Xian De Lai (Closed)

Visiting the steamboat profession at Nex, Xian De Lai had its own specialty, to serve single individual pot for every customer. Ambience and decor layout gave me a good feeling, with the appropriate lightning ultimately sealing my great impression of this place. Reservation was recommended to avoid disappointment. Three different soup bases we chosen, they were Chicken Pork Ribs Soup, Tom Yum and Bak Kut Teh. The unique pot reminded me Majesty’s cutleries at Olden Castle, it was classic. The sou

So a bunch of us hotpot loving girls decided to make our way to NEX for our hotpot fix. Little did we know that it would be the worst place ever to dine. It was a Monday night dinner and although the restaurant was filled, it wasn't overwhelmingly so. This Xian De Lai provides individual pots for diners. Which would be higher on the hygiene standards but hotpot's all about sharing isn't it? The soup choices here were of a greater variety- 5 kinds and we had one of each. I personally loved the po

for more food pictures and detailed review, please go to http://princessmic80.blogspot.sg/2013/09/of-steamboat-ing-good-times.htmlThe steamboat actually comes in individuals and powered by those solid fuel. so the soup takes longer time to boil. there are different type of soup base you can choose from. This time we choose the duck meat and the ma-la type. i quite like the ma-la one as it is not choking like others. it is less oily too. the ingredients wise, sadly the beef fails big time. if on

Some time again, the family and I went to Xian De Lai at Nex to try their steamboat as my dad had been wanting to try it ever since it opened at JEM. My friend said it was quite expensive and not worth the money so when deal.com.sg had Xian De Lai deals, I bought them at $18.90 each per pax.Their service was extremely slow. When we reached the place, there was only 1 table occupied and when our soup came, the ingredients that we ordered took a long time to come even though by the time, there wer

My husband's friend read reviews and asked us to join him at Xian De Lai. By look, it really take you away!The interior design is well furnished and the table was designed in a way for extension to place the food.There's a wide range of selection, however there are some that's a little weird.Mushroom paste - I dared not tried.Complimentary dish:It's individual pot at Xian De Lai - there's Bak Kut Teh, Tom Yum, Duck and Chicken soup base.The Tom Yum fair the worst among all - it's like the maggie

I went to xian de lai for buffet steamboat. They have a wide variety of steamboat dishes, from yong tau foo to a lot of fresh seafood. they have crabs, fish slices, clams, prawns. All are very fresh and delicious. they steamboat pots come differently from other pots, it is like ceramic kind. And have intricate designs. The soup is really tasty, not too salty. Goes well with the dishes.

My girlfriend wanted to try out xian de lai so we decided to head in to try their steamboat buffet. unlike the normal steamboat buffets, where the soup is serve in a metal hot pot, theirs is served in an exquisite design pot. I chose the spicy soup, it tasted rather spicy, but when you cook the ingredients inside. It does not taste the hot anymore. The ingredients were very fresh and does not come in huge portions so we managed to try quite a number of ingredients.

These are side dishes from xian de lai steamboat ala carte buffet. Fried pork slices, fried prawn dumpling and fried chicken cheese ball. The chilli sauce is very spicy so those who doesn't eat chilli, better don't try.The pork slice taste a bit dry sort of over cooked. The chicken cheese ball quite surprise me as you bite, the cheese will be liquid texture and mix well with chicken. Their fried prawn dumpling use fresh and whole piece of prawn.

I like the concept of having steamboat together with individual pot. You can cook whatever you like and for hygiene purpose too.Their ala carte steamboat ingredients are very fresh. There are plenty of sauces for you to mix. But their service is not good during peak hour. The food that i ordered for 1st round come only after my 2nd round food has served finish. I almost forgot that i ordered earlier and will cause double order and waste food.

I was first interested in the steamboat pots which Xian De Lai was using as they looked rather exquisite and antique. That sort of enticed me to have my dinner there, even though it was rather pricey.The concept was also rather interesting - one actually ticks on a list of food items on what to be ordered and hand it to the staff. There were also a range of appetizers to choose from. However, I was disappointed by the whole dining experience. First, I was allocated to a table which was hidden at

Xian De Lai was not new to me and my hubby as we had a few times of steamboat dinner at their Liang Seah Street outlet. The differences in these 2 outlets are the steamboat and as well as the price. Nex outlet's steamboat is individualized whereas the Liang Seah St's is those normal 2-types of soup base steamboat. With such arrangement, that is why Nex's pricing is higher as compared to the other.The spicy chicken bits appetizer was really good and my mum learnt and cooked that at home for us no

I was leisurely walking at Nex shopping mall on one Thursday. It is a typical neighbourhood mall, many restaurants to choose from, many jewellry shops too!As usual, I was hesitating what to eat for my leisure lunch. Having walking around the mall with an empty stomach, I decided to have go on steamboat as the waitress standing politely with a warm smile to greet customers at the entrance. It was around 12noon, not many customers though.I was led to sit along the wall with 1-1 table, straightl