Chinese New Year Gifts – Hamper
Not exactly a food post per se, but it struck me suddenly – When did the culture of giving hampers as Chinese New Year gifts started? Is this a Malaysian/Asian thing? I remember watching Phua Chu Kang last time, and Rosie had to wrap their own hampers because PCK didn’t order them beforehand until the last minute!
This year round, as soon as the Christmas decorations were taken down, hamper and hamper goods section almost immediately replaced them, so hampers must be an “in demand” item. To think of it, why not? A bunch of not so expensive items, when wrapped and presented beautifully, makes the gift receiver happy and the giver, proud. For an RM100 hamper you can get a few box of biscuits, maybe a bottle of sparkling grape juice and canned lychee. While those things doesn’t look good to be gifts on their own, when they are wrapped, they are magically transformed.
While I myself doesn’t agree in getting hampers for gifts, it is a socially indispensable gift for those in business and service sector. With the amount of money spent on the hamper I could get really good herbs, tonics and bottles of red wine to bring home as personal gifts, but of course getting a hamper is a lot less hassle. To each of its own, I guess.
So, if you are planning to give hampers as gifts, remember to do it before the last minute, or you really have to wrap them up yourself!
Hampers online, now that you can order them via their respective websites! My favourite has got to be these:
Yong Sheng Hampers 2008, consist of a lot of Yong Sheng goodies! I like their metal boxes, so the retro!
And Eu Yan Sang Hampers 2008! What’s better than healthy herbs and supplements?
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