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Value-for-money, but not spectacular in taste
2014-04-26 811 views
HotPot Culture located at the top floor of Marina Square offers $8.80++ for a porridge lunch buffet with air-con and up to 24 dishes that you can choose from! This porridge buffet that HotPot Culture offers reminds me of a hotel breakfast buffet, with lots of random hits and misses as usual... those misses are the ones you'd wished someone warn you about, the hits come often as surprising as paintball attacks.A brief introduction: the dishes are Singaporean and China-based, with Sichuan pickled
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 HotPot Culture located at the top floor of Marina Square offers $8.80++ for a porridge lunch buffet with air-con and up to 24 dishes that you can choose from! This porridge buffet that HotPot Culture offers reminds me of a hotel breakfast buffet, with lots of random hits and misses as usual... those misses are the ones you'd wished someone warn you about, the hits come often as surprising as paintball attacks.
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 A brief introduction: the dishes are Singaporean and China-based, with Sichuan pickled vegetables and also carrot cake. There is rice, mantous and porridge for your taking to reach your carbohydrates intake. On the other side, there is green bean soup and orange slices for dessert. They also serve homemade barley too.
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 The usual porridge condiments like preserved vegetables, salted eggs, ikan bilis with peanuts, braised pork belly and beancurd are available too.
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 Observing that most of the service staff had a strong China accent, I would think that the Singaporean dishes might end up like the "Singapore corner" in most overseas hotel buffets. I was pleasantly surprised that the carrot cake, char kway teow, beehoon, and the fried rice were wonderfully done up, albeit a little strong on the flavours. On the other hand, there were some filler dishes that seemed rather skimpy on effort such as the spicy chicken sausage and spicy tofu which tasted suspiciously similar in terms of its sauce.
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 The supposed star of the buffet - the porridge - was miserably rice belatedly mixed with water, and was tasteless at best. While I kind of liked their rendition of sweet green bean soup with rice, Ave didn't think well of it. It's strange but in a good way. The homemade barley is passable though not spectacular.
Overall, HotPot Culture has rather attentive service and a relatively peaceful environment even during the lunch crowd. Don't expect too much for the food quality, though it does makes for a filling and extremely value-for-money lunch.
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2014-01-06 584 views
Finally a day to meet up with friends , went to marina square . went for steamboat buffet there about 24 selection to choose frombut before that we have to choose the soup base . there 7 different kinds of soup base to choose fromChicken SoupHot & Spicy SoupFish SoupKim chi SoupVegetarian SoupHerbal SoupMa La Soup the great thing also it is a big variety of selection to choose from and we can choose what soup base we want and it is individual selection. anyway the steamboat buffet cost like abo
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 Finally a day to meet up with friends , went to marina square .
went for steamboat buffet there about 24 selection to choose from
but before that we have to choose the soup base . there 7 different kinds of soup base to choose from

Chicken Soup
Hot & Spicy Soup
Fish Soup
Kim chi Soup
Vegetarian Soup
Herbal Soup
Ma La Soup

the great thing also it is a big variety of selection to choose from and we can choose what soup base we want and it is individual selection.

anyway the steamboat buffet cost like about $18.80 but after GST and plus plus charges each of us pay around $21 dollars.

the best thing i like is individual steamboat set , we can put whatever we want and we do not have to share with each another. hence if everyone of us ordered the different soup base we can try each other ones.

for more details you can go to : http://www.hotpotculture.com/

as on that day i prefer to have some light meal therefore i ordered herbal soup and with Mi Fen and vegetable ;)
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^Value For Money Deal^21/12/2013
2013-12-25 425 views
Come to a same sentiment when deciding where to eat, we finally had our dinner at HotPot Culture. Because of the rainy day outside, I missed something soupy. Enjoying the exciting Chinese-style Steamboat Buffet, there were quite extensive choices for soup bases and pot boiling items. Restaurant was clean and comfy, we were served immediately upon arrival.Taking Tom Yum soup, I want to tantalize my taste buds for instant. Food was fine, mostly of them were fresh meat and veggies. Self-service bas
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Come to a same sentiment when deciding where to eat, we finally had our dinner at HotPot Culture. Because of the rainy day outside, I missed something soupy. Enjoying the exciting Chinese-style Steamboat Buffet, there were quite extensive choices for soup bases and pot boiling items. Restaurant was clean and comfy, we were served immediately upon arrival.
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 Taking Tom Yum soup, I want to tantalize my taste buds for instant. Food was fine, mostly of them were fresh meat and veggies. Self-service basis, eat all we can, drink was free-flow. Ala-carte menu was available also, we prefer buffet version. For adult was $20.80 as we visited on weekend, the price subjected to GST and service charge. Heart-warming meal, we were satisfied and full after that.
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2013-10-20 336 views
First visit to HotPot Culture was to try their steamboat buffet with each own individual hotpot. Now we are back again to try out their porridge buffet.It was wide buffet spread that come with curry chicken , fried carrot cakes, fried eggs, braised eggs etc. They also have some other sauces for you to go along with dishes. We like the curry chicken it was spicy , and the meat is tender, the carrot cake is not too oily and soft.
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First visit to HotPot Culture was to try their steamboat buffet with each own individual hotpot. Now we are back again to try out their porridge buffet.

It was wide buffet spread that come with curry chicken , fried carrot cakes, fried eggs, braised eggs etc. They also have some other sauces for you to go along with dishes. We like the curry chicken it was spicy , and the meat is tender, the carrot cake is not too oily and soft.
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2013-06-08 291 views
One thing I love about hotpot culture is that every person has their own individual hotpot. I like it because this way, you can choose to put whatever you want inside the hotpot. One of my favourite side dishes that comes with the hot pot is the sweet and sour pork.It may not look appetizing here but it is in fact really delicious. The skin is crispy and drenched in delicious sauce. Around $30 for a buffet dinner
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One thing I love about hotpot culture is that every person has their own individual hotpot. I like it because this way, you can choose to put whatever you want inside the hotpot. One of my favourite side dishes that comes with the hot pot is the sweet and sour pork.
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 It may not look appetizing here but it is in fact really delicious. The skin is crispy and drenched in delicious sauce. Around $30 for a buffet dinner
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Not Hot Enough
2012-07-17 188 views
Walking past the restaurant on a Friday evening and decided to pop in to try their Hotpot Buffet (Mini Steamboat). The place was quite packed and tables were rather squeezy. Still, we were seated promptly, and the waitress came to take our orders fast too.We tried the Hotpot buffet (without ala carte cooked food). The soup comes in a small metal pot above a burner (disposable fuel) used. We decided to try the soups recommended in the menu - the herbal chicken ( clear but bland), and the Hot and
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Walking past the restaurant on a Friday evening and decided to pop in to try their Hotpot Buffet (Mini Steamboat). The place was quite packed and tables were rather squeezy. Still, we were seated promptly, and the waitress came to take our orders fast too.
We tried the Hotpot buffet (without ala carte cooked food). The soup comes in a small metal pot above a burner (disposable fuel) used. We decided to try the soups recommended in the menu - the herbal chicken ( clear but bland), and the Hot and Spicy ( much tastier). Unfortunately, my burner (chicken soup) took significantly longer than the hot and spicy soup to boil, even without any food in it. In the end, I kinda gave up
and decided to chuck everything into the hot and spicy soup!
There are a few steamboat items you can order from the menu - we tried the beef/pork slices, mushrooms, crab claw and fish "glue". All were pretty ordinary except the fish glue - interesting thin layer of sticky fish paste that is you scrape in to the soup. When cooked, it is sweet, and not too soft. There is also a chiller to get the rest of the buffet items - rice/nooddles, frozen fish slices, some veggies, eggs and well... alot of meatballs!
There was chicken ball, mushroom chicken pall, prawn ball, sotong and fish ball.. As with all steamboats though, the most important part of the meal is the sauce! Sadly though, there was only 1 type of chilli sauce available, although there is garlic/ spring onion etc that you can add to suit your taste, some variety in sauces (including non-spicy options?) would have made a huge difference in the meal... the food all started to taste the same after a while!

Iced lemon tea is provided, free-flow and the service staff were quite prompt in taking orders and re-filling soups. 2 types of fruits that day - sliced oranges and cubed honey-dew melon (both types not too sweet
).. and very small cubes of dry banana bread/cake ( like 1cm by 1cm!) to pass as dessert. Not great.
All in all, the food was edible but not great. Cost ~ $30/pax after GST (Fri and weekend dinners).
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Warm Warm Dinner :D
2011-12-29 154 views
Its a cold cold night so me and my friends decided to have our dinner @ Hotpot culture . Its a steamboat buffet with cooked ala-carte food and each of us were given a pot. We like this way of eating steamboat so that friends that want to add beef into their soup does not have to worry whether others can eat beef anot. The service of the staffs was good they gave us a jar of ice-tea and refill the soup for us without having to keep raise our hands for soup. The price for weekdays is $23.30 after
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Its a cold cold night so me and my friends decided to have our dinner @ Hotpot culture
. Its a steamboat buffet with cooked ala-carte food and each of us were given a pot. We like this way of eating steamboat so that friends that want to add beef into their soup does not have to worry whether others can eat beef anot. The service of the staffs was good they gave us a jar of ice-tea and refill the soup for us without having to keep raise our hands for soup. The price for weekdays is $23.30 after GST & service charge. For weekends the price is $30.35 after GST & Service Charge.
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 There is 5types of soup for us to choose chicken, herbal, ma la, fish and hot n spicy soup base. I choose the chicken soup and my friends choose herbal, ma la, and hot n spicy soup base.

For the chicken soup, it smell nice but it taste alittle blend but after adding the ingredients in it taste just right


For the herbal soup, it worth drinking because its does not taste blend and you can really see the herbal ingredients in the soup.

For the ma la soup, its really very spicy till my friend ask the staff to add some chicken soup for her. So friends out there who likes to eat very spicy food can order the ma la soup


For the hot n spicy soup, it taste more like tom yam with a like hot and a little sour. but my friend enjoy the soup base because the soup is not too spicy non too sour taste just right
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 There is quite a number of food for us to choose from the ala-carte menu and the type of sauce you want it to be cooked in. Example: black pepper, sambal etc. some items that is not found @ the DIY food corner can be found in the menu like prawns and golden mushrooms can only find in the menu.

As you can see from the photo we ordered a whole table of food. One of our favorite is sambal sotong! its chewy and fresh but it would be better if its spicy alittle


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2011-12-24 119 views
It has steamboat buffet and ala-carte (around $7.80++ per pot/person6.9). Everyone is given an individual pot and there is 5 soup to choose from there.The price is very reasonable,but the taste is not very nice.The soup is abit tasteless,need to add on soya sauce or other to make it taste nice.There are lots of ingredient.Those are quite fresh and nice.Is just the soup problem,make it taste not very nice.But it is nice to eat as a big group,because you will really enjoy it.
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 It has steamboat buffet and ala-carte (around $7.80++ per pot/person6.9).
Everyone is given an individual pot and there is 5 soup to choose from there.
The price is very reasonable,but the taste is not very nice.

The soup is abit tasteless,need to add on soya sauce or other to make it taste nice.
There are lots of ingredient.
Those are quite fresh and nice.
Is just the soup problem,make it taste not very nice.
But it is nice to eat as a big group,because you will really enjoy it.
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2011-11-05 87 views
Visited the Marina Square of Hotpot Culture with my friend. We ordered the Chicken Soup. It was tasteless. The Beef slices was a certain sour smell and taste to it, hinting that its been frozen a bit too long. The vegetables was pretty fresh but we don't see much meat though. Variety of cooked food and raw food was wide though I don't know why there are so many spicy cooked dishes on the menu. The Douhu Goreng was not bad if they did not overcooked it till its (very) hard. The black pepper (I th
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Visited the Marina Square of Hotpot Culture with my friend. We ordered the Chicken Soup. It was tasteless. The Beef slices was a certain sour smell and taste to it, hinting that its been frozen a bit too long. The vegetables was pretty fresh but we don't see much meat though. Variety of cooked food and raw food was wide though I don't know why there are so many spicy cooked dishes on the menu. The Douhu Goreng was not bad if they did not overcooked it till its (very) hard. The black pepper (I think) beef was good too. I liked the spring onions and other condiments provided. One cannot forget the chocolate fondue. I pretty like that fact that it uses dark chocolate and together with the sweet marshmellows, bananas and strawberry, it gives one a pretty bitter yet sweet feelings. Overall, its a pretty decent place to get lots of food.
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2011-10-24 81 views
I have make an reservation with hotpot cuulture after reviewing the webpage and recommendation from yebber . However, to my disappoint as what Pharque had said the food is not as delicious as it is . On a sunday morning i went there with my friend for porridge buffet. And all of us were baffled , as all the food is like SO CHEAP ! i mean the cost to make the food. EXAMPLES : SALTED EGG , SALTED VEGETABLE , HOTDOG IN sweet and sour sauce, The meats only have the three-layer meat , fried duck's me
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I have make an reservation with hotpot cuulture after reviewing the webpage and recommendation from yebber .

However, to my disappoint as what Pharque had said the food is not as delicious as it is .

On a sunday morning i went there with my friend for porridge buffet. And all of us were baffled , as all the food is like SO CHEAP ! i mean the cost to make the food. EXAMPLES : SALTED EGG , SALTED VEGETABLE , HOTDOG IN sweet and sour sauce, The meats only have the three-layer meat , fried duck's meat, fried fish ( TO be frank : All the meat taste below than average , i can get a better one at coffee shop !

END UP , all our mood were destroyed ! ( we were holding a birthday celebration for one of my friends.

SO FOR THE MONEY MATTER , although you will think it will be worth it .

but i can tell u , it IS NOT WORTH IT ATLL .
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porridge buffet
2011-10-09 12 views
the porridge buffet at hotpot culture is really worth it. it is very reasonable. you can join membership immediately by sms-ing them. with that, you can enjoy the buffet at $6.90++. for weekends the buffet is extended till 3pm. the variety was quite good for that price. some of the dishes that were available is curry chicken, omelet, fried ikan bilis, fried fish slices, minced meat, mapo toufu, tau pok and kou rou pao. the food is really nice. if you are not a porridge lover, there is fried bee
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the porridge buffet at hotpot culture is really worth it. it is very reasonable. you can join membership immediately by sms-ing them. with that, you can enjoy the buffet at $6.90++. for weekends the buffet is extended till 3pm. the variety was quite good for that price. some of the dishes that were available is curry chicken, omelet, fried ikan bilis, fried fish slices, minced meat, mapo toufu, tau pok and kou rou pao. the food is really nice. if you are not a porridge lover, there is fried bee hoon, kway chap and fried rice to eat the ingredient with. for dessert, there is pulok hitam and cut orange.
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2011-09-16 18 views
First Time Dining At HotPot Culture with my family . There's two choice , you either eat steamboat with free flow drink at less than $20(before GST) or steamboat + ala cart at $20+ however no free flow drink. Additional charge for orders of drinks. We chosen the choice with steamboat and ala cart PLUS point for this buffet , pricing is affordable , serving for ala cart is generous , service is fast even though we sit at a corner . Food taste pretty good for ala cart.MINUE point is I feel that al
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 First Time Dining At HotPot Culture with my family . There's two choice , you either eat steamboat with free flow drink at less than $20(before GST) or steamboat + ala cart at $20+ however no free flow drink. Additional charge for orders of drinks.
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 We chosen the choice with steamboat and ala cart
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 PLUS point for this buffet , pricing is affordable , serving for ala cart is generous , service is fast even though we sit at a corner . Food taste pretty good for ala cart.
MINUE point is I feel that ala cart plus steamboat choice should include free flow drinks too and the steamboat item choices is too little. I will rate it worth visiting and will definately pop by again as I really feel the ala cart food was nice and the chocolate fondue
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2010-12-23 9 views
We have attracted by the various of dishes over 100 different asian food to choose from the buffet. Ala carte buffet include steamboat items, cooked foods and desserts. Chocolate fondue is included too I will definitely go there on my next visit with more friends, so that we can share among more foods and varieties.
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We have attracted by the various of dishes over 100 different asian food to choose from the buffet. Ala carte buffet include steamboat items, cooked foods and desserts. Chocolate fondue is included too
I will definitely go there on my next visit with more friends, so that we can share among more foods and varieties.
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porridge buffet at affordable price
2010-11-25 13 views
i was craving for something light to have for lunch while doing xmas shopping at marina square. i happened to notice this restaurant having porridge buffet at only $7.90. my friend who was with me happened to be a member of hotpot culture and we managed to enjoy our lunch at a discounted price of $6.90. For this price, i didnt expect too much but to my surprise, there was a wide spread. the sweet potato porridge was quite delicious, the porridge was quite thick and the potato pieces were quite l
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i was craving for something light to have for lunch while doing xmas shopping at marina square. i happened to notice this restaurant having porridge buffet at only $7.90. my friend who was with me happened to be a member of hotpot culture and we managed to enjoy our lunch at a discounted price of $6.90. For this price, i didnt expect too much but to my surprise, there was a wide spread. the sweet potato porridge was quite delicious, the porridge was quite thick and the potato pieces were quite large. the crispy fish was quite salty and has to be eaten together with the porridge or fried bee hoon. the braised meat was very tasty and blend well with the porridge. i love most the curry chicken, not too spicy yet very fragrant!

the dessert was quite nice too. it is quite value for money.
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