Ting Yuan Fish Head Hotpot

Ting Yuan Fish Head Hotpot - Non-Halal
Add : 22 Liang Seah Street
Tel : 6338-4755
Opening hours : 11.30am to 3pm and 5.30 to 10.30pm daily

For the past few weeks we have been patroning this steamboat place for a couple of times a week . Walking along Liang Seah Street, it's hardly possible to miss the steamboat places there. Ranging from the normal Yuan-Yang Steamboat to the more unique Porridge Steamboat.

This ain't some classy posh establishment so dun really hope for high quality. You pay for what you get. If the highest quality is what you're looking for, you'll be looking at the wrong place. For an average of say SGD$16.50, u can't really be expecting fresh Sri Lankan Mud Crab, Kobe Beef, free range chicken, organic vegeatables nor sashimi-grade fish here.

Both of us tried Ting Yuan ( TY ) and the other one ( can hardly recall the name, apparently from Parklane or something ) and we both agreed Ting Yuan's the better of the both. We prefer outside sitting, less stuffy than sitting inside where the so-call air-conditioned areas are. My Chinese teacher in my secondary school days once said eating steamboat in a air-conditioned area is like taking your pants off to fart.

The other ( TO ) steamboat place offers a slightly different variety but at a much smaller serving. An order of sliced pork yearns exactly 3 slices. Yes, exactly 3 slices, nothing more, nothing less. They also have the usual stuffs like meatballs, dumplings, meats, vegetables etc. Plus their service can be damn slow. Not a good thing if you're going there to wack.

At TY, we usually order "Suan Chai Tang" - preserved vegetable broth, and the Chicken soup for the Yuan Yang Pot. What i love about TY is their Song fish head. It is enough reason to come back to TY for. Bursting with fresh fish wholesome goodness and natural sweetness! I usually go for the fish head and slice meat while GF paid extreme attention to her slice pork.

Another point worth mentioning is the sesame sauce they serve here. I'm not sure how authentic they are but it taste pretty good. On a good day, she we can easily wack 6 to 8 plates of upsized sliced pork and equally thinly sliced pork belly between us.



I will recommend their "Suan Chai Tang"-Preserved Vegetable broth for the steamboat base. Slightly sourish, this soup will surely wet your appetite. Check out the shrimps cocktails in the above picture. They are all nicely peeled and waiting for GF to finish them off.

For around SGD$48.00 ( including drinks for 2), this place sure beats having steamboat at Marina South.