Steamboat @ Xian De Lai Shanghai Cuisine (鲜得来)

Steamboat

@ Xian De Lai Shanghai Cuisine

A few of my regular lunch buddies have decided to leave the organisation for greener pastures and it was decided that a farewell dinner be held in one steamboat restaurant (鲜得来) along the Liang Seah Street area.

Although i would have preferred one that i am familiar with (note: House of Steamboat), it's always beneficial to try other restaurants of the same genre for comparison sake.

Featuring the increasingly common yuan-yang (鸳鸯) hotpot, i wasn't that impressed by the soup bases we had; special duck, chicken, spicy soups etc. They were not downright disgusting; just pretty normal.

My favourite sauce concoction; peanuts with sesame oil and spring onions and a dash of sugar!!

What goes really well with this doesn't-look-that-appealing mixed peanut sauce? Quality beef done shabu shabu style! *Salivates*

Plates upon plates of steamboat ingredients. Being a meat person, i was however not feeling extremely adventurous that day. A pity if you ask me, because it's really difficult to compare with House of Steamboat.

Want to see the full list of ingredients and soup bases? Please look above!!

A traditional Chinese dessert; cold Green Bean soup! I like it but my fellow colleagues felt it was too sweet.

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Location

18, Liang Seah Street

(opposite Bugis Junction)

Closes at 3.00 am.

Price (Lunch and Dinner)

Monday to Thursday - S$17.80 each

Friday to Sunday - S$18.80 each

Public Holiday (PH) and Eve of PH - S$18.80 each

Supper (after 10.30pm) - S$13.80 each

Subject to 10% Service Charge. Drinks are subject to extra charges although plain water is served upon request.

The hotpot was chargeable at S$5.00 each with two soup bases)!!! This is something i don't agree with. We paid for steamboat buffet and it's obvious that soups in a hotpot must come with it FOC!

Additional Information

I wouldn't be back in Xian De Lai even though it was pretty crowded for a Thursday! I still could not accept the fact i have to pay additional for the soup bases.

Is that a norm?! 

Damn!