The latest franchise ventures of No Signboard Holdings Ltd. is the Little Sheep Hotpot, a very well known hotpot restaurant from China with over 280 outlets across China and international markets including the United States, Canada and Japan.
I love eating hotpot and was thrilled when I received the invitation to be at their opening launch. I am even more excited when I found out that my friends will be there too. Eating hotpot with friends is the most enjoyable activity for me as we could chat and eat all day. It also makes the food tastier. I met up with Jessie first and took a leisurely stroll along the picturesque waterfront hub of One Fullerton where Little Sheep Hotpot is located.
We arrived quite early and had a great time taking photos with friends and the mascot. There was also a big board for us to pen our well wishes.
According to legend, the origin of hotpot dining can be traced back to more than 1,000 years ago where the Mongolian horseman would go hunting in the daytime and as night fall, they will turn their helmets around to fill them up with water and place them in the embers to simmer before adding meat and vegetables. As the Mongolians travelled throughout China, they began to create their own unique dishes by adding the local ingredients along the way.
For Little Sheep Hotpot, it was founded in 1999 in Inner Mongolia, China. Their delicious broth base is made up of an assortment of fresh ingredients and spices such as goji berries, jujubes, black cardamon pods, ginseng and herbs. They are also well known for their Mongolian lamb delicacies thus the name of the restaurant.
Each of us was assigned a table number, and luckily, Jessie, CK and myself was on the same table but Meryl was not. Fortunately, the fourth person was kind to exchanged with her. With the four of us in a sitting, we had a merriest time catching up while attending the event together just like the old times.
The event was well prepared and setup for. We have deejays from the radio station as the host, the Chief Operating Officer of No Signboard gave us an official opening speech and the appearance of the Little Sheep Hotpot Mascot brightened the already exciting scene. Look at how he mingles and pose to the camera!
Each of our table had a twin split hotpot, their Signature Clear Soup and Mala. The other soup flavours are the Tomato and Mushroom soups.
Cheers with beer and the design of their bowl and plates matches their theme very well.
The first dish served was the 3-Tier Signature Lamb Platter 羊关三叠. Different parts of the lamb was served on each tier with the shoulder on the top, side ribs on the middle and mixed parts on bottom. Everyone agreed that the second tier was the best as it had the least gamey taste and had a better chew-factor. The shoulder meat was made extremely thin thus we cooked it with shabu shabu method.
The other signature dish is their Lamb Kebab which is grilled and mixed with the spices. I would say it was really very well marinated. They had a open kitchen concept and we could watch the chef skillful performance through the glass window.
The restaurant seems to cater for seafood and red meat lovers as the choice for chicken is limited.
To mark the auspicious opening of Little Sheep Hotpot. Lion Dance performance was included. Luckily, I am almost done with the meal when the lion dance began so I set off to take some photos and video.
After eating for a while, we ended our the meal with some fruits and ice cream. Everyone can get a chance to twirl the ice-cream using the machine and although no one in our groups is adventurous enough to make an ice-cream tower, I think they did a great job with the twirl while I did the photo taking.
I will end my post wishing Little Sheep Hotpot a great success and I would return with my family as my husband loved red meat.
Little Sheep Hotpot
#01-05 One Fullerton
For reservation: 6222-9959
Seating Capacity: 150 diners, with outdoor seats
A video of the Lion Dance Performance!
XOXO
I love eating hotpot and was thrilled when I received the invitation to be at their opening launch. I am even more excited when I found out that my friends will be there too. Eating hotpot with friends is the most enjoyable activity for me as we could chat and eat all day. It also makes the food tastier. I met up with Jessie first and took a leisurely stroll along the picturesque waterfront hub of One Fullerton where Little Sheep Hotpot is located.
We arrived quite early and had a great time taking photos with friends and the mascot. There was also a big board for us to pen our well wishes.
For Little Sheep Hotpot, it was founded in 1999 in Inner Mongolia, China. Their delicious broth base is made up of an assortment of fresh ingredients and spices such as goji berries, jujubes, black cardamon pods, ginseng and herbs. They are also well known for their Mongolian lamb delicacies thus the name of the restaurant.
Each of us was assigned a table number, and luckily, Jessie, CK and myself was on the same table but Meryl was not. Fortunately, the fourth person was kind to exchanged with her. With the four of us in a sitting, we had a merriest time catching up while attending the event together just like the old times.
The event was well prepared and setup for. We have deejays from the radio station as the host, the Chief Operating Officer of No Signboard gave us an official opening speech and the appearance of the Little Sheep Hotpot Mascot brightened the already exciting scene. Look at how he mingles and pose to the camera!
Each of our table had a twin split hotpot, their Signature Clear Soup and Mala. The other soup flavours are the Tomato and Mushroom soups.
Cheers with beer and the design of their bowl and plates matches their theme very well.
The first dish served was the 3-Tier Signature Lamb Platter 羊关三叠. Different parts of the lamb was served on each tier with the shoulder on the top, side ribs on the middle and mixed parts on bottom. Everyone agreed that the second tier was the best as it had the least gamey taste and had a better chew-factor. The shoulder meat was made extremely thin thus we cooked it with shabu shabu method.
The other signature dish is their Lamb Kebab which is grilled and mixed with the spices. I would say it was really very well marinated. They had a open kitchen concept and we could watch the chef skillful performance through the glass window.
The restaurant seems to cater for seafood and red meat lovers as the choice for chicken is limited.
To mark the auspicious opening of Little Sheep Hotpot. Lion Dance performance was included. Luckily, I am almost done with the meal when the lion dance began so I set off to take some photos and video.
After eating for a while, we ended our the meal with some fruits and ice cream. Everyone can get a chance to twirl the ice-cream using the machine and although no one in our groups is adventurous enough to make an ice-cream tower, I think they did a great job with the twirl while I did the photo taking.
I will end my post wishing Little Sheep Hotpot a great success and I would return with my family as my husband loved red meat.
Little Sheep Hotpot
#01-05 One Fullerton
For reservation: 6222-9959
Seating Capacity: 150 diners, with outdoor seats
A video of the Lion Dance Performance!
XOXO
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