Heard about newly opened hot pot place. It is founded in Sichuan Province, China in 1994. Already fully booked for the next 6 months. So have to walk in to wait for a table.
Already past 9pm but still needs to take a queue ticket to wait for table.
Serve fruit/ pop corn/ banana chip platter with drink while waiting for table. There is also table games available to play with while passing the time.
Free manicure service
Books a slot while waiting for table but after my meal still don’t have.
Use iPad to select the food. But all in Chinese language.
Yuen Yang soup base 鸳鸯锅 ($16++)
Red -> Ma La Soup 红味：选用一次性清油底料，口感醇和，辣而不燥。
White -> Chicken Soup 白味：选用白味底料，口感鲜、香、浓、厚。
After mixing in the hot soup base
Serves with a hot towel to clean the hands. And red apron to put on.
Cloth to cover bags. Thoughtful.
Fruit platter
Free flow drink 自选饮料($3++/pax, choice of herbal tea, soya bean milk, orange juice, sprite)
Chicken soup from hot pot. The server makes a big show of filtering the soup and adding spring onion. Wow. Very thick and flavorful soup.
Sauce counter 自选小料 ($4++/pax)
Very wide variety with alot of unknowns.
Crispy Soya Beans
Beef Sauce
Mushroom Sauce
Chinese Chive Flower
Ground Beef
Oh I have a hard time deciding what to mix for the sauce.
Black pig meat 黑猪肉($12++)
The thin slice meat cooks easily and flavourful without any sauce.
Prawn paste, Jade sotong paste, Beef & Sotong balls platter 手工丸滑组合($22++)
The server firstly dips a spoon into the hot soup, then skillfully breaks the paste into small bites into the soup.
The jade sotong paste has a greenish colour as it has spinach blend into the paste. Both the pastes tastes very smooth, very different from the usual type.
Assortment of vegetable 开心农场($18++)
Frozen Tofu 冻豆腐($6++)
Very flavourful.
Potato Slices (FOC cos got voucher)
Total damages : $103.58 for 2 paxs.
Expensive but tastes good and good service.
PS .: In China the restaurant has delivery service, but not in Singapore. Can’t wait for them to start one in Singapore too.
Hai Di Lao Hot Pot 海底捞火锅
Address : 3D River Valley Road #02-04, Singapore
Tel : 8263 6674
Website : http://www.haidilao.com/
