STEAM BOAT @ RESTAURANT CHOONG HUAT - YULEK, CHERAS

The last time I had steamboat was during Chinese New Year reunion dinner with my family. My mom was the one who prepared the tasty herbal soup, aromatic chilies sauces, fried garlic oil and ensure sufficient fresh prawns, squids, sea cucumber, sea asparagus, assorted fish balls and greens are enough for our hungry tummies. And we truly enjoyed home cooked steamboat...Penang style.

Last weekend, a friend invited me and two others for a steamboat dinner. We arrived Restaurant Choong Huat at about 7pm and few families were seen started their indulgence in an open air concept.

Shortly after seated, we were given a two page menu and made a quick order i.e.steamboat for two pax (there were four of us), a plate of grilled stringray and 4 BBQ chicken wings.



Two types of chillies sauce for dipping + fried onion oil
Being a Penangite (and always), I love using/adding lots of fried garlic oil in my cooking especially soup to enhance taste and flavour. As expected, this restaurant (and others too) don't have what I asked for and I was a little disappointed!






 

portion for 2 pax  @ RM15.80 pp

herbal + tom yam soup

When this pot of hot bubbling soup was place on our table, I didn't except the herbal soup in brown colour. My friend jokingly said that it might be bah kut teh soup. Upon sipping, we can't smell/taste the presence of any herbs at all...adding fried onion sauce did not even lift up the soup taste!  As for the tom yam broth, nothing to shout about.

BBQ Chicken Wings (RM2 each)

not charred  enough but still good



Grilled Stringray (RM19)
although it look quite dried on the surface but overall it was decent...fleshy meat and slightly burnt crackling skin. just eat this  without dipping the bland red chillies sauce.

Overall, I don't really enjoy the food heree BUT I must admit my friends and our hilarious jokes made up the wonderful night.



ADDRESS
Restaurant Choong Huat

22-23, Block P/E, Tmn Cheras,
56100 Kuala Lumpur
03-9131 1975



BUFFET SHABU-SHABU IN NAGOMI

I love eating steam boat especially with wide arrays of fresh seafood. Having read about the super deal promotion in Nagomi Shabu Shabu, Menara Hap Seng with price tag @ RM32.80++ (adult) and RM18.80++ (child), I decided to check it out over a lunch date. I anticipated a big crowd as I had made reservation a week ahead but was glad only half of the restaurant was filled up by diners. Meaning, we can enjoy our food slowly without rushing to queue up for refill.

fresh and sizable seafood...
luv the 50 cents size scallop, juicy baby lobster, salmon fish head, fresh oyster

various types of greens...spoilt with choices

imported Australian fresh oysters.....my fave

imported slices of reddish lamb ....tender & sweet

fried baby losters and fish...so addictive

dessert... like the jelly with coconut milk

our pick for the day...can't wait to eat

each of us were allocated with a small pot of soup to cook the fresh seafood

steam boat is incomplete with these...
sauces for your soup base and dippings

imported live baby lobster in aquarium..
the chef highly recommended me to try this and he claimed it's sweet



this live crustacean trying to crawl out from my palate but you can't...



end result after 5 minutes in the hot boiling soup...ready to wallop!
I do agree with the chef statement.

In an hour, we ended our lunch with black sesame & vanilla flavour ice cream.

For info, this buffet exclude drinks. I ordered a small bottle of mineral water + a glass of ice cubes for RM5 without knowing they serve refillable green tea/ocha at RM3!


Suite 1-19, 1st Floor, The Podium,
Menara Hap Seng (Formerly Mui Plaza)
Jalan P. Ramlee, 50250 Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: 03-2141 6332

WeekDays
 (Dinner) 6.00pm - 10.00pm
Weekends & Public Holiday
(Lunch) 12.00pm - 2.30pm
(Dinner) 6.00pm - 10.00pm



Website: http://nagomishabushabu.com/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/nagomijapaneserestaurant



THAI BBQ/STEAMBOAT

This is a post birthday dinner with a friend. I was given the honour to select my choice of food and I opted Rest Q Thai located in Taman Dagang, Ampang cos' I heard people raves so much about the buffet BBQ & Steamboat and can't wait to explore it .

We arrived there early and only two tables was occupied . The restaurant was spacious with clean layout and good ventilation too .

Since it is a buffet, you are free to pick and take as much as you want from various selection of fresh seafood, fishballs, noodles, vegetables and marinated meats for steamboat or BBQ. But be warned that any unconsumed food will be charged RM10 for every 100g. For steamboat, you have the option to choose two types of soup depending on the day you visit this eatery.

our 1st choice of soup...sweet and fragrant without MSG

our 2nd choice of soup...superb and aromatic

assorted types of marinated meats & seafood for barbeque


fishballs in all shapes, flavour and sizes


choices of vegetables, noodles, mushrooms & etc

for our steamboat & barbeque, we opted for greens


meat & seafood....for bbq

fresh seafood for steamboat

more seafood for steamboat

here we go......patiently waiting for food to cook


buffet spread of ready to eat grilled chicken wing, thai salad, fried noodles & rice and etc
'the chicken wing was indeed tantalizing'

and also Thai desserts to end your meal

By the time we finished our dinner, the whole restaurant was fully occupied mostly by families. Comparing this eatery with Restaurant HZT Steamboat/BBQ in Kepong, I prefer the latter with more choices of seafood, buffet spread, desserts and drinks. Do note that Restaurant HZT Steamboat/BBQ has increased their price to RM26.90 nett per person.

Address:

G13A & G15, Dagang Avenue, Jalan Dagang B/3A

Taman Dagang, 68000 Ampang, Selangor

Tel:03-42703562

PULAU KETAM SEAFOOD STEAMBOAT

One birthday boy + 10 guests = seafood steamboat dinner in Pulau Ketam Seafood Steamboat restaurant in Taman Sri Bahtera, Kuala Lumpur.

We arrived there closed to 6.30pm with lots of empty table. But as the sky grew darker, the whole restaurant was filled up, sign of good business. This is my first time stepping into this eatery although I heard it many times from friend who compliments about cheap and delicious steamboat here.

list/pricing of additional ingredients

our order came in 2 sets of fresh seafood, assorted fishballs, fu chuk & greens

and complete with 1 plates of rolls dried yee mee, vermicelli and 10 eggs


fried onion oil and pounded red chilies

1 piping hot pot in tom yam soup

another piping hot pot in clear soup

after walloped all the main ingredients, we put in rolls of dried yee mee and vermicilies

and also finished all the 10 eggs
toast to the b'day boy
Total bill
Overall, I love the tasty and flavorful tom yam soup. If there is fried garlic oil, I definetely would have 3 bowls of the clear soup cos' the fried onion oil can't give the aromatic smell. But the pounded red chilies was a superb dipping sauce.

My verdict.....homecooked seafood steamboat still the best!

RESTORAN HZT STEAMBOAT

I have visited this restaurant earlier before my second visit with my friends on last weekend. After heard me telling them it is only RM19.90 (excluding 5% tax)for all you can eat buffet steamboat and barbeque, they asked me to bring them for a dinner there.

So, here we are in Restoran HZT Stemboat located in a shoplot behind Carrefour, Kepong.

the crowd gets bigger after 7pm

ready to eat food!

wide selection of noodles, seafood,marinated meat, fishballs, vegetables

our sizzling BBQ plate

our steamboat with normal and tomyam soup

assorted ice cream flavour

slices of watermelon and oranges

Restoran HZT Steamboat

No.C-G-6 Jalan Metro Perdana 3

Taman Usahawan

52100 Kepong, Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 019-2779352, 012-699 1372

Business Hours: 5pm to 11.30pm