And so my friends told me good things about this "amazing" steamboat that Imperial Treasure offers. I went there with full of anticipation, only to find myself quite disappointed. The staff is not of standard (speaking largely just this one local stuff, who thinks that the whole world owe her money), and she gave the can't-be-bothered, nonchalant tone when we ask for soup recommendation. "It's all written there, just choose one" WHAT?! And FYI, she did not take down our orders well, leaving a lot out. Anyways while the ingredients are fresh (found it more superior than HDL), the soup were undesirable. We chose the Mala and drunken chicken soup. The former was too oily, too spicy, and lack that Mala taste that o was searching for. And the latter was too herbal, that it left a bitter taste to my tastebuds. Service is not on par with HDL, and the staff are often clueless or unhelpful. And since the price is comparable to HDL, I think I rather stick to HDL or Tanglin's CHONGQING.