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"Han Restaurant, a Hainanese spot in Poplar, is the ultimate place for a laid-back, flavour-packed group dinner, with a backdrop of bamboo-lined walls, towering palm trees, and lush greenery. The star is the Hainan coconut chicken hot pot, made with coconut water, tender coconut meat, water chestnuts, red dates, and goji berries. One sip of the sweet, refreshing broth might just solve all of life’s problems—or at least give you the same serotonin hit as stepping off a plane into 30-degree heat. Fresh coconuts arrive on the side and you should carve the extra flesh straight in. Order extra juicy chicken, chewy Henan-style noodles, and fish paste scooped straight from a bamboo chute, and let them mingle in the broth for the dream combo. Too lazy to cook? Try the dry-style all-in-one hot pots with pork ribs, spicy crayfish, king prawns, or frog legs." - angela hui