Xiao Long Kan Hotpot 小龙坎火锅 (Bugis Junction)

It’s the perfect weather to gather your hotpot crew and head to Xiao Long Kan at Bugis Junction!

Take advantage of our #BurppleBeyond 1-for-1 Main Dish deal that’ll warm your heart and tastebuds. Choose the American Prime Beef Slice, and for the free dish, pick from Supreme Beef Tripe, Kurobuta Pork Belly, Fresh Sliced Grass Carp Fish, or Minced Hand Made Prawn.

Ideal for rainy days and late-night suppers—this outlet is open 24 hours!

Photo by Burppler Wei Ping Ang

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.

Indeed crispy, and not bad as a side but nothing amazing.

The food overall surpassed expectations, but the experience was quite no-go for us. Ventilation was extremely bad and the mala spices were triggering all of our noses - couldn't stop sneezing/ sniffing throughout the entire meal, which kinda ruined a would-have-been-perfect meal.

There's 10% off @chopesg voucher you can purchase to make it more worth it!

Overall Rating: 8.5/10 (solely for food and service, and if not for the extremely bad ventilation)

Surprisingly not bad - different from those wokhei laden fried rice from tzechar stalls, but still quite comforting, and decently flavoured.

🌟 Dumplings ($6 for 9 pcs) were worth ordering, as I was surprised how juicy and flavourful the dumplings were!

They're known for their triple flavour pot ($20), and we picked their Pork Bone, Tomato, and Butter Mala (you really need to be able to handle spicy food because the 小辣 was pretty spicy). Tomato broth is less sour compared to HDL's, and pork bone was less bold in terms of flavour but still not bad! Overall enjoyed their broth (minus the mala because too spicy for us).

Meat were q fresh and chicken was surprisingly really soft (not chicken breast). Meatballs were not bad too, quite flavourful.