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Thai BBQ @ Bar B.Q. Plaza, 1 Utama New Wing
Apr 5th
If you are a frequent shopper at 1 Utama you would have seen Bar B.Q. Plaza‘s advertisement showing on the screens. Their funny and catchy advertisements never fail to make me stop to watch them.
Despite that, I have always been skeptical about Bar B.Q. Plaza. Maybe because their barbecue concept is very much similar to the Korean style, where you pan fry the meats on hot plates. And I for one, am not a fan of Korean BBQ. But let me just say in advance, I was so wrong lol.
Bar B.Q. Plaza is located at the Rainforest section so for me to find it was quite tricky because 1 Utama is still like a maze to me sometimes lol. But when you see that friendly dragon statue then you are sure to be at the correct place already.
We had the Deluxe Supreme set @ RM36.90 for 2 pax (with white rice), which was chosen because it had everything. The usual Supreme set only had meats but this had some seafood too. There are basically three types of meat here: pork, beef and chicken, all sliced into thin pieces. Also included are fish noodles, lots of cabbage and some processed food.
Tasty Pot BBQ & Steamboat Buffet Restaurant @ Sunway Mentari, Bandar Sunway
Sep 5th
Much has been said about Tasty Pot, a BBQ and steamboat buffet restaurant at Sunway Mentari. Thanks to the publicity generated by HoChak and a group of bloggers who have recently done a food review session there, the place was doing brisk business – definitely one of the busiest steamboat restaurants at Sunway Mentari.
This is quite an accomplishment itself considering the strong competition. If you don’t know, Sunway Mentari is like a place where steamboat restaurants gather at. There are like more than 10 steamboat restaurants here and the number is still growing.
The variety of seafood at Tasty Pot is good and the freshness level is high. And the portion of the seafood is big too especially the crabs, proving to be a value for money.
Bamboo clams, lala and prawns.
Some processed food – meat balls and sui gao. Click here to continue reading >
Nagomi Shabu Shabu Food Bloggers Night @ Menara Hap Seng, Kuala Lumpur
May 11th
Two weeks ago Nagomi Shabu Shabu organized a Food Blogger’s Night at Menara Hap Seng – where invited food bloggers enjoyed a 50% discount on the food (exclusing beverages) ordered.
The idea was suggested by Tam Poh Poh – COO of Nagomi and I was asked to co-host of the event as well as inviting other food bloggers to attend the event. Luckily for Jason and Simon who have a wider circle of food bloggers as friends, quite many turned out for the night hence making the event a success. It was a pity that Jason couldn’t make it in the last minute though 
Anyway, I have blogged about Nagomi’s food last year so I won’t be repeating myself again on the foods’ description. I just wanna show the photos taken that night.
Each shabu shabu set comes with a big plate of vegetable and those were reserved for the guests coming that night. Can you imagine the number of people who turned up for the event?
While waiting for the others to come, we snacked on the Japanese peas. I gotta say it’s pretty addictive, but I won’t be paying to have it in any Japanese restaurants yet though.
Then I walked around and saw the staff preparing salmon sets by arranging them in a flower shape.
A big plate of soft shell crabs on the sashimi counter.
A staff slicing Kobe Beef using the machine, also intended for the meal later. I guess Nagomi anticipated that many would order their Kobe Beef that night. Given the 50% discount it would be a waste not to order Kobe Beef that night, 120g for less than 70 bucks only! A great opportunity for those who haven’t tried Kobe Beef before to give this heavenly meat a try.
Places our orders and food was getting served. Here, Tam was filling up our shabu shabu pot with chicken broth. Wow it was a real privilege to be served by the COO herself.
Kobe Beef Set. What’s special about Kobe Beef is the great amount of marbling in it that contributes to the extreme tenderness and the melt-in-your mouth experience. Click here to continue reading >
Satay Celup @ Ban Lee Siang, Jalan Ong Kim Wee Melaka
May 6th
Have you heard of Satay Celup before? It’s a dish where raw or semi-cooked food like seafood, meat and vegetables on skewers are dunked into a boiling pot of diluted satay sauce. Imagine having steamboat with the soup substituted with satay sauce.
I believe Satay Celup is a dish uniquely available only to Melaka and well favored by the Malaccans. Well, there are attempts to introduce this dish to the other states but from what I heard the venture was not successful because the people found it hard to accept.
The concept of Satay Celup could be attributed to being a combination of lok lok and buffet steamboat. With a tray provided by the restaurant, customers would proceed to the huge refrigerators housing the large selection of food on skewers, pick their choices and start dipping away.
I first got to know Satay Celup when I pursued my studies in MMU Melaka. And it’s a shame that I have never tried, or worse still, never even seen it in my entire year spent in Melaka lol. It’s a pity I was not adventurous enough in my younger days, hence missing out on many stuff.
So in my last trip to Melaka I made it a point that I simply had to try Satay Celup, no matter what. Even dunking 1 skewer would suffice. Among the many Satay Celup restaurants Ban Lee Siang was our choice because of the good reviews I read about it, and Jalan Ong Kim Wee where it is situated was reasonably near to our hotel too. Click here to continue reading >
100C Steamboat, Teppanyaki & BBQ Restaurant @ NZX (Niu Ze Xui)
Mar 2nd
For me, the best time to enjoy steamboat is none other than rainy days. It has been raining non stop in the evenings recently so it was the perfect time to try out a new steamboat restaurant, 100C located in NZX (Niu Ze Xui). Besides being a steamboat restaurant, 100C also has teppanyaki and BBQ. This is great for gatherings that involve people who are not into steamboat, as they can order other food instead.
There are four set meals starting from RM39.90 which increments of RM20 for a bigger and better portion. We had 100°C’s Special Homemade Combo Set @ RM59.90 that came with some seafood, dumplings, wantan, self made meat balls, vegetable and two cakes of yee mee. Here, everyone will have their individual cooking pot like shabu-shabu style for none other than hygiene purposes.
The seafood included fresh prawns, scallops, bamboo clams and some self made fish balls.
Some ordinary processed meat balls. The cone shaped plastic actually contained some fish paste, which can be squeezed out shaped like noodle into the boiling soup.
11 varieties of soup is available at 100°C with Ba Kut Teh and Fish Head soup being the most popular among all. I had the Ba Kut Teh soup, which was fragrant and packed a quite strong herbal taste. This was actually the first time I had steamboat using Ba Kut Teh soup, and to be honest, it really seemed weird. But hey you gotta try everything right? We also tried the Fish Head soup, which had a smooth creamy texture and a nice milky taste. Just imagine Fish Head noodle’s soup but a lot thicker.
Restaurant Shabu Shabu @ Bandar Puteri, Puchong
Dec 29th
How did you celebrate your Christmas? Well, I kind of celebrated it over a shabu shabu meal at Restaurant Shabu Shabu located in Bandar Puteri Puchong. And since most of my friends have went back to hometown on the very day, I went alone. Sounds damn pity huh, lol.
Even after blogging about food for three years, I have yet to really get used to all the glares and stares from other customers when they see me whipping out my camera and taking photos. And the fact that I was eating alone made it looked even weirder, lol. If you spot any poor soul armed with a camera (especially those eating alone), try not to look please. Probably just a food blogger trying to do his/her thing.
Some things I like about Japanese shabu shabu are the hygienic concept of not having to share your boiling pot, and easy heat control just by using two buttons (either warm or cook)
But, the most interesting thing for me about this particular restaurant is the shabu shabu ingredients that go around on the conveyor belt. It’s like eating steamboat, sushi style. If you think plain soup is too boring, you can find ABC soup ingredients to be added into your soup. It comes on the belt too so keep an eye for it ok.
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