Scent of sweet papaya

Tang Palace ( 唐宫) is doing a Mother's Day promotion of its papaya and bird's nest soup at six branches in Beijing. The price is being reduced from 238 yuan to 98 yuan per person on May 10. The bird's nest egg tart will go for just 6.8 yuan each, from the usual 28 yuan.

The Cantonese restaurant known for making affordable seafood prepares, is also putting together three styles of zongzi, a traditional Chinese specialty for the Dragon Boat Festival, on May 28. These include mashed bean stuffing, pork and salty egg yolk stuffing, as well as abalone and scallop stuffing. Every purchase of zongzi entitles the buyer to a coupon worth 50 percent of the price.

The two new dishes on offer for the festival are braised lobster noodle with shallot at 128 yuan per 500 grams, and fried geoduck with mushroom and pumpkin.