, but for the meaning it carries, it is a symbol of prosperity, longevity, joy, and a year well begun.

Throughout the celebration, live music creates a warm and harmonious atmosphere, while a vibrant Barongsai performance brings movement, energy, and blessings to the festivities and particularly during the brunch, where generations gather in celebration of prosperity and new beginnings.

For guests seeking a complete festive retreat, The St. Regis Chinese New Year Experience offers an immersive stay designed around the season’s rituals. The package includes a Chinese New Year Buffet Dinner for two at Bel Étage (available on February 16th or 17th), the ceremonial Yu Sheng prosperity toss, a special St. Regis Jakarta red envelope (Angpao), and one Signature St. Regis Chinese New Year Bear per room per stay, a keepsake to remember the moment.

At The St. Regis Jakarta, the Lunar New Year is more than a celebration on the calendar. It is a time to reconnect, to honour tradition with grace, and to begin the year surrounded by warmth, meaning, and the enduring spirit of the House of Astor.

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