Hi
It’s Chinese New Year soon and I want to buy gift to my gf parents. She keep on saying I don’t need to buy anything but I want to buy anyway since they are really nice. So I heard from people buy cookie box/ fruits/ flowers.
Seems ok but is there other options better than cookie and flowers that can be traditional gift. I thought about buying expensive whisky to his dad but that also I’m not sure if it will be ok or no 
Please help me 
it’s obly 3 days left
I think it would be traditional to give a Hong Bao like everyone else.
mum and dad will probably make a big fuss about refusing it, but personally I think it’s a nice gesture if they’ve spent a lot of money on food, entertaining, etc. You need to be a little careful with that though because of the implication that you’re a “couple”. Depends how long you’ve been with gf and how serious it is.
A better plan might be to prepare a lot of smaller hong bao to hand out to random nieces and nephews.
Otherwise, whisky or a box of cookies should be fine if you want to bring a gift, but generally people don’t really do that.
I would go with the basics- a special food, particularly if you’re visiting from another area. It’s accepted and will show that you’re thinking of them.
I can understand the desire to get something nicer, like whiskey, and perhaps that would be appropriate if you know them well.
However, it seems that every time I’ve tried to go above and beyond the “normal” level of niceness in this country, I end up committing some faux pas.
It seems to me that gift-giving here comes with strings attached. If you get him an expensive bottle of whiskey, and he gets you nothing, he might lose face. Trust your girlfriend 
if she says a gift isn’t necessary (or appropriate) she probably knows what she’s talking about. It can be a tricky culture.
i know them for a while, and they always been really helpful and our relationship is really serious, i brought them lots of gift when i come from my country just now its first chinese new year i will spend with them so i thought making something nice, for the hong boa i think its not a good idea since they have money and if its too few maybe looks not good anyway ill stick with the cookie box and etc.
If you like whisky yourself, bring a nice bottle and share it at the dinner, as shots with the meal… That way there’s less pressure on him, and if you don’t finish it, then leave the rest for him.
By nice I hope we’re talking single malt here, in which case, go for a Highland or a Speyside rather than a big Islay unless you know he likes them. Eg a nice Macallan or an Old Pulteney. Or Springbank, if you can find it.
The easiest solution is to get the TWGF to sort it out. Different households do different things and all that.
Invite them for a dinner in a nice restaurant. Can’t go wrong with that.
The hong bao is more a sign of respect rather than the money itself. You can bring cookies and liquor and a hong bao. Of those, the hong bao is indispensable.
Finding a table anywhere right now will be a true feat. But it would have been nice.
Of the gifts, the more exotic and flashy, the better. meaning a brand name. It might be the LV of whisky but if they do not know the brand here, it will be moot.
Flowers like orchids would be awesome. Be careful as certain flowers have meaning of death, so beautiful orchid arrangements are safe. 5000 NTD or so.
I thought About john wLker as he usually drink that but the blue is so expensive I can’t afford it I thought about green or gold and my gf said no Hong. Bao so I won’t anyway We all going to restaurant so ill follow the plan I’ll bring a nice j walk or single malt and drink with them
Just be careful that you don’t cause them to lose face by giving them; a wrong gift; a gift at the wrong time; a gift when it isn’t appropriate. The results could be catastrophic.3
Better follow your gf/wife’s guidance. Every family follows slightly different protocols, religions, traditions, etc. so play it safe. Let her make the recommendations and you can say it’s from you.
I bought j walker xr 21 gift box quite expensive but we will share on the restaurant at 18
Thx for your help lots of ideas helped me