Most of the traditional food we eat and things we do during Chinese New Year are imbued with symbolism. In Hokkien and Teochew dialects, radish is called 菜头 which sounds like and symbolises a good and auspicious start to the new year: 好彩头.Beyond radishes, our last CNY '23 collection is...

As a kid, I just didn’t buy in to mythology, be it Chinese or Greek. When told of man-eating monsters, I would roll my eyes 🙄 Now, when searching for why we do things a certain way during Chinese New Year, I realize mythology provides quick answers.   Legend has...

Much thought used to be given to the greetings exchanged along with mandarin oranges and ang pows on the first day of Chinese New Year. Well wishes were also written on the red packets and some of them were so meaningful that the empty red pockets were kept and treasured...