One Pot

Dear Mum,

Can we please get these her giao for our CNY steamboat please.

Love,
The Hungry Fatty

P. S. Definitely better than Song Kee and comparable to LiXin's!

Another feature of One Pot is that their fish balls and fish dumplings are freshly made in-house.

I have a soft spot for these handmade fishballs because each fishball is uniquely (mis)shaped and the texture tends to be more bouncy and qq compared to commercially available fishball.

One Pot does sell them for retail. You can also order their steamboat to go and have it in the air conditioned comfort of your home (but you will have to do all the washing up then). I do advise calling ahead for a reservation. They open at 6 pm and when we did a walk-in on a whim at 6.45 pm, they were pretty much sold out with items such as their prawn roe balls all gone!

The key to a good steamboat is a good broth base which is good enough to drink on its own and yet continues to build depth in terms of flavours when more and more ingredients get added into it.

One Pot's premium Japanese pork bone broth base checks all these boxes. It is clear, light and yet savoury without being too salty. The flavour profile changes as the night goes on but it never gets too heavy on the palate. You can easily drink it all night long!

One Pot's service is basically self-service. They will set up the steamboat and ingredients for you but you will have to get your own cutleries (good luck finding a matched self of utensils), top up your soup broth using big metal kettles and get your own drinks and ice. That said, this are little frills which I am willing to forgo when I am getting restaurant style food at more affordable prices!

Whilst waiting for the kway chap, I couldn't help but be intrigued by the stall next door, One Pot, and returned at night to check them out.

At night, the food centre is kinda transformed. Everyone is here for one thing only - One Pot's hotpot and it kinda reminds me of the steamboat restaurants in the pre-developed Marina Bay area where you sit in the open in the sweltering heat enjoying the piping hot steamboat.

One Pot serves restaurant-style hot pot in a hawker setting. You start by ordering a base set based on the number of pax. There is also a wide variety of other ingredients to add on (which can add up rather quickly).

The ingredients are then beautifully served in a Japanese-style wooden box and you can see that much care has been taken to choose the freshest ingredients - no yellowing vegetables etc. They also have an in-house meat slicer to ensure that you get the freshest slices of meat.

The base set is about $15-20 per pax and the add-ons can be a little pricey. That said, we felt that the quality of the ingredients do justify the price and it would cost more in a restaurant. But theres something idyllic and romantic about having steamboat in this old school food centre where time seem to have come to a complete standstill.

Steamboat kits are the best option for couples and small families as you get variety without food wastage. Also ideal for busy (lazy) people like me who want to save on prep work and avoid crowded supermarkets. This kit starts from $30 for pork, and comes with a soup base and two types of chilli sauces too.
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This shop only offers one type of soup so I probably wouldn't order from them again as I prefer a spicy soup base. But if you have more subtle ( sophisticated?) taste buds as most Singaporeans do, then this is a reasonably priced option with fresh and plentiful ingredients.
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📞 : WhatsApp or call to order. Contact on their fb.
🚙 : If you self collect you must do so by 5pm. Easy curbside pickup for drivers as it is in a industrial kind of area.
💡 : you may want to top up on a la carte order of meat because it's quite little meat for 2 pax (estimate 100g)

One pot - There are two sauces available – one is spicy while the other is a sweeter version of it.

Read more: https://www.misstamchiak.com/one-pot-steamboat/