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| Teochew Beef Hotpot |
Teochew
Beef Hotpot is one of the must-try dishes in Chaozhou and Shantou area. I tried
it during my maiden trip to Shantou and I love it.
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| Chaoniu Beef Hotpot |
The
first thing that I notice when having Teochew Beef Hotpot is clear broth soup
base. Next is the freshness of the beef. In Shantou, they only use fresh beef they
get daily from the abattoir, unlike the frozen stuff that we normally get. The
master cutter in each restaurant will only slice the beef upon order. The
freshness of the beef together with the knife skills deliver a #beefgasm
experience not to be missed when you are in Chaozhou and Shantou.
To
our surprise, a few days after we return to Singapore, we saw Chaoniu Hot Pot. We
posted in on FB and “jio” a few “makan kakis” to check out this place. In total
there was 5 of us.
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| The Menu - Part 1 Image Credit: Chaoniu Hot Pot |
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| The Menu - Part 2 Image Credit: Chaoniu Hot Pot |
We
ordered Beef Feast Set ($168). This includes the neck, sirloin, tongue,
topside, flank, blade, leg, beef ball, burdock, beef organ, tripe, tendon, vegetable
platter and beancurd platter. For the soup base, we choose the ChaoShan Beef
Broth ($15).
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| ChaoShan Beef Broth |
While
we are waiting for the order to come, we went to choose our sauce. Once the
soup is boiled, you need to have a plain bowl of soup first topped with spring
onion and coriander to warm up the tummy.
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| The Sauces |
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| The Sauces |
Each
portion of the meat served comes with a coin. This coin will tell you the cuts
of the beef and how long it should be cook to get the optimum flavours. The
beef parts, tripe, beef ball, vegetable platter and beancurd patters did not
come with the timing so you cook base on your liking.
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| The Cheek |
It
is best to cook one type of cut at a time. The process is that you put the meat
in the big strainer and dip it base on the suggested time. While the meat is
swimming on the hot broth, stir it with your chopsticks so it is evenly cooked.
Once cooked, lift it and portion it with your makan kakis. Repeat the same process
for the other cuts of beef.
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| How to Cook The Beef |
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| The Leg |
The
neck and sirloin are our favourites cut due to the nice marbling and fattiness
in the meat. We ordered extra plates of these. Flank has a nice fattiness, but the
meat texture is a bit chewy.
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| The Neck |
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| Sirloin |
The blade
provides us with a crunchy texture of the soft bone when you bit into the meat,
while topside is the lean part of the cuts.
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| The Blade |
We
notice the beef is not the same as those we tasted in Shantou. In Chaoniu, the source
of the beef are mainly from the US and it came frozen, before it is thawed for
cutting and serving. Due to the conditions in Singapore, it is not possible to
get fresh beef like in Shantou.
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| Topside |
The
meatballs are bouncy, crunchy with a slight chewiness. Tasted like tendon
meatballs you commonly found in “Bakso” in Indonesia. The offcuts like tendon
and liver are surprisingly good, though I find the tripe is chewier to my liking.
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| Tripe, Burdock, Beef Organs, Beef Balls and Tendon |
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| Beef Balls |
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| Beef Organs |
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| Tripe |
The
beancurd platter and vegetable platter provided a great variety. We like seaweed
and black fungus.
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| Beancurd Platter & Vegetables Platter |
For
the finale, you should order their glass noodle. It is served with their
special homemade sauce and topped with pork lard. Yummy!! I don’t recommend their knife sliced noodles
as it is hard to cook and become lumpy.
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| Glass Noodle |
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| Glass Noodle with Special Sauce and Pork Lard |
At
the end of the hotpot, the service staff will serve you desserts FOC. On that
night it was white fungus with wolfberries.
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| Desserts |
The décor
is simple and function orientated. The dining area is spacious, but the sauce
area is congested. You have to take turns to take get the sauce. Our service
staff was friendly and very helpful and show us how to cook the beef and even
help us cooked the glass noodle. Don’t expect HDL standard of service, but they
are good enough.
Overall,
it was nice to found Teochew Beef Hotpot in Singapore. For those who never been
to Shantou, this will be a good experience. Beef lovers, this is place is a must-visit
but leave your non-beef eater friends at home as they will only able to see you
eat. Cheers!!
Food & Drink: 7.5/10
Value: 7.25/10
Service: 7.75/10
Ambiance: 7.5/10
Budget per Person: $26 - $50; $51 -
$80
Chaoniu
Hot Pot
195
East Coast Road
Singapore
428900
T:
+65 6909 8783
IG:
@Chaoniu_hot_pot
OH:
Daily 11.00 – Midnight
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