Box Hill is like a mini-Chinatown. It has so many authentic looking Asian restaurants in the area which are cheap, cheery and authentic. Little Lamb is a particularly busy place because it has a $20 hot pot buffet. It’s name is probably inspired by the popular Little Sheep Hot Pot chain in China. It is close to impossible to get a seat on weekends without prior bookings.
You can select from a clear broth or the sze chuan broth . Don’t be too intimidated by the red color of the sze chuan broth. It look spicier than it tastes of. My lips and tongue didn’t go numb which is my gauge for spiciness.
You can order all the meat you want.
More expensive items such as the prawns , oyster mushrooms can be ordered once. The rest of items such as assorted fish and prawn balls, veggies, noodles are unlimited.
Your $20 also buys you dessert! There is the taro or redbean pancake which is extremely oily and taste just like tikoy (Chinese New Year Cake/ Nian Gao). It’s pretty good though. Just wash down all the oiliness with the free tea.
This glutinous rice balls are my favorite though. Soft and chewy with peanut or black sesame filling inside. I totally got addicted to these chewy balls and I’m craving to go back to Little Lamb again just for this!
Summary : Defnitely good value for the money. I would come back here again and again for my hot pot fix especially this winter season!
Rating : Love it
Food : Hot pot
Little Lamb Hot Pot
Whitehorse Road, Box Hill
Tel : 98909854
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June 27, 2008 at 11:13 am
Shabu Shabu! The soup looks tasty and comforting….
June 27, 2008 at 3:45 pm
one of the girls i shared a dorm with before made those glutinous rice balls with sesame/peanut fillings. it was absolute love!
June 29, 2008 at 9:11 pm
looks like a good deal indeed
June 30, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Nah, that szechuan broth is way too oily…
July 2, 2008 at 11:17 am
Hi Caryn : I’m so addicted to these rice balls that I’m buying the frozen ones now and boil them up. It is actually good enought!
July 23, 2008 at 6:44 am
HAHA, and I wondered why the name was so familiar…
In Shanghai, one of the famous hot pot restaurant all over the city (and maybe China for that matter) is called… LITTLE SHEEP. =)
September 6, 2008 at 11:53 am
The herbal broth too salty and the spicy broth too oily and taste like instant noodle soup. Next time I think I’ll just order the herbal broth and add some water myself.
The meat portion is too big for 2 person, quarter would be just nice.
No doubt the glutinous rice balls were tasty, wanted to order more but didn’t because a lot of people were waiting for us to finish to take the seat…we were seated next to the entrance, so a lot of people staring :p
September 8, 2008 at 11:27 pm
Hi hearty : Yup, I really like the glutinous rice balls and I do agree, the place is really packed!
January 22, 2009 at 2:32 pm
The glutinous rice balls look very yummy. Is this food only available in that place? 😦
February 6, 2009 at 11:08 pm
Hi Cenganan : The rice balls are yummy! I buy the frozen packs from the asian stores here in Sydney and boil them to cook myself! If you’re lucky, you might find some Chinese restos serving them too!