Asian. Fusion. Japanese. Steamboat

5 course meal (lunch/dinner)
Starter
Mixed dumplings (dinner only)
Main Course (Mixed Seafood/Whole Sliced Fish/Meat platter)
Carbo (White rice/Soba/Vermicilin)
Dessert
Complimentary Plum vinegar drink

This is like the shabu shabu I ate in Taipei. This steamboat cook-it-yourself is fun.
One thing I like about this place is that individuals get their personalized hotpot. It's not the usual type of steamboat where everyone share from a single pot.
Quality is not compromised. You get to choose from 2 soup base, spicy or non spicy. The service is good. The waiters, mostly foreigners, are handsome. The waitresses, also foreigners, are sweet looking.
Special mention to the starter, which comprised of kimchi, braised egg with special sauce & Japanese seaweed. The waitress recommended me to eat the egg with special sweet sauce. As it turned out, the egg was delicious. There were complimentary vegetables for the main course, lots of it. The corncob made the soup extra tasty.

(Starter)

(mixed dumplings)

(main course - left: Meat Platter, right: Mixed Seafood)

The condiments are worth mentioning. There were at least three dips, and the nutty one goes very well with meat. The meal also include a glass of plum vinegar drink to aid digestion. It tasted like those preserved plum juice drink you get from hawker centre but this is a more concentrated version.

(Sour plum vinegar drink)

For dessert, Pearl Habour is recommended. Like I said, everything is yummy, but still have to make a choice.


Ju Ju, when translated, means People Gather. Naturally, this restaurant is the place where friends or families gather and bond over a meal.


There is al fresco dining outside the restaurant. Tell the waitress in advance that you want to enjoy your dessert outside. Once outside, the atmosphere is alive. Couples, families and tourists are seated and seats are plenty but limited (what am I saying here?).

The live band playing outside the restaurant is a bonus. Singers on stage sing pop songs and oldies and accept dedications from diners, at no charge. The other time I was there, an old man dedicated "月亮 代表我的心"to his wife, how sweet.


There are two restaurants next door, Tao's Restaurant and Hei Hei Hotpot.

http://www.heyhey.com.sg/

Hei Hei Hotpot is a fusion restaurant and is owned by mediacorp actor Terence Cao. Saw him quite a few times, forever flashing his boyish grin when serving his customers.


Nearby, uncles and aunties have gathered at the lobby of a building, eagerly waiting for the 4D results to be announced. Otherwise, if not for the gathering of the uncles and aunties, as well as the live band, that stretch of buildings can be rather peaceful. Maybe nearby SOTA (School of the Arts) and SMU goers will frequent this restaurant often? I really don't know.

If you are celebrating your birthday at this restaurant, inform the friendly waitress. A pleasant surprise will be given to you after the meal.
The other time I was there to celebrate Mother's Day, a surprise gift was presented to mummy, a gift that is useful, mind you, not carnation. In short, every visit to this restaurant is a surprise.

http://www.juju-restaurant.com/


Ju Ju Hokkaido Hotpot
1 Selegie Road, Paradiz Centre #B1-18
Daily: 11.30am - 2.30pm, 5.30pm - 9.30pm
Tel/Fax: 6336 6689

Reservation is strongly recommended.