In Singapore, a lot of us (Chinese) nowadays don’t cook for our reunion dinner. We usually go out and have our dinner in the restaurants, saving us a lot of time and effort. Of course, that is not the ideal situation since I always like home cooked meals instead of those from the restaurants. I always miss all those nice traditional food that my mother used to make. And during this very peak and busy night, the food they cooked are probably of a lower quality than what is usually served. Plus, it is definitely more expensive than normal. Perhaps 2 to 3 times more than usual. But what can we do? It’s Chinese New Year eve! Everywhere you go, restaurants are all fully booked and unless you are planning to have your reunion dinner at McDonalds, then you are out of luck.

So here is my advice to you, book early! Don’t wait till the last moment before you book your seats in the restaurants. I think a lot of restaurants are already fully booked, so you better get your act together and decide on which restuarants you would like to spend the evening with your family. Or you could cook yourself. Get your sisters, mother or someone and start preparing a list of cookery and ingredients and buy them early. Cookery, you can probably buy a few weeks before Chinese New Year, which means NOW! Ingredients, you get it a day before or if you have a freezer, get them the weekend before.

If you are looking for a list of Chinese Restaurants in Singapore,  please take a look at my directory. Of course, reunion dinners are not restricted to just Chinese restaurants, you can even try those Fusion restaurants.