Damansara Village Steamboat Restaurant, Kampung Sungai Kayu Ara, Petaling Jaya

The Damansara Village Steamboat Restaurant website boasts of this place to be "First of its kind steamboat restaurant featuring "live" Pulau Ketam seafood. Fish, crabs, prawns, scallops, clams. All 'live'. All fresh."

This restaurant is nestled in the residential area of Damansara Jaya. We had a small departmental gathering here the other day, which took up 2 tables.

We started off with some chicken satay for appetiser.

And a pile of delicious deep fried chicken wings, which went very well with the sweet chilli sauce.

Also tried the deep fried dumplings. Crunchy goodness.

I don't usually eat pak cham kai (steamed silky chicken), but this one was covered with a fragrant soya sauce gravy and deep fried onions/garlic, so I had a go. Very nicely done, if I may so.

And now, the steamboat ingredients. This was the secret to great tasting steamboat stock; Chinese wine and lots of herbs!


Ma yau fish, super fresh, shiny and sweet.

Taiwan pomfret, also super fresh and tasty.

Crab sticks.

Clams.

Pretty flower crabs.

My favourite, quail eggs.

Egg noodles and chicken eggs.

Mussles, scallops and abalone slices.

An assortment of fish-paste-based ingredients, dumplings and balls.

Boil all, and feast! Our two tables (around 15 persons) paid a total of RM525 (if memory serves me right). Quite pricey for steamboat, but considering the very fresh ingredients and the lovely herbal wine broth, it was worth the money.

Damansara Village Steamboat Restaurant

1067, Jalan Jenjarum, Kg. Sg. Kayu Ara,

Off Jalan SS23/10, 47400 Petaling Jaya.

Tel: 03-7803 1832
Website: http://www.damansaravillage.blogspot.com/
Open for Dinner 7 nights a week.

You can get a map to this restaurant here.

A solid 3-bam for its fresh food and cosy tropical ambiance.

Ho Ho Restaurant, Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur

We had a steamboat dinner the day I got home. Wanted something light yet nourishing. We've noticed that steamboat is pretty popular in Sri Petaling, there were 2 such restaurants side-by-side, both crowded. We chose Ho Ho, 'cos I liked the name haha.

The stock.

The raw goods.

The noodles and eggs.

We ordered 2 standard sets meant for 2 persons, which totalled RM26.00 (each set costs RM13.00).


Ho Ho Restaurant
#19 Jalan Radin Anum 1,
Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: 012-234 2558 (Mr. Lee), 012-318 6321 (Boy), 012-289 3119 (Peter Lee)
Fax: 03-9056 1250
Website: http://www.steamboat.com.my/

For directions/map : http://www.steamboat.com.my/location.asp



We rate this place 3 bams, steamboat is pretty standard everywhere.

What we cooked/ate in Taiping during Chinese New Year

It was celebration time, and we had family over for lunch.

Mom (in law) taught me how to make roti jala.

Ok la, not so pretty but still edible!

Mom cooked chicken curry to go with the roti jala.

I made the vegetable and sourcream filling for the paiti, following Aunt PO's secret recipe.....tastes sweet and sour and crunchy.

Paiti shells, these were store-bought.

We also had a mini steamboat spread.

The steamboat, done.

Uncle CT brought his homemade Kiam Chai Boey........really great tasting stuff!

Assorted waxed meat.

Roast pork stir fried with black soy sauce......simple yet scrumptious!

Petai stir fried with pork and cincalok.......awesome!

In the evening, we put the BBQ pit to use. BBQ meat re-BBQ-ed! Prawns on a stick.

BBQ meat in a bun.

We experimented with teriyaki unagi (eel).

BBQ catfish......the banana leaf burned up, hence the black stuff sticking to the fish. We ended up feeding this to the alley cats.

BBQ stingray.....the alley cats loved it too. :D