This is Hot Pot Herbs & Spices Mutton Soup, the newly opened outlet which caught my attention when I went past during lunch hour. It's located in front of Ang Cheng Ho and the signage can be easily seen while driving down Jalan Padungan. I decided to drop by and sample their mutton soup just because I liked the sign board so much.
This is the very vivid mascot (of sorts) of the place. It's a harmless little sheep in a bathtub. The imagery couldn't be more gruesome - the sheep is not enjoying a luxurious hot bath, as its shower cap would lead you to believe...it's being boiled alive! You killed it when you ordered your soup! Yes kids, mutton comes from sheep, not your local butcher. ;)
The counter of this eating establishment is adorned with sample dishes from their menu offerings. I opted for their specialty - the Herbs & Spices Mutton Soup at RM 8. I must also mention that this establishment gets two thumbs up for being photographer friendly. The proprietor (photo above) jokingly asked for a copy of the prints since she noticed me taking photos of everything. :)
Back to the ambience, the place was full of the typical crowd of 9-5 workers (except I'm 8 am - 5 pm), it's common for newly established outlets to be packed with people wanting to try the latest and greatest. The seating arrangements consist of mostly 6 person glass tables, and they were thoughtful enough to leave a Kimberly-Clark tissue dispenser and a glass ashtray on every table. You won't be seeing any unsightly metal flimsy ashtrays or tissue boxes over here.
It's worthy to note that they do not serve conventional drinks, only "natural drinks" which includes things like red bean drink, green bean drink, barley drink and the like. I opted for the barley. The food turnaround was very slow, but that's because they cook every single pot individually as can be seen in the open kitchen. I estimate it took about 30 minutes for mine to arrive.
The soup can only be described with a single word - divine! It is spicy and hot and very substantial. This isn't watered down broth...it's (very) hearty soup! I can only imagine about what goes into the hot pot but I could detect a plethora of different spice notes, and all of them good. The mutton was generous, there's much more mutton than can be seen from the photo, the dish is well worth the RM 8 and it comes with rice. There is a variety of different cuts in the pot, so if there's one you particularly favor, it's likely to be in there.
Hot Pot Herbs & Spices Mutton Soup. i'm lovin' it.
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