Unlike Golden BBQ which places the food at the sides of the restaurant, Jolly places them in a room behind instead. The entrance is not too big so there could be some congestion when the customers grow.

As you can see I was there early so I had the whole room for my own to take photos lol. Anyway, having a huge selection of food is no doubt one of the factors for a successful BBQ steamboat restaurant. It always impresses customers and gives them a perception that they are getting their money’s worth.

Another factor is to have a reasonable amount of fresh seafood. Jolly’s seafood is not as fresh as it can get but still acceptable for me. Then again, let’s get real.. how many buffet style steamboat restaurants can afford to provide the freshest seafood at a fixed price eh?

Vegetables, noodles, eggs and salad.

Many different processed food - meat balls, fish balls, crab sticks etc. Pandan chicken is also available for your BBQ pleasure.

Also, some hot dogs and marinated chicken wings meant for BBQ. Never ever put the marinated stuff into your soup.. my friend did it once and it was a disaster, lol. Yeah, I am laughing now but it wasn’t funny when it happened.

Food cooking in the process.. it’s really fun. That’s all I am going to show because things were really messy after that lol.

The four condiments available from sesame oil to sweet and chili sauce.

After your meal, help yourself to colorful the jellies for dessert.

I snapped this photo under the heavy rain.. talk about being a dedicated and hardcore food blogger eh? If you’re not into steamboat, there are other Chinese restaurants and a couple of bistros for beers at 8-Row as well. You can find the full restaurant listings at oomph.
Finding Krian Road should be relatively easy even if you’re not really familiar with Penang’s roads. From Komtar, turn into McAlister road and look for Red Rock Hotel on your right, shortly after that is a turning to the left. Take that left turn and you will be in Krian Road already.

Address: 2-22E, Krian Road, 10400 Penang
Map via Wikimapia

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There’s only one type of fish being used, which is Tilapia (非洲鱼). I don’t really know the preparation process (except it was baked) but the fish came out really fresh and tender. The crispy looking skin was so salty, it was never meant to be eaten. So, the boss would always cut off the skin to reveal the white flesh.

Eating the fish with rice alone would be too dry. So, a sweet and spicy sauce as shown is used to eat with the fish. The tiny bits you see in the soy sauce contribute to the spiciness.

An order for a medium sized fish cost RM18 that day. The price is not fixed as it is calculated according to the fish’s weight.

Other dishes we had tasted pretty normal so I will not mention them, except this - Four Heavenly Kings @ RM10. The name alone make it seems expensive and all but it’s actually a dish of four different vegetables stir fried with shrimp paste. The four vegetables were long beans, brinjal, winged beans and petai (stink bean).
I wonder if the dish is named after Hong Kong’s ‘Heavenly King’ singers? If so, I’d like to think that Leon Lai represents petai because I like him the least, lol.

The Tilapias are reared in a huge plastic tub located right next to the dining tables. When an order is made the fish is knocked unconscious by the worker using a piece of wood then immediately cooked. This explains the freshness of the fish.

Oh before I forget, 8TV’s Hochak actually visited this restaurant before. The episode can be viewed at FoodPoi. That aside, the lack of parking space is a problem because the restaurant is located within a housing area with very narrow roads. Open for dinner only.

Address: No. 249-B，Jalan 2，Kawasan 6，43300 Seri Kembangan，Selangor.
Map: Wikimapia Somewhere behind the Hainanese Chicken Rice stall

Other review: JoyOFood, coincidentally it was her and her bf (my buddy) who introduced me to this restaurant

A normal prawn mee cost RM4 per bowl and you can opt for extra toppings like squid, big whole shelled prawns and pork ribs. Shown here is a bowl with extra pork ribs (3 pieces) at RM7, meaning each pork rib is RM1. The ribs were soft and tasty, I felt they were well worth the extra bucks I paid.

Taste wise, it is awesome! The soup is really cooked faithfully according to Penang’s style, a bit sweet and full of prawny flavor. Just a sip of the soup immediately brought back memories of another good prawn mee I used to have when I was small.
It was during primary school when I used to attend tuition classes at night. Father would then fetch me home on his motorbike and we would go pass this prawn mee stall. The smell alone was so good I always ask my father to stop and tarpao a packet for supper. The taste, is at least 90% similar. If you were born in the 80s like me, you would know that a packet of noodles cost only RM1.20 that time.

Although it’s Penang prawn mee they’re selling, you won’t find any pork meat and fish cakes in the noodle. Not even kangkung. These are some common ingredients you’d find in our Hokkien Mee (our way of calling Prawn Mee)
Anyway, that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Because they do give more fresh prawns that come in whole and half an egg. I have seen some hawkers really stinge on the prawns.. where an already very small prawn can be sliced into 4 portions, lol.

If there’s anything to be improved, I guess it would be their attention towards customer’s requests. Because I think the boss is being a bit arrogant here, he doesn’t really bother unless you’re asking for extra toppings (too famous maybe?)
Just for your information I hate fried onions, I never eat them unless it’s for chee cheong fun. So, I always tell the boss to exclude it. Well, you should be able to tell whether my request was entertained looking at the photos, lol. Not trying to be fussy here, but it has happened twice.

Despite having my nemesis swimming in my tasty bowl of prawn soup, I still finished the whole thing happily lol. And the fact that I have to drive 40 minutes to reach here does not bother me at all. Because, the prawn mee is that good.

Location: Wikimapia Map

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I won’t be going into details about the dim sum here but they are mostly good tasting. I also think that their dim sum is the top in BM currently for quality and variety.

Besides Hong Kong style dim sum, Dim Sum City is also serving Taiwan and Shanghai styled dim sum. So, you will be spoilt for choice here.

This is how a typical weekend crowd looks like at Dim Sum City. Even though the restaurant is huge to accomodate hundreds of customers at one time, a free table is still kinda hard to find.

If you are like me who got disappointed by Wong Chow, do head to Dim Sum City located just after BM’s Old Town Kopitiam (on your right just before you reach Kampung Baru’s wet market on your left)

Wikimapia map

Funny thing Thye Hong calls ‘Oh Chien’ Omelette Oyster. Isn’t Oyster Omelette more suitable? Hmm.. What do you think?

Despite the huge portion and looking delicious, I did not have high expectations for the dish. But, I was wrong. Costing RM8 nett, the oyster omelette was surprisingly pretty good with quite a lot of big fresh oysters. Nice.

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A new limited time only set meal is called the “Move It” Meal, consisting of a Double McChicken, Move It Shaker Fries (large) and Green McFizz. The Double McChicken and Fries cost RM10.40 while the Green McFizz is priced at RM3.80, totalling RM14.20 for the meal. The Green McFizz contains real crushed pineapple. So, there’s something to chew on while drinking.

I can’t remember the last time I had Double McChicken, but it was sure a long time ago. There’s nothing much to say about the burger since it’s only an additional chicken patty. But mine sure had lots of lettuce lol, so much it was overflowing. If ordered via ala carte, the Double McChicken costs RM8.80. Yeah I know it’s pricey, which is why I will probably just eat it just once.

Lastly, a compulsory comparison between the Double McChicken as advertised and the real thing. Fast food restaurants are known to show nice and tempting photos of their food but when the real thing arrives, they look miserable. Well, I am glad to say the McD at Equine Park is still doing a good job on maintaining the quality. It is one of the very few McDs I would actually go nowadays.

If you hang out here often, you might catch me here on one afternoon

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Whenever I don’t feel like spending a lot for meal while shopping in KLCC, I’d head to Hameed’s Nasi Kandar for a plate of their nice and cheap nasi kandar. Seriously, RM4.80 for a meat and vegetable nasi kandar meal is damn cheap in KLCC. Heck, it’s even cheaper than what I could get in Cyberjaya!

My favorite would be Nasi Kandar Campur Kambing with kuah campur (mixed curry gravy) It tastes a lot better than many nasi kandar stalls out there, believe me. If you’re not into soft drinks, you’d be happy to know Hameed Nasi Kandar also sells the usual Malaysian drinks like teh or milo ais. Price is around RM1.80-RM2.00 if I am not mistaken.

Instead of curry chicken, Ayam Kicap (chicken in dark soya sauce) which tasted a bit sweet is included in the Nasi Kandar Campur Ayam. The portions might be a little small for some, but it does the job for me.

I guess this stall is famous enough so I’d just skip the introductions and location map of Lorong Selamat. Yeah she’s notorious for being arrogant, ignores your special requests and you even have to queue up for her Char Koay Teow (self service).
One may argue there are many other Char Koay Teow stalls which are better, cheaper and friendlier than this one. But there’s no doubt her Char Koay Teow is one of the best in Penang. The extra large prawns that drive everyone’s attention, the fragrance and deliciousness from the plenty of wok hei are certainly not something easily found at my current area.

One unconfirmed story was that her stall was attacked with a brick from one of her unhappy customers. After that incident, the auntie was said to have improved her attitude towards customers. Any of you have insider stories to share?

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The yong tau fu here is made fresh. Means, you choose the items like brinjals, lady’s fingers (okra), chili and the cook will stuff them with meat after that. I guess it’s safe to say that the yong tau fu here is really fresh and nothing is prepared beforehand.
I don’t know if you noticed, some yong tau fu restaurants already prepared the items earlier. So, when an order is made, they simply deep fry them again. We should insist on fresh food, no?

This is the way I like my yong tau fu, with soup. If you are here, the one thing you must definitely try is the deep fried tofu (tofu pok) sandwiched with pork meat. It’s super crispy! Honestly I was quite surprised that tofu pok can taste so good lol. Shown here is the set the cook customized for four of us. It cost a little under RM10 for each of us.

On my second vist, we ordered the Ji Bao Gai (paper wrapped chicken) If you remembered I said something about Ji Bao Gai being cold, this is it. Too bad, because of that the Ji Bao Gai didn’t score high points for me. I wonder if you could ask the cook to re-heat them or something? I will find out next time OK.

I am not a big fan of brinjals (ai gua) but SL is, it’s her favorite in yong tau fu. So, I only take the meat and leave the brinjals for her, lol.

Here, the restaurant can be easily spotted as it’s located just opposite SK Puchong Batu school. Overall, very nice and highly recommended. Just for clarification that’s not my car OK lol. Try to get here an hour before or after school as the traffic can get a little congested.
Wikimapia location: Puchong Yong Tau Fu

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The minced meat was OK but the noodles was a disappointment, pretty bland tasting. Sad to say it still has a long way to go before being able to match the Hakka noodles in KL. Even those prepared by foreigners taste better. The only consolation is the cheap price @ RM2.50 per bowl.

Oops, crappy photo due to backlight lol. Besides Hakka noodle, Yong Tau Fu and Lui Cha are also available. Although I am Hakka, I am not a big fan of Lui Cha at all lol. If you haven’t had Hakka noodle before but curious about the taste, you can probably give it a try.

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