Wanted to try a hotpot joint other than HDL and BITP for a change and saw that Xiao Long Kan was on Burpple so why not! Booking a spot for 5 pax was a breeze with Quandoo, and we were immediately shown our way in on a Friday evening.

The Burpple deal entitled us to 1-for-1 for a selection of either the American Prime Beef Slice, Kurobuta Pork Belly, Supreme Beef Tripe, or the File Fish (all full portions). We went with the pork belly and the beef slices, and if you can't tell from my picture the portion was HUGE, and they were fresh too! And with Burrple the two plates each of pork belly ($22) and beef ($28) only came up to $50 wow??

For the soup base we went with the recommended Triple Flavour Pot ($23) which we chose Tomato, Pork Bone, and Sour & Spicy. They were all pretty light tasting, but the Sour & Spicy packed quite a bit of punch. To accompany the meats, we also ordered the Vegetables Platter ($19 for full), Mushroom Platter ($9.50 for half), Dried Noodles ($3.50 for a sizeable portion enough for 2), and some other items. A carafe of iced/warm water costs $0.80 but was enough to fill three glasses, and the sauce bar was $4 each which had two sichuan appetisers and rockmelon. Kinda lacking if compared to HDL's sauce bar for the same price but a wider variety of condiments, sides, and even desserts.

Ambience was dark and moody with decent ventilation, though the seats for our large table was just hard benches and no backrest. A wet tissue packet and apron is provided for each guest. Service was also pretty good and the staff were attentive and helpful. Overall, the total came up to S170 for 5 pax which I would say is not bad.