Halal Steamboat Buffet Under $20: Family Hakata's Mookata Pan in AMK
30 October 2026 · By the Eventful team
Photo: Family Hakata
Family Hakata at 728 Ang Mo Kio Ave 6 is a halal steamboat and barbecue buffet for $19.90 nett per adult, MUIS certified under the Eating Establishment Scheme (certificate EEHK26070000062). The mookata pan grills in the middle and simmers soup around the edge, so you get steamboat and BBQ at one table, with live seafood, chicken, beef and lok lok included.
Mookata is the answer to the steamboat-or-BBQ argument. The pan has a grill dome in the middle and a soup moat around it. Meat juices run down into the broth, so the soup gets better every round. Cook chicken and beef on top, seafood and vegetables in the soup.
If you have never done it, our first-timer's guide to mookata walks through it. The short version: it is a steamboat that also grills.
Why the halal part matters here
Most mookata places in Singapore cook with pork and pork lard. Family Hakata is the sister of Family Mookata with all of that taken out: marinated chicken and beef, no pork, and a real certificate, MUIS certified under the Eating Establishment Scheme (certificate EEHK26070000062).
That means one table for the whole group, no checking. We explain how to tell certified from halal-friendly in is mookata halal?.Photo: Family Hakata
What goes in the pot
The buffet lists baby lobster, flower crab, crab claw, tiger and vannamei prawns, scallop, oyster, clam, mussel, cockles, gong gong, salmon, patin and dory, plus squid four ways. Then cheese tofu, curry fishballs, lobster balls, fish roe, vegetables, enoki and four other mushrooms, rice, maggie and tang hoon.
Sauces are a cheese dip and homemade chilli. Dessert is ice pops, fruit and cake. Our tip: throw the crab claw and clams into the soup first. They flavour the broth for everything after. More on the seafood in the Family Hakata seafood guide.
Price, timing and booking
$19.90 nett for adults, minimum 2. Kids 100cm to 140cm are $14.90. Open daily, bookings 1pm to 10pm with last seating at 9:30pm, up to 20 people per booking.
Book Family Hakata free on Eventful Tables. Mon to Fri, 1pm to 4pm: 10% off food. Mon to Thu, 5pm to 8pm: 5% off. Drinks not included, no discount on public holidays, only 5 bookings per timing.
Good to know
· Crab claw and clams go into the soup first. They make the broth.
· Book Mon to Fri 1pm to 4pm for 10% off food.
· Minimum 2 people. The pan is built for sharing.
· Check you are booking Family Hakata (AMK Ave 6), not Family Mookata, if you need halal.
FAQs
Is there a halal steamboat buffet under $20 in Singapore?
Yes. Family Hakata at 728 Ang Mo Kio Ave 6 is a MUIS-certified halal mookata buffet at $19.90 nett per adult. The mookata pan does steamboat soup and BBQ at the same time.
Is Family Hakata halal certified?
Yes. Family Hakata is MUIS certified under the Eating Establishment Scheme, certificate EEHK26070000062.
What is the difference between mookata and steamboat?
Steamboat is a pot of soup. Mookata adds a grill dome in the middle of the pot, so you barbecue on top and boil in the soup around it.
How much is Family Hakata for kids?
Kids from 100cm to 140cm pay $14.90 nett. Adults pay $19.90 nett.
