After reading some rave reviews about this steamboat place at TripleOne Somerset, I decided to go try it with a colleague to find out if it really lives up to its name and qualifies as the BEST steamboat place in Singapore. As we entered the restaurant, we were immediately ushered to a table. The impeccable service of the staff was remarkable. As a tray of various condiments was brought before our eyes, images of magic concoctions started forming in our heads – wondering if we would be able to stir up the right mixture that would enhance the flavour of the ingredients to come.

The service staff highly recommended the Sour Plum drink which was supposed to be ‘home-made’. As we heard the word “Sour Plum”, we were expecting a refreshing drink like what we had enjoyed at G7 Sinma. However, as we tasted the first sip, we felt it tasted more like hawthorn fruit (shan zha) than sour plum. Definitely an acquired taste but I thought it did help to ease that sickly feeling of overeating during the meal so it wasn’t that bad at all. The thoughtful provision of an additional pair of chopsticks did impress me as it shows the restaurant does maintain high standards of hygiene so customers don’t use the same chopsticks for cooked and raw food.

Excellent quality mushrooms! They tasted so good as they absorbed the soup stock. The yam were marvellously tasty! So tender that some even dissolved into the soup! I am just a typical Teochew who loves her yam! Another must order – the beancurd skin! And of course, what is steamboat without sweet sweetcorn!