Makan Places :Juju Hokkaido Hotpot

I'm finally back after a very long break.. Actually this post was supposed to be out long some time ago, if not for MARKY..you know what you did that day...=Þ

Okay..back to the topic...Juju Hokkaido Hotpot was introduced by the founder of Tao's Restaurant and having tried Tao's, we decided to give Juju a try...another reason was because we had a 20% discount voucher.. hehe

The food was pretty good and as the name of the restaurant suggests, they serve hotpots...The kombu soup base was light and refreshing while the other ingredients of the hotpot were very fresh. You can choose from the beef, fish, seafood or chicken set and this set meal includes appetizers, a small drink and dessert. All these for approximately $25 before tax (per pax).

First up, we were served a simple yet luscious braised egg with their own special sweet sauce, which I have no idea how to describe the taste. But it's really good.

Next, the sauces came in small little teapots and square dishes.

On the left: Sweet chilli sauce
Middle: Peanut sauce and some herb paste
Right: Japanese soya sauce

Our choice of cold soba came soon after the display of sauces, but I found the sauce rather salty for my liking and the noodles were too soft.

This was a plate of apparantly different dumplings which doesn't really taste very different to me. Don't know if its me or is it the dumplings =) The shot glass on the left contained minced chicken meat and a piece of celery was cleverly placed in it for customers to dig the chicken meat out to place it into the hotpot.

Here's our two main courses of the night. I ordered the fish set, which came with 3 types of fishes while Marky chose the seafood set. The meats were beautifully placed on steel and wooden "ships". This really made the food looks more appetizing. Anyway, there was a piping bag near the fish head which contained fish paste. The interesting thing was that we can just pipe the paste into the hotpot and when it is cooked, it will float to the top. The end reults were springy and yummy fish meat strips.

When we were almost half finished with our hotpot, there was this special icy plum drink which was served. I can tell you that this is really superb! Loved this drink. It's very cold and sour, with the right amount of sweetness. It was a good thing that Marky doesn't like plums, so guess wat.. I got both glasses of plum drink! Wahahaha Anyway, it is the smallest glass of plum drink that I have ever drunk. The size is almost like an elongated shot glass.

Here are the desserts that we ordered to end our meals.

From the left: Black glutinuous rice with a scoop of yam & fruits sago thingy

My verdict? I wouldn't mind bringing my parents there to eat! =)