The best rice dumplings in Hong Kong for Dragon Boat Festival 2025

With the Dragon Boat Festival just around the corner, Jiangsu Club has crafted two variations of classic rice dumplings. Sink your teeth into the restaurant’s savoury dumpling stuffed with South African 12-head abalone, tender pork belly, and salted duck egg yolk. Alternatively, indulge in its sweet counterpart, featuring a fragrant red bean and osmanthus filling, all encased in glutinous rice. If you can’t choose between the two Jiangsu Club also offers both dumplings in a combo set, so you can enjoy the best of both worlds.

Price: From $98 and up (early bird until May 16)
Where to buy: Purchase at Jiangsu Club

Ming Pavilion in Island Shangri-La presents a series of special sets that make for wonderful gifts during the festive period. Aside from plenty of classic rice dumplings, the restaurant also rolled out a healthier take on the traditional festive treat with a vegetarian dumpling option. To make your dumplings extra flavourful, try the trio of Fujian-style sauces made with ingredients like sakura shrimp, mushrooms, and preserved vegetables.

Price: From $358 and up
Where to buy: boutique.shangri-la.com

Grand Hyatt Hong Kong’s opulent Cantonese restaurant, One Harbour Road, offers two rice dumplings to honour the Chinese festival. For a good old classic, you can’t go wrong with the savoury dumpling filled with ingredients like premium abalone, salted egg yolk, premium Yunnan ham, roasted pork belly, and much more. Similarly, the restaurant’s sweet alternative also comes loaded with all sorts of goodies such as red beans, green beans, millet, osmanthus, and dried tangerine peel. Share Grand Hyatt Hong Kong’s rice dumpling set with your friends and family for a festive feast during the holidays. 

Price: From $142.8 and up (15 percent early bird discount until May 21)
Where to buy: grandhyatthk.eshop.buys.hk 

Treat your family and friends by gifting them Spring Moon’s rice dumplings. Choose from options such as the Golden Twins, which includes one dumpling stuffed with lotus seed paste, and another stuffed with red date paste and lychee paste. There’s also the deluxe rice dumpling filled with rosé wine-marinated pork, and an abalone sauce-marinated premium rice dumpling. If you want to impress, consider the supreme set, which features a rice dumpling loaded with indulgent ingredients like Yunnan ham and conpoy, along with a jar of the restaurant’s signature X.O chilli sauce.

Price: From $358 and up
Where to buy: eshopphk.peninsula.com

Delight your loved ones during the upcoming Chinese holiday with The Peninsula’s luxurious two-piece gift set. Each dumpling is stuffed with succulent slices of pork belly and infused with the hotel’s iconic X.O. chilli sauce, delivering an aromatic kick. Plus, the gift set includes an additional jar of the same flavorful sauce, perfect for elevating any dish.

Price: $828
Where to buy: peninsulaboutique.com

The Ritz-Carlton’s Hong Kong rice dumplings are sure to get you into the festive spirit. Those who enjoy traditional flavours should try the hotel’s deluxe rice dumpling filled with top-grade abalone, salted egg yolk, and whole dried conpoy. For something sweet instead, The Ritz-Carlton is also offering a premium sweet rice dumpling duo, featuring a dumpling with golden lotus seed paste filling, as well as a red bean paste version with mandarin peel.

Price: From $283 and up (early bird until May 19)
Where to buy: ritzcarltonhkshop.com

This Dragon Boat Festival, two-Michelin-starred Chinese restaurant Lung Hing Keen offers a premium selection of festive treats. Sink your teeth into classic dumplings loaded with conpoy and abalone, or pineapple and osmanthus for lighter flavours. Alternatively, try the restaurant’s contemporary dumpling filled with salted egg yolk and spicy toona sauce. Head to the Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong’s website to get your hands on their exclusive rice dumpling sets, which include 20 grams of Fuding Cold Dew White Tea for a perfect pairing.

Price: From $488 and up
Where to buy: shopfourseasonshk.com

In anticipation of the upcoming festival, JW Marriott Hong Kong’s Cantonese restaurant, Man Ho Chinese Restaurant, has prepared a delightful range of glutinous rice dumplings. For those who prefer traditional classics, the restaurant’s dried abalone rice dumpling is sure to please. Executive Chinese chef Jayson Tang loads each dumpling with goodies like South African dried abalone, conpoy, shiitake mushrooms, and plenty more. Other tantalising treats include Man Ho’s red bean and pork rice dumpling and a Hokkien-style rice dumpling, featuring aromatic ingredients such as five-spice powder and shallot oil. 

Price: From $310 and up (15 percent early bird discount until May 20)
Where to buy: jwmarriotthkoffers.com