Was scrolling through social media one day and got to know about the existence of Wildfire Hotplate. These folks are apparently quite a new addition to the local F&B scene here — located within the Foodmore coffee shop that is located at 115B Commonwealth Drive, Wildfire Hotplate is situated within walking distance from Commonwealth MRT Station; the stall being in the same coffeeshop as one would find Teenoy Thai Kitchen as well. Occupying a stall unit that is located right beside the stall serving up fish soup and egg fried rice, Wildfire Hotplate should be quite easy to spot with its colourful signage that illustrates the various food items that they have to offer. As the namesake suggests, Wildfire Hotplate is an establishment that primarily focuses on dishes that are served atop hotplates — itself being a western cuisine stall that also sees other items such as mains, pasta and burgers being listed on the menu as well which is on top of their hotplate dishes.

Wildfire Hotplate actually does provide patrons with quite a bit of flexibility for their Hotplate series of dishes. For a start, patrons do get to choose between a variety of grilled and fried meats here — while the Hotplate dishes does come with a sunny side-up, season vegetables and fries on the side, patrons do get the option to add-on other meats to the Hotplate dish that they have opted for; there is also a choice for patrons to add on pasta to their order as well. Patrons can also get to choose their desired choice of sauce for their order of the Hotplate dish as well; one being the Black Pepper, while the other would be the Brown Sauce. For our order of the Signature Grill Chicken Chop, we went with the Brown Sauce. We liked how these folks had seemingly included a small theatrical segment during the serving of the dish where patrons would be called via the electronic buzzer to collect their order to see the order being flambéed before the sauce is being drenched atop the meat. The Signature Grill Chicken Chop comes with a slab of grilled chicken that is is well-brined for flavour; we liked how the chicken chop itself was juicy and tender — the brown sauce that is being drenched atop the meat being all savoury and comes with bits on onions as well.

The sunny side-up that came with the dish was also done right with the egg yolk still being runny and molten; all that whilst also not reeking of any undesirable stench of overused oil. The season vegetables is a mix of carrotss, corn nibs and broccoli — provided a refreshing crunch and gave the dish a wholesome balance against the meats and starches. The fries that came on a separate plate were crisp and free from grease; suitably seasoned for flavour. With prices of its hotplate dishes priced from $11 to $16.90, the hotplate dishes at Wildfire Hotplate are priced a little bit on the higher side even when compared against the usual western fare served up at similar establishments within the heartlands. That being said, we do find the quality of the food to be of a pretty good level; not forgetting that they also included a theatrical aspect that isn’t quite typical of food court / coffeeshop/ hawker centre stalls around — that sort of spot where we wouldn’t mind shelling a little extra for a bit of a treat that is different from the usual.