Singapore Eat: Lau Wang Claypot Delights (老王砂煲) @ Tengah
- Rick
- 3 days ago
- 2 min read
Updated: 3 days ago
Lau Wang Claypot Delights (老王砂煲) started from a small stall in Serangoon, as early as 2012, and has grown to having several outlets in Singapore. The outlet on level 2 of Plantation Plaza in the new Tengah estate was opened in August 2024.
Lau Wang serves a wide range of claypot dishes that are classified under five main categories: Ginger & Spring Onions, Sambal & Mala Delights, Soup & Specialties, Vegetable and Others (including side dishes). There are seasonal item(s) that changes from time to time.
The Pig Liver Herbal Soup (砂锅药材猪肝汤) — despite ordering a small size — is served in a large claypot with enough soup and pig liver for 2-3 pax to eat to the fill. The fresh and tender pig liver slices are nicely-cooked and bouncy when bitten. The herbal soup, with large amount of wolf berries and red dates, is quite strong in taste, savoury and not bitter. It is a delectable and nourishing dish.
The Super Mala Chicken (砂锅超级麻辣鸡) is served with large amount of boneless chicken meat — can feed 2-3 pax — in spicy mala sauce with dried red chillies, ginger, coriander, etc. The small cuts of chicken meat are so tender that it seems like they are jumping in the mouth on biting. The mala sauce has very nice flavours with mellow peppercorn flavour and high level of spiciness — but not overly spicy to kill the taste buds. This flavourful dish is very shiok and should not be missed by mala-lovers!
The Eggplant with Minced Meat (砂锅肉碎茄子) is a spicy dish with big cuts of eggplant cooked in minced meat sauce with sweet shallot slices and cut chillies. The savoury minced meat sauce can flavour bowls of plain rice. The eggplant are nicely-cooked till tender but not mushy and goes well with the spicy-savoury meat sauce. It is a nice strong-taste alternative to vegetable dishes.
Their Homemade Ngoh Hiang (五香), or five-spiced meat roll, is not just minced pork and water chestnut bits wrapped in pastry skin with spices, there are prawns too. The meat roll has crispy skin with distinctive flavours of the spices used and not salty. The pork-prawn-water-chestnut combination gives the meat roll multiple textures to explore in the mouth. It is nice as a side dish to complement any meal.
Nearly all the dishes in Lau Wang are prepared in claypots and the portion of some of the dishes can be quite big for solo diners — do bring along a takeaway container as chances of underestimating the portion of the dishes are high.
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Address:
Plantation Plaza, #02-10
Blk 127 Plantation Crescent, Singapore 690127
Opening Hours:
11am to 9:30pm | Daily
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