226 Eat & Drink in Singapore

For a truly enjoyable dining experience, you can’t beat a visit to one of Singapore’s many steamboat restaurants. Also known as hot pots, steamboats are dishes you cook yourself right at your table. First you choose your ingredients - meat, fish, tofu, seafood, vegetables and so on, which arrive ready sliced on plates. Then the waiter brings you a pot filled with water and sets it on a stove to heat. As the water boils, you add in your chosen foodstuffs to brew up a stew that gets continually thicker and tastier. It’s then spooned into small bowls and devoured with passion.

No matter what your tastes lean towards, there are restaurants in Singapore to whet your appetite. The various cuisines of the world are well-represented in all parts of the island, so whether you crave scrumptious French pastries in the morning, a healthy but indulgent lunch of sushi and sashimi, or a late supper of dim sum, you’re sure to stumble upon a restaurant in Singapore that provides exactly what you’re looking for. Even well-known international celebrity chefs including Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsey and Wolfgang Puck have set up their restaurants in Singapore, so there’s no need for us to catch a flight just for a chance to experience their world-class fine dining chops.

Steamboats are said to have originated in China during the Tang Dynasty as a way of keeping warm in winter. Now they’re popular throughout Asia and for good reason - they’re nutritious, tasty, filling, and above all, great fun to prepare as a group. Each diner serves himself at leisure and there’s plenty of time for conversation. The soup is sinfully delicious, but it’s the communal sense of enjoyment that gives steamboat dining its unique zest. So if you’re in town with family or friends and feeling peckish, Singapore’s steamboat restaurants offer a frolicsome and filling experience.

As a long standing Chinese tradition, steamboats are very dear to the Singaporean heart. As a result, you have a huge variety of restaurants to choose from. Most are traditional outlets serving Chinese recipes such as the popular fish-head hot pots. Singapore’s steamboat restaurants also serve local variants including the laksa steamboat which contains coconut milk. Japanese hot pots known as Nabe which feature mainly beef are also very popular. For fast, convenient dining you can visit Singapore’s chain steamboat restaurants including Coca and MK, the Thai sukiyaki chain. The latter offers Tom Yum steamboats flavoured with lemongrass and other Siamese herbs.

Whether you’re penny pinching or looking to splurge at your next meal, Singapore’s restaurants will leave you spoilt for choice. From simple kitchens to casual eateries to fine dining establishments, the local restaurant scene covers a broad range of budgets, so you can always have an excuse to indulge, regardless of how little or how much you wish to spend. And in a food-obsessed nation like Singapore where eating has been declared a national pastime, all-you-can-eat joints tend to be especially popular among its locals, who seek them out for the opportunity to sample a little bit of everything and for as much as they want, at one single price. Seek out the most highly-rated buffet restaurants in Singapore near you, reserve online, then gather your best mates together to feast like there’s no tomorrow.

Singapore’s steamboat restaurants draw lively crowd keen to enjoy everything from birthdays and festivals, to after-work get-togethers and reunions. This can mean long waits to get seated, especially during lunch times, evenings, and holidays. If you’re in a rush, you could opt for a pre-cooked hot pot set meal. They’re very tasty but nowhere as near as much fun. Better still, avoid all the queues and dine at your convenience by booking your steamboat restaurants in Singapore with Quandoo!

Featuring a blend of influences from Malay, Chinese, Indian, Peranakan and western cuisines – to name a few – Singaporean cuisine is diverse, and that has a lot to do with its history as a port city with a large immigrant population. No visit to Singapore is complete without sampling dishes like Hainanese chicken rice, laksa and chilli crab – and these are just a small fraction of the highlights one can expect to find at restaurants in Singapore that specialise in the local fare. For some of the most authentic homegrown flavours, Wok Master in Farrer Park does tze char right, though Uncle Chicken (Sin Kee Famous Chicken Rice) in Tiong Bahru is where you should be heading to for steaming plates of Singapore’s highly-acclaimed national dish. Both Singaporean restaurants are bookable on Quandoo, which makes it easy for you to secure tables even during busy periods.

Regardless of your dietary preferences and limitations, you’ll find that they’re well taken care of across the restaurants in Singapore. A significant local Muslim and Hindu population means that a plethora of halal as well as pork-, beef- or even meat-free dining establishments are well within reach. My Spice Affair in Kallang is a must-visit for home-cooked halal Malay cuisine, especially for its famous nasi ambeng. While those in favour of a wholesome, plant-based meal should check out Xing Hua Vegetarian Restaurant in Bugis, which dishes out the goods without preservatives, MSG or additives. Last but not least, there’s also Annalakshmi Restaurant in Clarke Quay, known for its delicious Indian vegetarian buffet with a unique pay-what-you-want concept.

Searching for a place to drink more than to eat? Singapore has numerous cafes and bars for that. For many executives based in the CBD, mornings may begin with a quick cuppa at Candour Coffee, while cafes like Suzette offer a respite in the middle of a harried work day by the scenic Esplanade waterfront – with a delectable array of desserts to boot. Come sundown, CBD watering holes like Bar on Chulia and Beer Xchange fill up with the afterwork crowd, eager to unwind with an evening tipple, while Idle at International Business Park remains the location of choice for those based outside of town thanks to its six-hour long liquid buffet. Whether you need a table at a bar, cafe or restaurant in Singapore, avoid disappointment by booking online with Quandoo. It’s that easy!

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