Chimbridge Singlish Dictionary

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noun

1. a type of communal meal where diners sit around a large, boiling hot pot of stock or broth and dip in various pieces of food, such as thinly-sliced meats, fishballs, vegetables, mushrooms, noodles etc. for just long enough that they become cooked, then typically eat them with a dip or sauce. It has origins in ancient China.

Marina Bay, wah, their steamboat the best last time. Best in Singapore. And now it's gone.

— 2015, Neil Humphreys. "Marina Bay Sins". Marshall Cavendish International. ISBN: 9781739879471