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For those who want to try something different in steamboat rather than using the usual clear broth or tomyam soup for the soup base, porridge steamboat might be a good alternative. It is not something new in Selangor/KL, but it was new for me from Penang. The first time I tried porridge steamboat was a few years ago in Eastern Delight @ Sri Petaling and it was great! For this post, I didn’t go to Sri Petaling though, I went to Farmland Porridge Steamboat Restaurant in Serdang instead, which shares the same level of popularity with the former.

Farmland serves steamboat sets and ala carte items can be ordered separately as add-ons. A two-person mixed set that comes with some seafood, vegetables, meat balls, dumplings and fish noodles cost RM27.80. The portion wasn’t too big but it should be enough to satisfy two average eaters.

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Contest has ended! The winners are JM Chow, Saifik and Fiona Chin. Congratulations and enjoy your buffet
Thanks to those who have submitted their entries via commenting. It was really amazing to see some very lengthy and touching comments. Thanks again!

Coca has decided to throw a contest for 3 lucky readers of vkeong.com who will win a dinner buffet worth RM78++ per pax at Coca Restaurant. Each winner will be allowed to bring a guest of his/her choice to attend the dinner buffet.

The rules are simple:

1. Submit a comment for this post, explaining why you should win the contest. No restrictions on the comment length.
2. Read the review I posted about Coca’s dinner buffet. In your comment, include the dish you want to try the most among all.
3. Winners will be picked by Coca’s Marketing Manager, Andrea.
4. Contest will run for 2 weeks, ending 1st of July 2008.
5. Contest is open for everyone!
6. Good luck and have fun!

What are you waiting for?

p/s: Please make sure you enter your name and email address correctly. Else, I wouldn’t be able to contact you.

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Last weekend, I was invited by Coca to their restaurant for a steamboat buffet dinner for 2 adults worth RM78++ per pax. In return, I will write a review for them. It was the first time I was personally invited by a Marketing Manager to do a review on a restaurant. So, how could I reject the invitation? To be honest, it was an honor and who wouldn’t want a free buffet lol. Although this can be considered a paid (via free food) restaurant review, I will not be biased. If it’s good, then it’s good and vice versa.

The restaurant is clean, well designed and I immediately felt welcomed once I entered it. The very nice and polite staff immediately ushered me to my seat and I finally met Andrea, the Marketing Manager. She presented me with the menu and we immediately got down to business, ordering the food!

I thought that having a steamboat would be quite hot, so I had a fresh coconut while Siang Leng had her favorite iced lemon tea. The coconut was really fresh and well-ripe, just nice to be enjoyed.

Coca uses electric steamboat which I feel is better than using the conventional cooking gas. Sitting next to a gas tank while having steamboat isn’t exactly very nice lol. And it’s not that messy too! For the soup base, we chose a dual of Chicken and Tomyam Soup.

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Golden BBQ Steamboat Restaurant located along Nagore Street (Jalan Nagore)is a buffet style steamboat restaurant. Besides steamboat, you can also fry or barbecue food on the round pan beside the pot. Most restaurants that offer this style of steamboat are usually eat all you can for a fixed price.

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