Flame Cafe is a cafe near Tai Seng MRT station that offers all-day breakfast, burgers, pasta and other Western mains.
Their specialty, however, is a four-tier barbecue steamboat (similar to Mookata) which allows you to grill, steam, or boil a variety of seafood and meat (and vegetables, if you're so inclined) — all at the same time.
For just $19.90, the Deluxe Buffet lets you binge on over 70 items including sliced beef and lamb, tiger prawns, marinated meat, and mussels. There's also free flow ice cream and Thai iced tea, among other drinks.
Here's how the "pagoda" works: the top tier is a steamer, the second is filled with cheese, the third tier is a BBQ hotplate, and the fourth, your soup bases (only chicken soup for the deluxe buffet — mala, tom yum, herbal tonic, and tomato bases are available at additional cost).
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Four dips are available with every pagoda to complement your food: cheese, salted egg yolk, spicy Mongolian sauce and chocolate.
And as of last Wednesday, they are officially Halal certified:
But here's the catch: The $19.90 price tag for the Deluxe Steamboat Buffet is only available during weekdays, from 10am-3pm.Otherwise, you can go for the Premium Steamboat Buffet for dinner at $29.90 ($24.90 for lunch), which offers salmon fillet, clam chowder, crayfish, all soup bases, sirloin steak, and mini pizzas in addition to whatever's available for the Deluxe Buffet.
If you want something even more extravagant, the Supreme Seafood Buffet ($38.90, not available for lunch) should do it with additional items of half-shell scallops, king prawns, flower crabs, and lobsters.
An additional $2 will also be imposed on the Deluxe/Premium Buffet for Saturdays and Sundays, between 6pm-10pm.
To book a table, call 62820251 or 62886346.
Where to go: 73 Upper Paya Lebar Rd, Level 1, Singapore 534818
When it's open: Mon - Thurs, 9am - 11pm / Fri, 12am–2am, 9am–2am / Sat, 9am - 12am / Sun, 11am - 11pm
Top photos via Flame Cafe Facebook page
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