Weather had been bad for the past few months in Singapore and in certain parts of the world too. Constant rain fall have cause floods in many countries like Thailand and flash flood is one of the headaches for the Singapore's government. I love rainy days but too much of rain can be a problem and hater for many especially for outdoor activities like marathons, photo shoots, weddings etc and some businesses as well.

Not sure is it because of the cold weather, i have been craving for my all time favorite - steamboat for the past few months now. I love sitting around the big pot of soup with a wonderful mixture of food in it. My longest record for eating steamboat is more than 4 hours, don't ask me how i did it but i just did. And during one of the Chinese New Year gathering at 1 of my friend's place, we had steamboat for dinner too. Guess what, i joined them for dinner from the start and i stayed all the way till the end with 2 groups of different people one after another.

I remember when i was young, my parents used to bring me to Marina South where there are many 2N1 steamboat & bbq stores. Back in those days, the place is super famous for it which draws huge crowd every weekends and sometimes weekdays too but it have been closed down since government announce plans to build a barrage and a new botanical garden there. It's one of my favourite place for 2N1 steamboat & bbq with my friends during school days, kinda sad that it's gone now.


There's quite a number of steamboat & bbq stores at Liang Seah Street which is pretty famous for it. One of them which i recommend is 鲜得来, where they have nice & wide selection of soup bases especially their 辣糙排骷/辣糙鸡块 and the food comes in small portion on plates served to you by the staff so all i have to do is sit down and eat but kind of expensive about $25-$30 per pax including of ordering drinks.

And the other joint at Liang Seah Street that i like is 辣妹子, they have my favorite soup base 川菜 and it's self service so alittle walking to and fro is required for food & drinks. I prefer going to 辣妹子 other outlet at Thomson road - Novena Ville http://www.lameizi.com.sg/index.html as compared to their outlet at Liang Seah Street. Price wise per pax for Liang Seah outlet is $18 nett with free flow of drinks as for Thomson outlet $16 nett for weekday and $18 nett for weekend but drinks are not included.

There are 2 other steamboat & bbq joints that i like to dining at too. One of it is Chong Pang BBQ buffet steamboat newly located at Balestier Road http://www.chongpangbbq.com/index.php, they too have a wide selection of food to choose from, a large indoor seating and a 150 parking lots available behind the food court there. Per pax is $19.80 nett. The best part is Chong Pang BBQ is halal where they have a strict NO PORK NO LARD policy so Muslims are very much welcome.

And lastly, it's the Sakura Charcoal Grill & Shabu Shabu http://www.sukigroup.com.sg/suki/shabu.htm at Marina Country Club - Punggol. Although the place is out of the where to many but it didn't stop people flocking to it just to dine there. To ease the traveling issue, the country club crater free bus service from Seng kang Mrt station to and fro. The spread at Sakura is huge as compared to many. It's pricing is not cheap though, per adult $24+ and kids $11.90+ including drinks.

So far, these are the few steamboat joints which i have tried and find it worth trying. Are you feeling the same and having the same craving as me during cold and rainy weather?? Do you have any other places to recommend?? Have you tried the joints i have recommended before?? What do you look for or how you chose the right steamboat joint worth for money and have good spread of food selection??

Ok time to dream of food now... a nice music video to share as usual... cheers and enjoy!!!