Haidilao

Hot pot spot with the lot.

November 18, 2024

1 / 9The hot pot chain hails from Sichuan.Kimberley Low

2 / 9Ready to be cooked in the hot pot.Kimberley Low

4 / 9Choose your ingredients.Kimberley Low

5 / 9The hot pot dining experience.Kimberley Low.

6 / 9Choose from a range of condiments.Kimberley Low

7 / 9The restaurant is inside the Sky One Plaza.Kimberley Low

9 / 9You can even get a manicure at the restaurant.Kimberley Low

14.5/20

Chinese$

Do you like your anaesthetising Sichuan soup served with a side of pulsating dance music? How about a live performance of noodles twirled like a skipping rope? Perhaps you’d settle for a complimentary manicure? Fasten your bib, because this billion dollar global hot pot chain is going for sensory overload on all fronts.

Customise your broth and its additions – mushrooms stuffed with shrimp paste, paper-thin rolled raw lamb, the preserved greens gong cai – then conjure a dipping sauce from a profuse self-serve range.

The dessert buffet, loaded with ice-creams, tropical jellies and pearls, encourages more DIY. Dig around online for code words to unlock menu hacks and freebies, or settle for on-the-house popcorn while you wait for a sought-after table at this delightfully unpredictable hot pot theme park.

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