A Northpole Wonderland At Shangri-La Hotels And Resorts Singapore

With Christmas just around the corner, partake in joyful moments with a variety of gourmet experience at Shangri-la Group. Savour Christmas offerings the chefs have prepared for the upcoming festivities from 4 hotels: Shangri-La Hotel, Shangri-La's Rasa Sentosa & Spa, Hotel Jen Orchard Gateway Singapore by Shangri-La, Hotel Jen Tanglin Singapore by Shangri-La with sumptuous festive buffet spreads, 900 carefully curated festive selections and seasonal goodies.

Indulge in a feast at The Line at Shangri-La Hotel with 16 live theatre kitchens. Highlights include dishes such as the Seared Scallop and Pistachio Crush on Edame Paste, as well as delicious roasts including the Classic Turkey with Yorkshire Pudding and Roasted Wagyu Rime Ribs.

Revel in the lavish spread of seafood on ice, with the freshest sashimi, baby lobsters, clams, prawns, and Oysters. Along with the slew of Asian and Western mains, and festive desserts, the buffet is available from 4 November 2019 to 1 January 2020.

Bask in the festivity at Makan@Jen, Hotel Jen Orchard Gateway, with unique creations including the Gammon Ham Glazed with Mint Soda, Sundried Tomato & Basil Spiral Sausages, and Spinach Chained Sausages. We loved the gammon ham where the addition of the mint soda added a pleasant sweetness to the dish and balances the saltiness of the ham.

Another interesting creation is the photo-worthy colourful doughnut wall and an array of dessert shooters. Guests can enjoy an early bird promotion of 15% off the festive meals if the reservation is made with full pre-payment from 15 November to 10 December.

Another unique turkey creation they have introduced is their Roasted Espresso & Truffle Flavoured Turkey, where the bittersweetness of the espresso and truffle aroma compliments well with each other.

Relish in the traditional toasts, as well as Asian and Indian highlights such as the Tandoori Turkey from Shangri-La's Rasa Sentosa & Spa's Silver Shell Cafe & Barnacles by the Sea.

They also offer the freshest Alaskan crabs, Boston lobsters and oysters from an artfully sculpted seafood on ice display.

J65 at Hotel Jen Tanglin's festive specials encompass a live seafood BBQ experience and an array of multi-cultural cuisine. Highlights include the prawns, squid and seabass in spicy lychee seafood parcel, signature Boston lobsters, fresh Dungeness crabs, Whole Baked Norwegian Salmon, and Asian Percik Style Roasted Turkey. Guests can enjoy an early bird promotion of 20% off their total bill for any buffet reservation made with full pre-payment from 1 November to 14 December.

The Limited-edition Christmas Signature Carousel Cake ($298) is made with pain d'epices (french spice cake), orange marmalade, and jivara bavaroise. This intricate creation has a limited quantity of 50 pieces and is beautifully packaged in a crimson box with a unique serial number for keepsake.

The thoughtfully designed log cakes and festive bakes from Shophouse at Shangri-La Hotel will elevate any Christmas feast. Expect an all new-exclusive creation, the Cocoa Bean Strawberry Log Cake ($75), Coffee & Baileys Log Cake ($72), and the all-time favourite Grandma 66% Yule Log Cake ($72). The Chestnut & Yuzu Log Cake ($75) is a refreshing combination of almond sponge and Japanese yuzu-infused pear compote.

Up the celebratory feast this Christmas with gorgeous 3D cakes in the shapes of festive characters (from $108) such as the Polar Bear 3D Christmas Cake, Reindeer and Christmas Tree 3D Christmas Cake.

Embrace the season of gifting with two premium hampersn from Shophouse at Shangri-La Hotel: Season’s Treats, and Santa’s Hampers, packed with goodies such as Christmas cookies, chocolates, English Drunken Fruit Cake, and a bottle of red wine or champagne respectively. Prices start from S$128. The festive goodies are available for purchase at Shophouse from 18 November to 25 December 2019.

Flaming Chicken Pot (雞煲火鍋) @ Yishun Street 72 - Unique Chicken Pot Plus Hotpot Concept

Having explored the East and West in our previous meetups, the foodie gang decided to go to the North in our recent catch-up. We decided to check out Flaming Chicken Pot (雞煲火鍋) at Yishun Street 72. The unique concept combines both chicken pot and hotpot, which the founders took a year to perfect the recipe before opening the stall.

Flaming Chicken Pot offers two types of chicken pot on their menu - Black Pot and White Pot. They come in 3 sizes - Single Pot ($9.80), Half Chicken ($28) and Full Chicken ($38). It also has a $58 set menu whereby customers get a half chicken black pot and white pot, with 3 choices of meat items and another 3 choices of vegetable items. For our visit, we ordered a whole chicken black pot as well as a whole chicken white pot.

White Pot 4/5

Our half chicken white pot comes with ingredients such as tender chicken pieces, pig stomach and red dates. The soup base tasted somewhat like a mixture of pig stomach and chicken soup, a sweet version of the usual peppery pig stomach soup.

Black Pot 4.2/5

The black pot is more towards the dry version, similar to gong bao chicken sauce. Premium Moutai wine is added to the pot and set ablaze at the table before marinated chicken pieces are added to cook together in the pot. It is quite a spectacular sight. However, we didn't really taste the moutai. What we tasted was a savoury, and rich sauce that goes well with a bowl of steamed rice. It is a bit spicy, though.

I mentioned earlier that Flaming Chicken Pot is a unique concept combining chicken pot and hotpot because you can also order ala carte ingredients to have it like a hotpot. From the meat section, we picked sliced dory fish, handmade beef meatballs, handmade pork meatballs, pork belly slices, premium beef slices and prawn paste. As for the vegetables, we had tang-o, cabbage, black fungus, enoki mushroom, tofu and lotus root.

I was told that the stall has limited portion each day. Hence it is better to call and make a reservation to avoid disappointment.


Flaming Chicken Pot (雞煲火鍋)
Hiap Hoe Eating House
Blk 747 Yishun Street 72
Singapore 760747
Tel: +65 88148151
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Nearest MRT: Yishun (NS Line)

Opening Hours:
Mon-Fri: 5pm - 11pm
Sat-Sun, PH: 11am - 11pm

Direction:
1) Alight at Yishun MRT station. Take Exit D. Walk to destination. Journey time about 5 minutes. [Map]