Showing posts with label Steamboat 火锅. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Steamboat 火锅. Show all posts

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Steamboat & "Dusty" Wings @ Kundasang

When time to bid farewell, Jimmy fetched us to this restaurant, which is conveniently 10 minutes walking distance from our lodging. We were getting a bit dubious....since the whole restaurant was engulfed in unwonted darkness with only very dim candle's light.

Were told that the shop was down of electricity....

While hesitating whether to move to another restaurant, a young charming Kadazan girl popped up, her command of Mandarin was impeccable! Actually, she is Sino Kadazan, she has Chinese’s blood in her, no wonder! We all got hooked with her angelical smile. Well, eventually, we stayed despite the blackout......

Surrounded by bushy floras, temperature at Kundasang, especially after dark could get you chilled to bone. For dinner, nothing could be more comforting than sipping the hot soup, it prompted us to order a small steamboat set and a fried rice.

The portion was big containing fish balls, squid, crab stick, noodles and egg. Was amused to see the steamboat pot, like a toy.... the soup almost splashed out when we threw in the fish balls, Kiat suggested to add another pot of tom yam soup base, which was also served in similar toy's size pot, and the tom yam was surprisingly awesome… The bill of the dinner came up to be RM52.

Dining in the dark, certainly an unforgetable experience for all of us !!! T-TOur stomach was just half filled while we headed back to Pine Resort. Saw smoke coming out from a shabby shack....

Yahhhh, it's gggggggggggggrilled chicken wings!!! Kiat pointed that grilled chicken wings are “must eat” of Kudasang (no idea where he did his survey though), whatsoever, basically, I would never say NO to grilled chicken wings.....

RM1.20 per piece...where to find in KL nowadays, huh!!!?

So delish when eaten warm, yummy yummy.....Since the stall was along the main road, the “dust” had probably given it extra kick! ;-P


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Saturday, April 11, 2009

Pakli Steamboat Restaurant 旺角台湾石头火锅店

The night of Good Friday, after a facial treatment, Moon raved for steamboat. Instead of ordinary seafood or herbal soup base, we had something else on mind, YES, the Pakli Steamboat Restaurant (旺角台湾石头火锅店)! I wonder why the English name of the shop is not “Mongkok ”(That should be the direct translation from Chinese)!? Anyway, we had never remembered the name till this recent visit even though we enjoyed dining there a lot.

We had not been here for so long. While heading the way, at the mere thought we did speculate if the shop had already been shifted or closed down for good in view of the prolonged economy setback…Thanks God, it’s still open! The interior didn’t seem to have any major changes. Oh, the same bar tables and bar stools in square geometric order, still looked familiar to us. At the back, ordinary dining tables had been arrayed to cater group like family members and friends. I recognized the Taiwanese boss who greeted us at door. We decided to sit at the back. I was impressed with the gas stove that looked like BRAND NEW. The owner seems to pay much heed to customer’s need, apart from the standard pork set, lamb set, beef set and seafood set, there’re 2 in 1 sets listed in the menu namely seafood paired with any selection of red meat. We chose seafood and beef set (RM43.80). As for drink, glad to know that they’re still serving Qing Dao Beer (青岛啤酒 RM7.80 per bottle) that we couldn’t help to order 2 bottles that served with chilled glasses. The helper heated up the stone pot with a little oil and slightly sautéed the shredded onion, chopped garlic and cabbage (very much alike to Korean barbecue’s practice) before pouring in the clear soup that cooked with bone.

Australian sukiyaki sliced beef and a plate of veggie including fish balls, meatballs, tofu, egg & enoki mushroom were sent to us next.

Followed by seafood that encompassed mussel, fish,squid, prawn, fish balls, and sliced abalone. Not forgetting the Taiwanese Shacha 沙茶酱dip...Diners may add chopped garlic, chopped spring onion and chopped coriander leaves into the dipto their taste. This Shacha dip is what we missed the most! Amid the soothing Taiwanese songs of 90s with the coolest beer and a wonderful steamboat set, we were getting chatty and completely intoxicated ourselves in this comfy ambiance…Our set comprised total 3 plates with more than 10 kind of food varieties, the portion looked like fine dining but I think it was just nice for two. After throwing in all the meat and seafood, the broth became super sweet, even beat the chicken stock in cube, in order not to waste it, we ordered noodle (Rm5) to go with this soup. The noodle was so springy and chewy , we felt so contented after the meal!

Address : Pakli Steamboat Restaurant

6, Jalan 5/109F, Taman Danau Desa, 58100 Kuala Lumpur.

Tel:03-7987 6778

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