12. Ali's Bar - Part 2

Hey dear foodies! Remember my last post on Ali's Bar? I'm back once again to sing praises on their 2-day old menu addition: STEAMBOAT!!!! 

Look at that spread!!!! I dined out with my mum and uncle so I decided to get two varying sets for sharing. One was the Chicken Set and another the Lamb Set.

Both sets came with platters of fresh vegetables, a stuffed chili (yong tau foo, chili stuffed with fish paste) and slices of silken tofu.

The chicken and lamb were sliced into thin slivers which were perfect to swish it in the hot broth and consume, like how you would in shabu-shabu. 

All the ingredients were truly fresh. The lamb had a sweetish taste which indicated that the cut was from a younger animal. Even the chicken was fork-tender.

There are a few choices of soup available for your picking. Being a spice lover myself, I chose Tom Yam (hot and sour Thailand soup) and Szechuan mala (a piquant soup consisting of Szechuan peppercorns, chillies and chilli oil). Both broths were really concentrated and flavorful. Every sip was truly a sensation on the palate. The mala, though numbing, had a stage of its own in the meal and went really well with the lamb slices. 

For mains, a few choices are provided which are on the house mainly rice vermicelli, egg noodles, glass noodles, instant noodles. I chose rice vermicelli and glass noodles so as not to interfere with the taste of the soup or ingredients. 

Prices are pretty reasonable and the food was quite good for a shop that doesn't specialize in hotpot-based meals. You can check it out for yourself below.

If you still need more ingredients for your hotpot, ala carte choices are available for the vegetables and meat options. 

Before it's too late, I hope you guys can hop on over to Ali's Bar for a memorable hotpot meal. Stay tuned for more foodie adventures!