Presenting This Year’s Best Zongzi Gift Sets

Dragon Boat Festival is just around the corner, and in case that has somehow escaped you, Monday Jun 14 is a public holiday! So you’re either getting a day off work or getting paid double. Unfortunately, it’s been a while since there was legitimate dragon boat racing to commemorate the holiday, however, the tradition of gifting delicious zongzi (or buying them for yourself, duh) has never gone out of style.

Zongzi has a long and tasty legacy in China that dates back more than 2,000 years. If you’ve never had the opportunity to indulge, and have no clue what they are, let us give you the down-low. They’re pyramid-shaped snacks made with glutinous rice and stuffed with various fillings, then wrapped in bamboo leaves. Despite being sold year-round, zongzi is the signature treat of Dragon Boat Festival, and you’ll be able to find them all over the city in the coming days, from street vendors to luxury 5-star hotels. We’ve chosen to round up this year’s fancy hotel zongzi gift sets, just for you.

Check them out below!

Kerry Hotel Beijing

Coming in a gift box designed for display, these zongzi flavors include millet candied date, traditional red bean paste, lotus seed paste rice, spicy chicken, fresh meat and egg yolk, five-spice beef, and smoked fish. From RMB 138. Call 8565 2188 for more information.

Fairmont Beijing

Your choice of either six-piece gift box for RMB 128 or an eight-piece gift box for RMB 168. For more information or reservation: 8507 3618.

Conrad Beijing

This gift box includes purple rice lotus seed zongzi, bean paste eight treasures rice zongzi, yellow rice and red date rice zongzi, brown sugar oats, and red bean rice zongzi, chestnuts and mushrooms and beef rice zongzi, bamboo shoots tip chicken rice zongzi, as well as a bottle of Guyue Longshan Yellow Wine. RMB 328 per box. Call 6584 6290 or 6584 6291 for more information.

Grand Mercure Hotel Dongcheng

In this eight-piece gift box set for RMB 198, the zongzi are flavored with Chinese Ham and Chinese chestnut fresh meat. To purchase, call the hotel at 8403 1188.

Sheraton Grand Beijing Dongcheng Hotel

Eight-piece gift box set with eight different flavors for RMB 328. For more information please call 5798 8998.

Grand Hyatt

This super cute six-piece gift set with a kid-friendly design is available for RMB 168, while the regular six-piece gift box set is available at RMB 198. For more information, call 6510 9362.

Rosewood Beijing

This minimalist green gift box includes not only triangular zongzi, but also long zongzi. For more information, call 6536 0066.

Hilton Tongzhou

Up your the gift box game with this gift suitcase filled with cookies, tea, wine, and of course, zongzi for RMB1,588. To order, call 5633 5566.

China World Hotel

These zongzi come in a gift box designed to honor traditional Chinese aesthetics. Inside are sweet, salty, and spicy rice dumplings, including Fujian-style barbecued pork, Yunnan mushroom, Thai basil pork, and more. This year, they’ve also got ice zongzi to keep cool this Dragon Boat Fest. For more information, dial 6505 2277 or scan the QR code below to purchase.