Planning a foodie gathering is hard. Planning a steamboat foodie gathering is harder. Thankfully, among the proliferation of hotpot restaurants in Singapore, there are plenty of halal steamboat restaurants, so you can invite your friends and friends of friends without having to worry about dietary restrictions.
We’ve already found the best halal Korean and Japanese restaurants in Singapore, so why not go a step further? We’ve gathered our favourite halal steamboat restaurants in this handy list. Whether you’re looking for a vibrant spot under the stars at Marina Bay, sweet-spicy Korean budae jjigae, or a cross-cultural Malay-Chinese hotpot buffet spread, this selection is for you.
Sedap Thai - Hidden Food Centre Gem Serves Burpple’s Best Mookata
Nestled in Jalan Besar Food Centre, this humble stall was named Best Mookata in Singapore on food-reviewing platform Burpple in 2016. Although, in this case, “mookata” would be a misnomer– in Thai, it translates to “pork skillet”. Sedap Thai claims to be the “first halal Thai steamboat in Singapore”, with a base of chicken used in its steamboat in place of the traditional lard.
For just $24, a standard platter for two serves up a variety of marinated meats, such as garlic chicken, teriyaki chicken and black pepper beef, seafood like prawns and sotong, and fluffy tang hoon. At the same price, a chicken platter with turkey ham is also available, as well as a beef platter with pepperoni and premium New Zealand beef. At $22 per person, there is even a two-hour all-you-can-eat buffet option. For an extra spice kick, a tom yum soup base is also available on the menu.
Sedap Thai is located at 166 Jalan Besar for your dinner fix. Call 9680 4883 to reserve.
Chice - Best Steamboat at Halal Awards 2022
Dubbed “the original ‘Chickata’” on its webpage, Chice is another award-winning crowd-pleaser– it won Best Steamboat at the Halal Awards Singapore in 2022 and placed among the top 10 at Singapore Food Masters 2019. Priced at only $22.90 per person for a minimum of two people, diners can have a choice of chicken broth or tom yum soup and six toppings from oyster chicken to turkey bacon and smoked duck slices. For an evening in, the restaurant even delivers platters (at a minimum of $80 per order) straight to your door.
The restaurant offers an array of dips, including house chili kicap and cheese, to accompany your meal. An interesting feature on the menu is the Lala Claypot and Steamboat at $39.90, loaded with lala clams and seafood, described by Instagram food blogger Halalfoodhunt as reminiscent of the beach at Terengganu.
Chice is located at 2 Venture Drive, #01-47 Vision Exchange. Book your table online, on the website.
Jing Halal Hotpot & BBQ Buffet - Chinese-Style Halal Steamboat Restaurant
The restaurant formerly known as Jinshang Yipin remains a stalwart favourite for halal hotpot lovers, especially of the Chinese-style variety. Recently renovated, Jing Halal Hotpot now features an elegant buffet spread, marble tabletops and low mood lighting, perfect for a relaxed evening with friends or family. Children from ages five to twelve dine for half price on both weekdays and weekends and at both lunch and dinner.
There are five soup options available: mala, tom yum (both can be made more or less spicy at a diner’s request), mushroom, tomato, and herbal chicken. Meat choices for barbecue range among pan-Asian tastes such as goji chicken, curry chicken, satay beef, and cumin mutton. A special mention must be given to their spread of post-dinner ice cream.
Jing Halal Hotpot is located at 11 Tanjong Katong Road, #02-19/20 Kinex Mall. You can reserve a table here online.
HaHaHotpot - Authentic Sichuan-style Halal Steamboat
With two outlets at Jurong and Bugis respectively, you cannot be far from a HaHaHotpot. And even if you are, the restaurant delivers to your home, islandwide, at just $8.90. All deliveries come with pot and cooker, so the hotpot experience can be transported right to your table.
HaHaHotpot is a Muslim-owned business that aims to recreate, as per their website, the “authentic Sichuan hotpot experience”. Of course, the star of the restaurant is an eye-watering mala soup loaded with Sichuan peppercorns, but a signature mushroom soup base is also available. Not to be missed is the fragrant signature hotpot dipping sauce, prawn paste, and what looks to be adorable fish roe dumpling bags on the ingredient menu.
HaHaHotpot is located at 511 Block B Upper Jurong Rd, #01-09/10, and 9 Jalan Pisang. Reservations can be made at either outlet here online.
Mukshidonna - Korean Topokki Restaurant Comes to Singapore
Yes, we have featured this restaurant– it’s among our picks for halal Korean restaurants in Singapore, but we had to come back to it. Originating in South Korea, the topokki chain Mukshidonna, specialising in budae jjigae/Korean army stew, is hip enough to have secured a place at Gastrobeats Singapore back in May– and is halal-certified. The store’s name is a portmanteau of “muk” (eat), “shi” (rest), “don” (pay) and “na” (leave), so a fuss-free affair is guaranteed.
Tteokbokki (Korean rice cakes), in various flavours, are $13.80 a portion. Additional ingredients, like beef, mandu or squid rings, and Korean noodles like japchae come in at $3 each– so you and your K-drama watch party can be served a bubbling plate of spicy, cheesy comfort food for about $20 per person. For $1 there is an “extra spicy” option, in case the banned-in-Denmark Buldak Ramen wasn’t spicy enough for you. The restaurant also serves a signature fried rice, coloured in the same flame-orange hue as its army stew and equally packed with flavour.
Mukhsidonna is located at 11 Tanjong Katong Road #01-30/31, and is casual enough that reservations are not needed.
Marina Bay BBQ Steamboat - Family-style Halal Steamboat By the Bay
Marina Bay BBQ Steamboat is the biggest stall at the bustling Satay by the Bay, among the crowd of hawkers, and one of its major draws is its vibrant ambience and the view. Despite its famed location, it’s no tourist trap– the stall adds no bells and whistles to its dining experience. For $31 a person, diners can sample from a buffet spread of fresh, free-flow seafood: prawns, oysters, crabs and octopus, as well as meat and vegetables. What’s more, it’s child-friendly, and children dine for $16 per person.
Bring your friends, family, extended family and friends’ friends– with its celebrative atmosphere, Marina Bay BBQ Steamboat is best suited to large dining parties and special occasions. Perhaps, after dinner, a stroll through the Supertree Grove and a light show?
Marina Bay BBQ Steamboat is located at 18 Marina Gardens Drive, Satay by the Bay. Call 8488 0088 to reserve.
M Hotel: The Buffet Restaurant - Multicultural Nasi Padang and Halal Steamboat Buffet
The Buffet Restaurant at the M Hotel is an occasion worth dressing up for. It houses two buffet dining concepts under one roof: an all-you-can-eat Nasi Padang buffet at lunch, and a hotpot buffet for dinner. Aiming to elevate the hotpot experience to embrace Singapore’s diverse cultures, the restaurant also offers an extensive spread of meat, seafood, a “live” prawn station, and hand-crafted desserts like the durian puff.
One of the restaurant’s top-rated dishes is its signature Collagen Broth, the base of every hotpot experience– simmered for over 8 hours, it is available in various flavours such as original, tom yum, wild mushroom and local favourite soy laksa. Also recommended are the house-made hotpot dipping sauces: from regional tastes like belacan chili to shabu shabu and the house special Chinese Dipping Sauce.
The Buffet Restaurant is housed in the M Hotel at 81 Anson Road, and reservations can be made here.
Suki-Suki Thai Hot Pot - Thai Halal Steamboat with Unique Soup Bases
From the Thai food experts behind Siam Kitchen and Bangkok Jam, Suki-Suki Hot Pot gathers the sweet-spicy flavours of Thailand in a pot, with soup bases like the Sawadee Tom Yum Goong and the unique Thai Basil Chicken. Like every good hotpot restaurant, there are also house specialty sauces– the fish dipping sauce is a Thai savoury favourite, and the fried chili oil sauce adds a depth of flavour– which can be further customised with garlic, chili and coriander.
The desserts are also standouts– the restaurant serves up Momo Jaja, a Thai version of beloved local dessert bubur chacha. Menu changes occur all the time, so regulars can watch out for seasonal soup bases, and perhaps a return of the Thai restaurant staple, mango sticky rice.
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