I think steamboat is a very Chinese thing. Well, at least here in the Klang Valley, it is. Most of the flourishing steamboat restaurants are filled to capacity, with mainly Chinese diners. We Chinese seem to love cooking our food in boiling broth and then slurping up the soup later. I love steamboat for that very reason, the soup-slurping, I mean. Being a Cantonese, I do love my soups, a love that’s inculcated since childhood. That’s one of the very first things my mother taught me – how to boil … [Read more...]
Private Kitchen – Ding Ding Grilled Fish Steamboat
I love steamboats, of any kind – be it the Japanese-styled shabu-shabu, our local Malaysian style or the more refined Hong Kong style. Then along came this “Ding Ding” style from Private Kitchen and I was intrigued. I mean, it sounds so cute and catchy… ding ding? So, off I traipsed to Private Kitchen in SS2 on one rainy Thursday and realised that Thursday is not a good day to be in that part of SS2 due to the weekly pasar malam. But since I was already there, it was a good opportunity to … [Read more...]
A steaming affair at Celestial Court, Sheraton Imperial Kuala Lumpur
Fans of steamboat, or “hot pot” would be delighted to know that they can now indulge in this steaming affair at Celestial Court, Sheraton Imperial Kuala Lumpur until 30 December 2014. The “All Steamed Up - Oriental Steamboat” promotion offers 5 unique broths and I really have a hard time deciding which one is the best as they are all so good. But if I have to pick a favourite broth, then it has to be the “Lui Yee Hung” Chinese wine with Cordyceps Herbal Soup. The extra-fragrant wine lifts … [Read more...]
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