Lao Huo Tang at NEX Singapore brings the authentic tradition of Cantonese herbal soups to Serangoon Central, specializing in time-honored double-boiled soups that nourish both body and soul. Located at #03-08/09 within NEX Mall, this traditional Chinese herbal soup destination continues the legacy established by CEO Thomas Hong in 2011, serving health-conscious diners throughout Singapore with premium quality herbal ingredients and natural healing benefits. Each bowl represents centuries of Chinese culinary wisdom, carefully prepared without MSG or artificial flavorings to ensure pure, therapeutic nourishment.
The comprehensive menu showcases signature herbal soup collections including the classic Double-boiled Chicken Soup with tender chicken pieces enveloped in rich, herb-infused broth, nourishing Old Cucumber Pork Rib Soup, therapeutic Watercress Pork Rib Soup, and the digestive-supporting Gingko Nut Pork Tripe Soup designed for stomach and skin wellness. Each variety is meticulously crafted using traditional Cantonese soup-making methods, featuring carefully selected herbs that may boost immunity, improve circulation, and address specific health concerns such as fatigue, digestion, and respiratory issues. The restaurant's commitment to natural ingredients ensures every soup delivers authentic flavors derived purely from premium herbs and fresh ingredients.
Conveniently positioned on the third floor of NEX Mall, Lao Huo Tang provides a tranquil dining environment where guests can enjoy traditional wellness cuisine while exploring Singapore's largest suburban shopping center. The restaurant serves as part of a growing network of outlets across Singapore, each maintaining the same exacting standards for herb quality and preparation methods that have made Lao Huo Tang a trusted name in traditional Chinese wellness cuisine. Whether seeking therapeutic nutrition, cultural dining experiences, or simply craving authentic Cantonese comfort food, Lao Huo Tang offers a unique culinary journey that combines ancient wisdom with modern convenience in the heart of Serangoon Central.
Food were so mid, probably only the soup broth is decent (comes with one refillable). Rice was bad, wasn’t fragrant and tasted grainy like cheap rice. Personally recommend going for zi char places around the hood instead
Botak
Nothing special to shout about, but when u don't wish to join a long queue, you can come here for a quick meal at an average price.
The bittergourd with black beans was very salty, and the bakwa fried rice, you couldn't taste nor find the bakwa.
Shopback app can be used. Can revisit again
K
The eggplant is nice and it’s nice of them to offer a one-time soup top up. Unfortunately, standard dropped quite a bit. The ginseng chicken soup was too sweet for our liking, the gum peach chicken soup wasn’t really up our alley as well. The chicken meat had a strong chicken meat taste, which we did not like, but it’s pretty huge.
P Lim
This is my second visit to this outlet, and I totally forgot about my dining experience the first time several months ago. What I have experienced this time reminded me of what happened before.
The prices are on the high side. The food is excellent, for sure, but the service, not so much.
As before, I was wondering why it took so long to serve our soups. Aren’t they ready in the big pots behind the counter? This time, I got to witness it as I had a full view of the counter.
The waitstaff served the water we ordered, so I’m very sure all of them received the order. But why were the “chefs” standing around behind the counter looking around and doing nothing for long time? The next thing I knew, they were scooping soups for takeout orders. What? What about our soups? There were order slips hanging in front of them. What was going on?
The soups finally arrived, 15-20 minutes later, with the vegetable dish arriving some time later.
I just don’t understand. The soups are not something you have to cook from scratch, and it didn’t look like the “chefs” were overwhelmed with orders.
Bosch Xie
Ordered the lotus root pork ribs soup, eggs with bittergourd, bee hoon and tofu with minced meat. Soup was not too bad, and some parts of the meat were nicer than the whole pieces. The bee hoon was ok and would go along better with the gravy from the tofu. The egg was not too bad. Would rate this more like 3.5star in view of the higher price tag of these dishes (about $67 in total). The dishes did come out very fast though.
Positive Reviews
T ee
We loved the salted egg fish skin and pig stomach soup. Budda over the wall were too salty to out liking. Ventilation in the restaurant could be improved, and we felt warm after a while. Would suggest adding some ceiling fans if the temperature is not adjustable.
Britney Khu
Enjoyed another wonderful meal at Lou Huo Tang. Never expected the hor fun and Xing Zhou bee hoon to taste better than many other Chinese restaurant stalls out there.
Been here several times already and still loving their smooth, flavourful broth soup. Definitely a go-to place for a satisfying meal.
Tina mok
Superb quality delicious chinese food. Never fail to warm our tummy with tasty nourishing soup. Ordered the lotus root and radish pork rib soup. Both are tasty in their own ways and we like it as we won’t feel thirsty after drinking their soup. We also tried the crispy tofu which goes well with the rice. Salted egg fish skin was freshly fried and crispy! warning: super addictive. All staffs are polite and nice. It is a good place to spend time with family or friends. Overall good dining experience. Highly recommend.
Tony Ng
The 2nd Lao Huo Tang outlet that I had visited. Ordered the following: Beauty Collagen Soup with Peach Gum, Apple & Snow Pear Soup with Pork Rib, Steamed Minced Meat with Mei Chye and Pumpkin Rice.
The beauty collagen soup is very tasty, love the fish maw that were included. The apple & snow pear soup is delicious, my kids love it so much. The steamed minced meat didn't expect to be good, goes well with rice. Pumpkin rice also taste delicious, my kids finished the whole bowl.
Overall the portion is good and pricing is on the higher side but definitely worth it. Service maintain the same standard as their other outlets. The restaurant itself is quite big. Ideal place for family gathering.
Recommend for soup lover.
sharmaine lew
The soup is delicious and can refill once. Super yummy! Will definitely come more often
Matthew Lee
Always passed by this restaurant but never got to try. Happened to be a rainy day decided to have hot soup so visited here. Was already planning to dine elsewhere but changed our minds.
Not very busy on a weekday lunch, we ordered food and was served rather quickly. We were happy that the portions were rather big good enough for 2 to share at least, and just ordering 4 dishes was already considered quite a lot we couldn't finish everything.
Soup is definitely good, enjoyed the horfun, the pandan chicken pieces are quite chunky and nice, loved the tofu which was pretty flavourful.
Quite surprised when my friend said the soup was refillable and we really did get our refills. Chinese tea was also refillable. Was okay with the dining experience overall except that the staff were not so busy and talking away, we raised our hands a few times for refilling soup and tea, thought they saw it but no one came. Customer service could definitely be improved.
Bill was quite reasonable as well won't mind coming back again.
J.C
Kudos to the 4 floor staff running the entire restaurant busy serving food. We can see they are really short handed but still managed to keep up with orders and refills. Food protion seems to have shrunk but I would be back for the service.
Ordered the salted veg duck soup. It has the flavour notes of all the salted veg and duck. But I felt the soup was on the saltier side. Get the fried eggplant with honey. It's crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. It is also piping hot. Remember to ask for your soup refill.
punyshark
I’ve always walked past this outlet but never got to try. Finally got to try it last night with a few friends. Service was great, we were seated promptly and the soups came really fast.
Their ABC and Watercrest soups tasted of a much higher grade compared to those you get in the food courts.
Other dishes we ordered took about 20 minutes to be served, and we were joking that they only sell soup here and outsource the rest of the dishes to other restaurants! 🤣
The sweet and sour Grouper, minced meat tofu, half spring chicken and ngoh hiang were all very good as well!
Jia Zhe Chai
Lao Huo Tang has good quality food. There is a good variety of zi char dishes, and their soups are some of the must have items (as the shop name might imply).
The service is good and the waiting time for the dishes to arrive was not too long even during the lunch crowd.
One downside the price is a bit higher at this type of outlet compared to their food court outlets. However I feel it is worth eating here.
Flo Yeow
In all honesty, it's a place that I'd go to if I'm looking for a warm fuzzy evening. Prices may be a little steep for the quantity of food, but for the amount of effort, I think it's alright.
Had their soup delivered through Deliveroo. Ordered the Beauty Collagen Soup with Peach Gum, as we were not hungry and just felt like drinking some soup. The extra container of soup was definitely a very helpful option. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Homemade Crispy Tofu with Minced Meat & Pickled Vegetable
麦片香脆鱼皮
$12.80
Crispy Cereal Fish Skin
手工脆皮虾枣
$15.80
Handmade Deep Fried Prawn Roll
香脆咸蛋莲藕
$11.80
Crispy Salted Egg Lotus Root
蜜汁茄子
$10.80
Honey Glazed Egg Plant
EGG
芙蓉煎蛋
$12.80
Fried Fu Rong Egg
桂花蟹翅蛋
$26.80
Osmanthus Egg with Shark Fin & Crab Meat
OMEGA 3蒸蛋
$10.80 (Plain) / $12.80 (Minced Meat)
Steamed Omega 3 Egg
苦瓜炒蛋
$11.80
Fried Egg with Bitter Gourd
番茄炒蛋
$11.80
Fried Egg with Tomato
虾仁煎蛋
$13.80
Fried Egg with Prawn
RICE & NOODLE
腊味炒饭
$12.80
Fried Rice with Chinese Sausage
XO海鲜炒饭
$14.80
XO Seafood Fried Rice
黄金肉干炒饭
$16.80
Golden Bak Kwa Fried Rice
海鲜滑蛋河粉
$14.80
Seafood Hor Fun in Egg Gravy
干炒海鲜河粉
$14.80
Stir Fried Seafood Hor Fun
海鲜马来炒面
$14.80
Seafood Mee Goreng
星洲米粉
$12.80
Sin Chew Bee Hoon
金瓜饭
$2.00
Pumpkin Rice
糙米饭
$2.00
Brown Rice
白饭
$1.50
Steamed Rice
Menu Highlights
Soups
PORK TRIPE SOUP WITH GINGKO
$12.80
Ideal for soothing the stomach and dispelling coldness, pork tripe is well-complemented by white pepper and yuba in this recipe.
BEAUTY COLLAGEN SOUP WITH PEACH GUM
$15.80
A carefully prepared beauty soup infused with rich collagen and boiled over hours to give you delectable goodness in every sip.
Menu Highlights
Soups
WHITE RADISH PORK RIB SOUP WITH WOLFBERRIES
PORK TRIPE SOUP WITH GINGKO
FRESH WATERCRESS SOUP WITH PORK RIB
Dishes
CRISPY SPRING CHICKEN
CREAMY BUTTER PORK
PIG TROTTER WITH BLACK VINEGAR
PORK RIBS WITH BITTER GOURD IN BLACK BEAN SAUCE
COD FISH IN SUPERIOR SAUCE
Menu Highlights
Signature Dishes
HANDMADE CRISPY TOFU WITH MINCED MEAT
EGGPLANT IN CLAYPOT WITH MINCED MEAT
OSMANTHUS EGG WITH SHARK FIN & CRAB MEAT
Vegetable Dishes
XO BROCCOLI WITH SCALLOP
Noodles
SEAFOOD HOR FUN WITH EGG GRAVY
Rice Dishes
XO SEAFOOD FRIED RICE
Drinks
PASSION FRUIT
HOMEMADE RED DATES LONGAN TEA
Menu Highlights
Soup
SALTED VEGETABLE DUCK SOUP
$14.80
清凉去火
SEA COCONUT CHICKEN SOUP
$14.80
清心安神
GINSENG HERBAL CHICKEN SOUP
$14.80
大补元气
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SIGNATURE SOUP
SALTED VEGETABLE DUCK SOUP
清凉去大·滋补五脏 消暑开胃
GINSENG HERBAL CHICKEN SOUP
增补体力·朴身药膳
BEAUTY COLLAGEN SOUP WITH PEACH GUM
养容美類,滋补养身 滋润桃胶美颜鸡汤
MUMMY'S ABC SOUP
降三脂,增强体能力 营养丰富ABC排骨汤
LOTUS ROOT SOUP WITH PORK RIB
养颜落款花生排骨汤
BUDDHA JUMP OVER WALL
高营养纤维、润肺 经典
APPLE & SNOW PEAR SOUP WITH PORK RIB
请苹果雪梨汤
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MEAT
CRISPY SPRING CHICKEN
$7.50
CREAMY BUTTER PORK
$14.80
HOTPOT PANDAN CHICKEN
$14.80
MARMITE CHICKEN
$14.80
CRISPY CHICKEN WITH DRIED CHILLI & GARLIC
$14.80
SALTED CRISPY CHICKEN CUTLET
$13.80
GENERAL TSO'S CHICKEN
$9.80
STEAMED CHICKEN WITH CHINESE SAUSAGE
$14.80
& MUSHROOM
$14.80
STEAMED MINCED MEAT WITH MEI CHYE
$14.80
STEAMED PORK RIBS WITH TAUCU & SOUR PLUM
$13.80
SWEET & SOUR PORK
$9.80
SALTED EGG PORK
$14.80
PORK RIBS WITH BITTER GOURD IN BLACK BEAN
$14.80
SAUCE
$14.80
CLAYPOT BELLY WITH SALTED FISH
$16.80
PIG TROTTER WITH BLACK VINEGAR
$18.80
SPECIALITIES DISH
HANDMADE CRISPY TOFU WITH MINCED MEAT
$16.80
CRISPY SALTED EGG FISH SKIN
$12.80
HOMEMADE CRISPY TOFU WITH MINCED MEAT
$9.80
& PICKLED VEGETABLE
$11.80
CRISPY CEREAL FISH SKIN
$12.80
HANDMADE DEEP FRIED PRAWN ROLL
$10.80
CRISPY SALTED EGG LOTUS ROOT
$9.80
HONEY GLAZED EGG PLANT
$10.80
EGG
FRIED FU RONG EGG
$10.80
OSMANTHUS EGG WITH SHARK FIN
$25.80
& CRAB MEAT
$9.80
STEAMED OMEGA 3 EGG
$11.80
FRIED EGG WITH BITTER GOURD
$9.80
FRIED EGG WITH TOMATO
$9.80
FRIED EGG WITH PRAWN
$11.80
Menu Highlights
Soups
CHICKEN SOUP
High nutrition, moistens lungs
LOTUS ROOT SOUP WITH PORK RIBS
WHITE RADISH PORK RIB SOUP WITH PEAR
PORK RIB SOUP WITH GOJI
APPLE PORK SOUP
Over half
FRESH WATERCRESS SOUP WITH PORK RIB
Main Courses
CRISPY SPRING CHICKEN
CREAMY BUTTER PORK
SWEET & SOUR FISH
SALTED PEPPER PRAWN BALL
COD FISH IN SUPERIOR SAUCE
OMELETTE EGG WITH SHARK FIN & CRAB MEAT
SEAFOOD HOR FUN WITH EGG GRAVY
XO SEAFOOD FRIED RICE
Menu Highlights
Soups
SIGNATURE SOUP
HANDMADE "FISH MAW" "CHICKEN" "SOUP"
Handmade Fish Maw Chicken Soup
Dishes
CRISPY & SOUR FISH
SALTED PEPPER "PORK" "RIBS"
Salted Pepper Pork Ribs
SCRAMBLED EGG WITH "SHRIMP" "PRAWN" & "FISH" "ROE"
Scrambled Egg with Shrimp Prawn & Fish Roe
XO SEAFOOD "FRIED" "RICE"
XO Seafood Fried Rice
XO "BROCCOLI" "WITH" "SCALLOP"
XO Broccoli with Scallop
EGGPLANT IN CLAYPOT WITH MINCED MEAT
COD FISH IN SUPERIOR SAUCE
Drinks
PASSION FRUIT
HOMEMADE "RED" "DATES" "LONGAN" "TEA"
Homemade Red Dates Longan Tea
Menu Highlights
Rice Dishes
GOLDEN BAK KWA FRIED RICE
$16.80
黄金肉干炒饭
Menu Highlights
Alacarte
CRAB SAUCE W/ PRAWN
$24.00
Noodle
SEAFOOD BEE HOON
$14.80
Menu Highlights
Soups
WHITE RADISH PORK RIB SOUP
with Wolfberries
Hotpot
PANDAN CHICKEN HOTPOT
Tofu Dishes
HANDMADE CRISPY TOFU
with Minced Meat
Seafood Dishes
SEAFOOD HOR FUN
with Egg Gravy
Drinks
CHINESE TEA
(Cup) - Refillable
Other
WET TOWEL
Menu Highlights
Soups
LOTUS ROOT SOUP WITH PORK RIB & PEANUT
10.80
Dishes
STEAMED MINCED MEAT WITH MEI CHYE
9.80
FRIED EGG WITH BITTER GOURD
9.80
HONG KONG KAI LAN WITH GARLIC
10.80
Rice
BROWN RICE
2.00
STEAMED RICE
1.20
Menu Highlights
Soups
WHITE RADISH PORK RIB SOUP WITH WOLFBERRIES
$11.80
A refreshing and wholesome homemade soup effective at reducing heat, eliminate flatulence, while boosting immunity.
FRESH WATERCRESS SOUP WITH PORK RIB
$10.80
A soup for the young and old that is boiled with red date, wolfberry and apricot kernel. Health benefits include cooling and invigorating with detox properties. Known to help strengthen the body and nourish the lungs.