Lao Huo Tang at Bukit Panjang Plaza

Ordered via Foodpanda and the food portion is something that really threw us off - we have to caveat that we are not expecting bang for buck nor mountain amount of food. But exercise your judgement if you find the food portion given is fair or not. For us, it is RIDICULOUSLY SMALL given the high price tag. Everything came in atrociously tiny portion fit for one - the takeaway container for the stir-fried French beans is only 1/6 filled when it arrived, all for a price of $14.80. We thought it was a joke until we realised it is only 3 tablespoonfuls worth, and the portion is so pathetic the number of French bean is almost countable from the portion. Also, we were given 8 PUNY pieces of pepper prawn which costed us $23.80 - I normally wouldn’t mind if the prawns are any bigger, like Dian Xiao Er’s, but it is DAYLIGHT ROBBERY for $3 per piece of prawn that is smaller than my pinky. Even the soup feels watered down, and the container used is smaller. Shrinkflation is very real and I can empathise with F&B businesses and their cost pressures, but this is OUTRIGHT UNETHICAL and we felt cheated having spent $60 on a supposedly celebratory dinner only to receive our food that couldn’t even fill 3 adults (2 dishes, 1 soup). I definitely will not support Lao Huo Tang in the future and recommend that you do not, too, if you’re reading this review.

Tried this for the first time and was really pleased with the meal. Came here for dinner and ordered Pork Tripe Soup with Gingko, Fried French Bean with Minced Meat and Crispy Cereal Prawn Ball (not oily at all) And felt every dish was flavourful and delicious. Staff was attentive and asked whether we wanted a refill for the soup when they saw ours was finishing. I'll definitely come here again!

Not too busy restaurant, get busier during lunch and dinner time. Soup is their signature with 1 time refill, reasonably priced; taste was okay. I strongly recommend their pumpkin rice.