The best rice dumplings in Hong Kong for Dragon Boat Festival 2026

The Peninsula Boutique’s assorted rice dumplings set ($448) covers both sides of the sweet and savoury debate, featuring a Thai glutinous rice dumpling with pork belly and their signature XO chilli sauce, alongside a sweet rice dumpling featuring coconut milk and egg custard. If you want to really impress, the assorted rice dumplings & XO chilli sauce gift set ($828) includes the same duo but throws in a jar of their famous XO sauce.

For those who find traditional rice dumplings a bit of a heavy chore, the hotel has also put the festival’s signature flavours into baked goods. The Tuen Ng cookie and palmier gift box ($268) pairs buttery, salted egg yolk cookies with their excellent handmade palmiers, while the Tuen Ng delicacy gift set (from $478) throws honeycomb egg rolls into the mix.

Where to buy: peninsulaboutique.com/hk/en/dragon-boat-festival.html

Conrad is celebrating the festival this year with three handcrafted options. The deluxe rice dumpling ($398) goes down the traditional route, loaded with premium abalone, whole conpoy, pork belly, roasted duck, and salted egg yolk. Meanwhile, the sweet and savoury rice dumpling set ($298 for three pcs) pairs a traditional five-spice pork belly and salted egg yolk dumpling with two sweet lotus seed paste variations. Alternatively, if you only care about the dessert course, you can grab a trio of the mini rice dumplings with lotus seed paste ($278).

Where to buy: eshop.conraddining.com/product-category/dragon-boat-festival/

Island Shangri-La is throwing everything but the kitchen sink into their bamboo leaves this year. If you want to sample a bit of everything, the Shangri-La premium seafood rice dumpling trio ($988) delivers three variations – featuring combinations like lobster and conpoy, and black truffle with Yunnan ham – all packed into a bright, dragon boat-themed box with a handle. 

The hotel's Michelin-starred Summer Palace has also put together the premium sticky rice dumpling gift set ($988), a hefty parcel loaded with abalone, fish maw, and an 88-month Joselito Iberico ham, complete with jars of abalone and X.O. sauce. Over at Ming Pavilion, the focus shifts to Fujian-style delicacies like the mini gourmet sticky rice dumpling gift set ($388), which features a creative mix of 25-year preserved radish and organic pork belly. Conveniently, both restaurants offer downsized, more approachable mini gift sets for anyone looking to try a bit of everything.

Where to buy: boutique.shangri-la.com/shop.php?cat=Dragon%20Boat%20Festival&region=hk&hotel=ISL&lang=en

Having trouble deciding? The ‘Draong Boat Heritage Collection’ by Ming Court has you covered. The glutinous rice dumpling with whole South African abalone (six-head), sea cucumber, conpoy, and Jinhua ham ($388) is packed with enough premium ingredients to impress even the most demanding palates. They’ve also introduced a new vegetarian glutinous rice dumpling with morel, lion's mane mushroom, and millet ($138), which swaps out the usual pork grease for a more earthy and lighter flavour profile. 

To expand the spread, you can opt for the bundle that pairs the star abalone dumpling with a jar of their signature homemade XO sauce ($686 for the set or $298 for 350g). The restaurant is also offering a few standalone extras to round out the table, including their homemade caramelised walnuts ($138), Ming’s Tea ($198) to cut through the richness, and a supreme barbecued pork loin gift box ($238) that lets you bring their juicy, well-marbled char siu home. 

Where to buy: cordishk.buys.hk/en/dragon-boat-2026

If you want a break from the usual Cantonese-style dumplings, Pak Loh Chiu Chow and Moon Lok Chiu Chow are serving up a couple of options that offer authentic Chiu Chow flavours instead. Returning by popular demand, the deluxe whole abalone rice dumpling (from $128) is a hand-wrapped savoury creation that throws in a whole abalone alongside fish maw, dried scallops, shrimp, and shiitake mushrooms.

For those with a sweet tooth, the sweet taro and gingko rice dumpling (from $68) is inspired by classic Chiu Chow desserts, stuffing the glutinous rice with a smooth, freshly made sweet taro paste and gingko nuts. Both items are available in limited quantities for dine-in and takeaway, so be sure to call your nearest branch ahead of time to check if they’re still in stock.

The kitchen at Yue has rolled out four festive dumplings this year. If you prefer the classics, the whole conpoy and pork belly rice dumpling ($208) and the abalone rice dumpling ($308) – which comes stuffed with a whole abalone, shiitake mushrooms, pork belly, conpoy, dried scallops, and salted egg yolk – are the way to go. There’s also a sweetened red bean and tangerine peel rice dumpling ($158), where notes of aged tangerine peel cut through the sweetness of the red bean paste perfectly.

Yue also has a vegetarian rice dumpling ($158) that sees a medley of nutritious beans, shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots, red dates, and chestnuts all wrapped together for a more health-conscious choice. Better yet, skip the guesswork and grab either the gourmet rice dumpling combo ($468) or the sumptuous rice dumpling combo ($728) so that there’s something for everyone.

Where to buy: sheratontungchungshop.com/en/festive

Two Michelin-starred Lung King Heen is introducing some unique flavour combos to the table this season, including an organic 10-grain glutinous rice dumpling with two South African abalones, roasted goose, pork, and plenty of other premium ingredients. The kitchen has also created a spicier alternative which pairs Yunnan mushrooms with red beans, conpoy, pork belly, and spicy termite mushroom for a slight kick to offset the heavy pork belly. On the sweeter side of things, the glutinous rice dumpling with peanuts, pelted wheat, lotus seed paste, and osmanthus offers a warm, gooey lotus seed paste filling that will remind you of classic Chinese dessert soups.

The hotel is retailing these festive creations exclusively in two gift sets. Set 1 ($588) carries the flagship abalone dumpling; Set 2 ($488) combines the spicy dumpling and the sweet option, and the special bundle offer ($888) bags all three together. 

Where to buy: sheratontungchungshop.com/en/festive

Cantonese restaurant Nam Fong is boxing up its festive offerings with loose-leaf tea pairings this season. Aside from the glutinous rice dumpling with dried scallop ($308), which features classic savoury ingredients, the kitchen has also rolled out a premium sakura shrimp, salted egg yolk, and pork glutinous rice dumpling ($288), made with fragrant sakura shrimp to elevate the overall umami flavour. Both options are sold as gift sets with a pack of Chinese ginseng oolong loose-leaf tea, neatly enclosed in a geometric, foldable green zip bag designed to look like a giant rice dumpling.

Where to buy: lemeridienhkshop.com/en/nf_rice_dumplings_2026/