Hotpot race heats up in Singapore with new restaurants
Singaporeans’ love of steamboats is fuelling the growth of the scene, which has at least six new brands
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Fans of Shabu Sai's steamboat (above) now have a second outlet to check out its fare. -- PHOTO: SHABU SAI
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Salmon Fish Village owner Sham Hei (above) with the restaurant’s custom-made boat-shaped steamboat and sliced Norwegian salmon. -- ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
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Popular Thai steamboat chain MK Restaurants returns to Singapore with its roast meats (above) and wide variety of suki (steamboat) ingredients next month. -- PHOTO: MK RESTAURANTS
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Popular Thai steamboat chain MK Restaurants returns to Singapore with its roast meats and wide variety of suki (steamboat) ingredients (above) next month. -- PHOTO: MK RESTAURANTS
Fans of Shabu Sai's steamboat (above) now have a second outlet to check out its fare. -- PHOTO: SHABU SAI
Salmon Fish Village owner Sham Hei (above) with the restaurant’s custom-made boat-shaped steamboat and sliced Norwegian salmon. -- ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
Popular Thai steamboat chain MK Restaurants returns to Singapore with its roast meats (above) and wide variety of suki (steamboat) ingredients next month. -- PHOTO: MK RESTAURANTS
Popular Thai steamboat chain MK Restaurants returns to Singapore with its roast meats and wide variety of suki (steamboat) ingredients (above) next month. -- PHOTO: MK RESTAURANTS
The hotpot scene in Singapore is getting more steamy, with new restaurants popping up like the constant wave of new ramen shops.
Next month, popular Thai steamboat chain MK Restaurants opens in Singapore with an outlet at 313@Somerset, and a second will open at the end of this year.
The original MK menu from Thailand will feature here too, and a spokesman for the company notes that it has built a "staggering pool of Singaporean fans" over the years.
MK Restaurants opened here in 2003 at Parkway Parade and the Singapore Post Centre with a local franchisee that eventually had to "shift its focus back to its core business", says the MK spokesman.
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“It’s not too expensive and we can eat all we want. Also, we don’t have to worry about dressing up to eat at a fancy place.”
STUDENT CLEMENT CHAN on why he enjoys steamboat buffets with friends
