Whether it’s called Chūn Jié in China, Tết in Vietnam, or Seollal in Korea, there are commonalities to the Lunar New Year ...

NIAN gao, known as kuih bakul in Malaysia, is a sweet glutinous rice cake traditionally wrapped in banana leaf to resemble a ...

It’s that time of the year again when Chinese traditions blend seamlessly with Filipino culture, and no celebration of the Lunar New Year would be complete with ...

Exhausted after 12 hours of cooking, Nguyen Thi Thuy Hong gently unpeels the last of five leaves encasing a squishy, sticky rice cake known as "banh chung" -- a Lunar New Year delicacy in Vietnam.

The sticky rice cake is considered an auspicious food in Chinese culture because its name sounds like "higher by the year", indicating a hope for more growth and prosperity in the coming year.

Reddit, as always, is a goldmine of ideas. One commenter recommends poking holes with a fork and soaking it in coconut milk for a tres leches-like effect; another has given it a pineapple upside-down ...

Baker Jamilah Ahmad pours nian gao, or kuih bakul, batter into a mould lined with banana leaves as she makes the traditional Chinese sticky rice cake for Chinese New Year, in Langkawi. New ...