{"id":4924,"date":"2026-04-23T22:57:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ipacktravel.com\/wp\/?p=4924"},"modified":"2026-04-24T13:35:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T05:35:19","slug":"singapore-eat-hong-man-tian-mala-hotpot-bukit-batok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ipacktravel.com\/wp\/singapore-eat-hong-man-tian-mala-hotpot-bukit-batok\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore Eat: Hong Man Tian Mala Hotpot (\u7ea2\u6ee1\u5929.\u9ebb\u8fa3\u9999\u9505) @ Bukit Batok"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hong Man Tian Mala Hotpot (\u7ea2\u6ee1\u5929\u9ebb\u8fa3\u9999\u9505) is a Chinese-food stall located in Foodgle Hub (\u798f\u54e5)<\/a><\/strong> below Block 451 in Bukit Batok West. The stall specialises in fragrant, spicy Chinese-style dishes like mala<\/em> hotpot (\u9ebb\u8fa3\u9999\u9505) and grilled fish (\u70e4\u9c7c) as its signature dishes and a range of popular cooked dishes, including sour vegetable fish (\u9178\u83dc\u9c7c), spicy chicken (\u8fa3\u5b50\u9e21), spicy beancurd (\u9ebb\u5a46\u8c46\u8150), cumin beef (\u5b5c\u7136\u725b\u8089), double cooked meat (\u56de\u9505\u8089), etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My selected ingredients for the Mala Hotpot (\u9ebb\u8fa3\u9999\u9505) \u2014 minimum S$6 \u2014 are skilfully stir-fried with mala<\/em> condiments and added with peanuts, spring onion and white sesame seeds. The finished dish has a nice fragrance and without the choking aroma of spicy chilli \u2014 I picked medium for spiciness level as usual. The meats are well-cooked till tender and the spiciness level is just-nice for me with subtle peppercorn flavour. It is tasty, non-oily and the peanuts give the dish some crunchy texture in addition to the crunchy beef tripe that I picked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Boiled Slice Beef (\u6c34\u716e\u725b\u8089) \u2014 available with pork and fish slices too \u2014 is a big dish enough for 2~3 pax. Similarly, it has a nice fragrance when served. The amount of beef slices are quite a lot and they are coated in cornstarch to prevent overcooking, thus retaining their tenderness in the hot, spicy “soup” \u2014 default spiciness is about medium level, but the hot oil makes it spicier. Underneath the beef slices are more ingredients, such as the flat-noodle-like tofu<\/em> skin, cabbage, pak choy<\/em>, soy bean sprouts, shredded kelp and black fungus. This hot, spicy and delicious dish is another hot-seller of Hong Man Tian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hint: I knew beforehand I would not be able to finish it, so I brought along a food container and packed the remainder for my next meal \u2014 about 1\/3 of it since I ate about 2 persons’ share. This big dish at $12.80 is really worth it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I love the spicy dishes that I tried at Hong Man Tian so far and will go for the remaining dishes they offer, which are popular Chinese delicacies and most of them are my favourites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n