TV Features - All-truth/ Half-truth/ No-truth?

In this instance, my verdict is NO TRUTH. Ever heard of 天天火锅？The aggressive ads, features in TV programmes, with the hosts raving about the superb soup etc. Well, I would say utterly OVER-RATED and OVER-PRICED!

Why eat steamboat? For the soup of cos! This joint actually charges for the soup ($10 for 2 flavours), unless you go for their "promotion" - outdoor seats along the corridor. I'm lucky I opted for that. The soup did taste different from the usual "instant chicken stock" taste u get from most steamboat joints, but it's definitely far from spectacular. Couldn't even make out significant differences for my 2 choices of Chicken & Pork Ribs soup. Though they claimed that no MSG was used, I still felt rather thirsty after the meal. So much about 真材实料。

Besides the $10 for soup (if u're not going for the "promo"), they charge $18/pax plus 10% service charge. U would think for that kind of money, the spread should be quite substantial. Shocked!! Fishballs, mushroom balls, luncheon meat, some vegetables, tang hoon.... about 15 variants???, inclusive of the staples in the buffet spread. Oh, they still have some in their menu, say about 10 variants, which includes Tiger Prawns, the size you would use to make hay bee. For $12 at Marina South, u DEFINITELY get much more out of it (if u don't mind the smell and heat). Put it this way, if I were to throw away 10 plates of ingredients uneaten, the operator will still be laughing all the way to the bank.

As if I wasn't suay enough, I burnt my oesophagus while eating a tofu and paid $31 for the doctor. And I'm still suffering from it now, the constant choking, congested feel, especially near my heart when I have to swallow stuff, or even just burping.

If u really must try, u just need to take a look along the same stretch of shops, compare the size of the Tiger Prawns from another joint nearby, that should send a CLEAR signal - DON'T GO!