Welcome to Toa Payoh. Looking for Buffet places?

.

Tsukimi Hamburg Don
hamburg steak, japanese fresh egg, grated radish served with tamago soup

It’s winter (aka rainy season) in Singapore once more, which means that hotpot szn is now officially on. I’ve been to many pot houses over the years, but all you can eat hotpot buffets are few and far between. However, @xiaocaoxiangsteamboat is one of those rare unicorns that offer all you can eat buffets, and they’ve even got an additional barbecue option for an extra surcharge.⠀
⠀
At $18.80++ for a ninety minute weekday lunch buffet, Xiao Cao Xiang offers up some unbeatable value. Due to the unnamed virus of unknown origin, the buffet format is a little odd. You go over to the huge display chillers, tell the staff how much of a certain item you want, and lead them straight back to your table so you can gorge yourself silly.⠀
⠀
Now, none of this is gonna be premium stuff, but for the low price of admission, were you really expecting Kobe beef & Iberico pork? Still, the meats are superbly satisfying and the quality is more than passable. The pork collar, pickled lamb, sliced beef belly, tender beef and the prawns are not to be missed at any cost. The sliced meats are respectably thick, while the prawns are delightfully fresh even though their size is bang average.⠀
⠀
There’s a grand total of seven meats, and six seafood choices for you to sate your gluttony on, and I haven’t even mentioned the extras like cheese tofu, lobster balls, tofu puff, et cetera yet. To top it all off, they have seven unique soup bases for you to select. Oh yes, you will be utterly spoilt for choice. My choice of tomato soup was a sublime selection, as the scintillatingly sapid and tastefully tangy tomato broth was good enough to drink on its own, but ascended into flavour paradise once you’ve cooked off some corn, radish and all your assorted meats & seafoods in it.⠀
⠀
Look, imma keep it real with y’all, there’s probably a truckload of MSG in that tomato broth, but MSG is flavour (Uncle Roger approved), and we here for a good time, not a long time. With that being said, the incredibly affordable price of admission paired with the surprisingly decent quality of food on offer, Xiao Cao Xiang is a grossly underrated pot merchant. Get in there and blaze it, folks.

PRC food is always merrier in a large group like zichar. 回锅肉, garlic lettuce, sour & spicy fish, cereal prawn, tomato egg, 辣子鸡, mapo tofu, shredded potato. Nothing was especially good, especially the centerpiece fish, but cereal always helps haha.

Nestled within the neighbourhood of Toa Payoh, @michinkoreanbbqtpy offers wallet-friendly 90-min KBBQ + Hotpot Buffet that features over 5️⃣0️⃣ different food items - fresh seafood🦐🦀🦑, marinated meats🍖, vegetables🥬 & various hotpot ingredients. For hotpot, you can choose from a variety of soup bases - Seaweed, Kimchi, Mala, Tom Yum, Clam & Collagen😋👍!

👉SGD17.80/pax on Mondays - Thursdays
👉SGD19.80/pax on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, eve of PH & PH

For a complete buffet experience😉, be sure to top-up another SGD9.90/pax to enjoy unlimited servings of premium meats and seafood such as Wagyu Yakiniku Slice, USA Beef Short Ribs, Iberico Pork Collar, Mud/Flower Crab, Slipper Lobster, Crawfish & even Mantis Shrimp!

And of course, drinking bubble tea from @robot_bubble_tea while KBBQing made everything so much more enjoyable😊. If interested, you can simply DM or WhatsApp 97433529 for orders.

Thanks @laoniangagency for the invite💌 and @michinkoreanbbqtpy @robot_bubble_tea for having me!

📍Michin Korean BBQ & Hotpot
18 Toa Payoh Lorong 7 01-232, S310018

the place to go if you miss the Marina South steamboat bbq. nothing really korean about this. friendly staff.

Not quite the sort of kbbq you’re accustomed to! Friday’s count as weekends, so the buffet ($19.80) costs more but comes with a larger selection of ingredients. Some of the highlights were seabass, dory, flower crab and crayfish! The meats are well marinated but heavily salted. We opted for the collagen broth, which was flavourful and thick. We found the set up a tad too small for a group of 5 - it doesn’t fit much so the turnover of food is quite slow. Also, do note that the promotion (5th diner eats free) only applies from 5-6 pm.

Michin Korean BBQ & Hotpot offers affordable ala-carte buffet-style Korean barbecue and hotpot with a wide variety of good quality meats, seafood, vegetables and soup bases to choose from! I’d highly recommend the Collagen soup, which is cooked with pork and chicken bones and boiled for half a day! Taste is really solid!

The highlight for me is probably the part when a shot of Kweichow Moutai is added to alight the hotplate / hotpot! I must say that this is definitely not a gimmick, as the liquor really does add more robustness and flavour to the ingredients! Do try their Korean Fried Chicken (available in both soy & spicy flavours) too, really addictive!

PROMO:
~Enjoy 1.5L tower of drinks (Iced Lemon Tea, Iced Lime Juice, Iced Water Chestnut, Iced Teh, Iced Teh-O, Iced Coffee & Iced Milo) at $5 only between 5pm - 9pm daily. (Exclusive to Michin Korean BBQ & Hotpot diners)
~Buy 4 Get 1 Free Ala Carte Buffet promotion from now till 20th September 2020. Comes with a complimentary Moutai Flame worth $10 per shot!
*Promotion is only valid at Toa Payoh outlet

Prices have increased from last year, and for a weekend/PH (irrespective of lunch/dinner) it's $25.80+++ but still worth the money. The quality of ingredients is good, sufficient variety, free flow drinks. The way food was served (raw meats placed in separate "containers", the rest + veg consolidated on one big plate) was very sanitary as well. Service was good with the staff constantly checking in if anything was needed. Will be back again!

90 MINS Normal Buffet
Daily 1700 ~ 2300
(CLOSED EVERY TUESDAY)
Adult: $19.80
Children: $12.80
All Prices are in Nett
(You can eat free if your height are Below 100cm)
~
90 MINS Wagyu🐄 Korean Buffet
Daily 1700 ~ 2300
(CLOSED EVERY TUESDAY)
Adult: $39.80
Children: $22.80
All Prices are in Nett
(You can eat free if your height are Below 100cm)
.
If you 💗💗 @moutai_singapore MouTai in your Korean Hotpot Hop by either one the outlet NOW
TOA PAYOH
18 Lor 7 Toa Payoh,
#01-232,
Singapore (310018)
SENGKANG
473 Fernvale St,
#01-05,
Singapore (790473)
🥘🥘🥘🥘🥘🥘
#hungrysquad #burpple #makemoments #buzzfeedtasty #huffposttaste #tastingtable #huaweimate20 #clifftonjtphotography #foodphotography #bestoftheday  #beautifulcuisines #onthetable #toapayoh #hungryfever #feedfeed #instagood #cliffton_jt #foodtrending #foreverhungry #vsco #healthy #photooftheday #thetrendychef #tiktoksg #kweichowmoutai #moutai #fernvale #michinkoreanbbqhotpot #flatlay

13$ for this. Not bad