The Lunar New Year is a time for feasting, customs, and spending time with loved ones. It is considered the most important festival of the year in many Asian countries. Bakeries and restaurants in Oregon are commemorating the event with unique delicacies that pay homage to the holiday’s emblems of wealth, harmony, and good fortune.
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These three locations provide delectable ways to celebrate, from savory croissants to fruity and sweet sweets.
Blooms of Sugar
This Bethany neighborhood dessert shop with Asian influences is well-known for its exquisitely adorned cakes that are on show in the window. The store is selling a special menu for Lunar New Year, which may be ordered in advance and picked up on Sunday, January 26. The menu has an assortment of cookie boxes inspired by Vietnamese customs, a pineapple tart, which represents good fortune, and a lava custard mooncake, which represents togetherness and reunion. Until midnight on this day, January 23, pre-orders can be placed online at www.sugarblooms.net or by phone at 503-430-1447.
For those who miss the deadline, limited amounts of mooncakes, pineapple tarts, cookie boxes, and individual cakes with a Lunar New Year motif will also be offered in-store the following week. In addition, a variety of Lunar New Year sugar cookies will be available at Chiquito de Cielo Pdx for the next two weeks.
Blooms of Sugar: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 4720 N.W. Bethany Blvd., Bethany; Wednesday through Saturday and Sunday by appointment; www.sugarblooms.netand@sugar_blooms_cakeson Instagram.
A twisted croissant
In honor of Lunar New Year, this creative bakery is reintroducing its beloved char siu croissant. This flaky croissant, which was inspired by Cantonese barbecue pork buns, is stuffed with marinated char siu that has been marinated for three days and stir-fried in a thick Chinese barbecue sauce. It is then topped with pickled green onions and toasted sesame seeds. All three locations are selling the special treat through February 28.
Through February 28, Twisted Croissant will be selling barbecue pork buns in the Cantonese manner.Profenna Chiara
Twisted Croissant: Open at 2129 N.E. Broadway St., 1625 S.E. Bybee Blvd., and 1784 N.W. Northrup St.; hours vary by location; www.twistedcroissant.com and Instagram @twisted_croissanton.
Sibeiho
Two limited-edition Lunar New Year products are available from this Portland-based company that specializes in Singaporean cuisine. The Sambal Kachang Lux Edition is a spicy-sweet snack combination made with regional ingredients like Ranger Milk Chocolate and Oregon cranberries, while a pineapple jam combines tropical sweetness with warm spices, signifying prosperity. Both delicacies may be purchased online at sibeiho.com, at Providere Fine Food on Northeast Sandy Boulevard, and at the PSU Farmers Market (dates on Instagram).
The Sambal Kachang snack mix from Sibeiho has a hint of sweetness and is savory and spicy. The image was provided by Sibeiho.Sibeiho
For the Lunar New Year, Sibeiho’s pinapple jam epitomizes luck and happiness. The image was provided by Sibeiho.Sibeiho
Sibeiho is sold at Providore Fine Foods, located at 2340 N.E. Sandy Blvd., 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day. It is also sold at the PSU Farmers Market. Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; 1803 S.W. Park Ave.; Instagram: sibeiho.com and @sibeihosibeihoon.
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Chiara Profenna discusses faith, religion, and cultural ties. You may contact her at [email protected] or @chiaraprofenna, or 503-221-4327.
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