Your Complete Guide to Vegan Chinese New Year Feasting in Singapore

Chinese New Year 2026 (Year of the Horse, starting 17 January) offered Singapore's vegan community a genuine feast of options — from traditional temple-style vegetarian lou hei to entirely plant-based reunion dinner menus at top restaurants. Here is your guide to celebrating richly without compromise.

• 🥗 Vegan Lou Hei: Where to Toss for Prosperity: Yu sheng, the celebratory raw salad tossed for good luck, is easily made vegan by omitting the raw fish. Restaurants offering fully vegan lou hei in 2026 included Crystal Jade (yam and pear version at S$58 for 4 pax), Imperial Treasure (mushroom abalone substitute), and ready-made home kits from Singaporevegan.com priced at S$38 for four to six people.
• 🍊 CNY Goodies: Vegan-Friendly Brands to Know: Traditional cookies like pineapple tarts, kueh bangkit, and love letters often contain lard or eggs. Vegan-certified CNY goodies in 2026 came from Bengawan Solo (select items — check label carefully), Kind Patisserie in Holland Village, and online bakery Plantie Treats. Pineapple tarts using vegan butter and flax eggs received rave reviews this year across social media.
• 🏮 Reunion Dinner Options for Vegan Families: JUMBO Seafood launched a plant-based "Joyful Harvest" set menu at S$88 per person (minimum four diners). Home cooks favoured Buddha's delight (luo han zhai) with glass noodles, king oyster mushroom lion's head meatballs, and vegetarian poon choi packed with braised tofu skin, chestnuts, bamboo shoots, and shiitake mushrooms — all achievable with ingredients from any wet market.
• 🎁 Gifting Vegan-Friendly CNY Hampers: Corporate and personal gifting went plant-based this year with hampers from Cocoa Colony (vegan chocolates from S$45), Gryphon Tea (all-plant blends), and a curated selection from FairPrice Finest at Orchard. Prices ranged from S$45 to S$280, with most options available for same-day delivery via Lazada and Shopee across Singapore.
• 🙏 Temple Visits and Vegetarian Feast Culture: Singapore's Chinese Buddhist temples traditionally serve vegetarian feasts during CNY. Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery at Bright Hill hosted free vegetarian buffet lunches on Day 1 and Day 2 of CNY, drawing thousands of visitors. The food served was entirely plant-based — no eggs, no dairy — and widely praised as some of the best festival food available anywhere in Singapore this season.

Chinese New Year traditions and vegan living align beautifully — abundance, colour, generosity, and community are at the heart of both. Keep these vendors and tips bookmarked ready for CNY 2027.