Had a gathering this evening with a groups of girls from secondary school at the Chicken Hot Pot restaurant in Westgate. We had a chat on which of the many food outlets we wanted to eat at and it was supposed to be at the Japanese collagen soup place. However, due to a little over-excitement and perhaps a bit of fuzzy-brain syndrome, a place for 5 of us was reserved at this place instead. We only realised the mistake when the food came and it looked good, so it didn't really matter. Great way to start a catch-up I guess.
The flavours for the 2 hotspots were quite good though. We got the set which included 2 hotspots, one with fish and one (obviously) with chicken. We opted for the chicken one to be a little spicy and a non spicy fish just so everyone could enjoy something just in case someone couldn't take the heat. The fish pot looked rather boring, but after digging into it, I found it really lovely with a salted vegetable and plum soup base. It tasted like my favourite steamed fish dish, just stewed instead of steamed. The chicken ended up tasting like Sze Chuan chicken, just with too little spice.
Anyway, I guess the unique thing about this place is the little squeeze pack of shrimp paste that was given in the set to be squeezed into the boiling soup. It didn't taste like anything was added to it and it cooked like mash shrimp as well. It's nice, but nothing that big a deal. However, 2 hot pots didn't have enough ingredients for 5 and we got some extra ingredients out of the fridge.
Overall, it was alright but nothing special, and I would rather head to one of the buffet hotspots places in Bugis as it came up to $18.60 per person.
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