HotPot Master Review - Signature HotPot Set (6 pax)

We can all agree that you don’t need a special event to be consuming hotpot, be it during Chinese New Year, a get-together with friends or even on days when you just crave for it. However, preparing your own hotpot at home can be draining as you need to plan the amount of ingredients to get, take time out to get them and even prepare them for hours before your guests come. Having hotpot at restaurants can also be inconvenient at times, especially when you need to fight your hunger while waiting in the long queues.

We now have the solution for that, and we can’t wait to share it with you! We’ve had the privilege to try out Hotpot Master, a hotpot delivery that provides a fuss-free, restaurant-quality service right at your doorstep and we are going to share our experience with you below. How amazing is that?

Full Table Set Up

Other than delivering the ingredients and broth, Hotpot Master also provides a full table set up service, that includes setting up your table with tablecloth and porcelain tableware, so you do not need to use your own tableware and cutleries.

They also provided us with a “yuan yang” (twin) pot that can contain up to 2 soup bases, along with an induction stove! Side stands will also be provided if your table is too small to fit all the ingredients. The best part is, you do not need to lift a finger!

A Selection of Soup Bases

Hotpot Master offers 7 types of soup bases to choose from – Superior Collagen, Yang Sheng Mala, Power Laksa, Herbal Chicken, Cordyceps Flower Mushroom, Herbal Vegetarian and the newest addition Sweet & Spicy Chili Crab. We tried their popular Superior Collagen and Yang Sheng Mala soup bases and were blown away. Their Superior Collagen soup wasn’t too thick and was sweet and flavourful. Their secret? The Superior Collagen soup was brewed together with the drunken chicken, giving it extra flavour and sweetness. The drunken chicken was also super tender and juicy! Most of us agreed that this was our favourite broth.

The second broth we tried was the Yang Sheng Mala and to our surprise, it wasn’t oily at all! The soup had a good amount of spiciness, and for someone who loves spicy food, this was really enjoyable for me. However, it can be a bit too spicy for some so if you’re not a fan, you can sit this one out.

Curated Set Menus

Their set menus include a wide spread of seafood, meat, vegetables, mushroom and noodles. They also include Hotpot Master’s handmade signatures consisting of the Tobiko Prawn Paste, Chicken Mushroom Paste, Handmade Fish Balls and Handmade Teochew Meat Balls. When delivered, we noticed that the ingredients were fresh, and this was especially important for seafood and meat. The thinly sliced meat tasted so sweet when cooked in their Superior Collagen soup and their handmade signatures were delicious as well. The tobiko that came with the prawn paste really elevated the texture of prawn paste and the Handmade Fish Balls were super soft and bouncy! Overall, every ingredient was of quality and we enjoyed them a lot!

Sauces

Of course, you can’t have hotpot without making your own sauce! Hotpot Master offers 6 types of dipping sauces (and they all come in generous amounts) so you can enjoy having your ingredients with your favourite dipping sauce. You can even keep the sauces at the end of your meal as they won’t be taking them back!

Drinks & Dessert

Their set menu also came with bottles of 8 Treasure Flora Tea, which was great for digestion, hydration and stimulating blood production. The tea was sweet and light, which we all loved, and I thought it was a perfect drink to complement a heavy hotpot meal. The tea came in glass bottles that can also be kept after the meal!

Every meal also comes with a dessert of the day and we had Ice Jelly Cocktail, which was super refreshing especially after having a hot meal.

Overall rating: 4.5/5

To conclude, I felt that both the service and food were not lacking at all. The table set up really impressed me as it made our table looked like it was literally carried out of a hotpot restaurant, and the set up was super quick as well! The ingredients were so fragrant and enjoyable when they were cooked in the soup too. Overall, I had a great time eating from Hotpot Master! Check them out here: https://www.foodline.sg/d/13954