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Steamboat
Steamboat, BBQ Steamboat
Ho Ho Steamboat (Pulau Ketam) @ Bandar Menjalara, Kepong
Mar 21st
Ho Ho Steamboat is a chained steamboat restaurant that has 5 branches across Klang Valley, one of them in Bandar Menjalara. They have the words Pulau Ketam appended to their restaurant name because they bulk most of their seafood from the island, well at least according to the lady boss.
If you are dining as a couple then too bad there aren’t many choices for you. You would probably have to order the set meal @ RM15.50 per pax, and there is a minimum order of two. Well you could also go for ala carte but I think you would end up paying more instead.
Luckily the set meal offered is not too shabby for its price. For a two person set, it comes with two large prawns, some siakap slices, fish balls, dumplings, etc. You know the drill. The good thing is the seafood is fresh and you could really taste the difference from those served in buffet type of steamboat restaurants. But of course when you compare it to Happy City, the latter clearly wins in terms of freshness because they serve live seafood. So, you do get what you pay.
Bar B Q Plaza – Perfect For These Rainy Days
Jan 3rd
Rainy days are here again and the rain seems to follow me wherever I go. It was raining when I was in KL for the past few weeks. It was also raining when I went Bukit Tinggi and Kuantan few days ago.
It is just one of those days that I really crave for a stomach-warming meal like barbeque and steamboat.
Bone & Pot (Yau Guat Hei) Steamboat Restaurant @ SS25, Petaling Jaya
Nov 29th
Frequent commuters of LDP would notice a rather new steamboat restaurant called Bone & Pot just before (or after if you are coming from Kepong direction) Kelana Jaya station. The restaurant’s Chinese name – 有骨气 (Yau Guat Hei) is rather catchy too, as it doubles in meaning as “person of high integrity” and also to tell that their signature broth is prepared with pork bone.
Naturally there are three things that make a good steamboat meal: broth, fresh ingredients and dipping sauce. Bone & Pot realizes this very well so they put more emphasis on the broth’s quality by simmering it with big pork bones for over 24 hours – until it turns milky white naturally rich with pork bone flavor. Because of this, unlike the average steamboat restaurants that gives out their MSG-laden broth for free, Bone & Pot actually charges RM15 for their Signature Pork Bone Broth.
Bone & Pot also emphasizes a lot on homemade steamboat ingredients especially their meat balls and noodles. Their Homemade Pork Balls (RM6.90 for 4 pieces) is something I would highly recommend to try. Size of a ping pong ball, firm and tender when cooked, they are simply delicious. The obvious tradeoff is the price, which is really expensive at an aveage RM1.70 a piece. The White Crab Roe balls behind are equally recommended too, but also even more expensive @ RM8.80 for 4 pieces.
Happy City Steamboat Restaurant (Live Seafood) @ Kepong
Oct 1st
When it comes to steamboat I bet most of you think of going for the buffet type first. Although it’s cheaper and you get to eat all you can, the ingredients are often those of cheap and of substandard freshness. Most of the time I leave the restaurant unsatisfied.
Alternatively, by spending 20-30% more you could have a nice steamboat meal at Happy City Steamboat Restaurant just a street away from Carrefour Kepong. As far as steamboat goes this is surprisingly good and the seafood set actually comes with LIVE seafood!
By the way do you notice Kepong and Menjalara area are filled with steamboat restaurants at every corner? There must be an explanation to this..
A few seafood sets are available, broken down according to the number of pax. For a 2-3 pax set, it cost RM79.90 and it comes with tiger prawns, various seafood like scallop, mussels and etc (one of each only), and a choice of flower crabs or a whole fish (choice of Red Snapper or White Pomfret).
