Farmland Porridge Steamboat at Jalan Maharajalela

Wow Weeeee!!! Aiyo, this weekend we've had two steamboats in a row for dinner... The Gan family (wifey's family) wanted to celebrate Mother's Day so the siblings got together to take their parents our since they're in KL for a short visit... Recommended by the Ah Yee who's also a foodie we went to try out this special porridge steamboat...

Like playing the Toto Jackpot, we had many combinations to choose amongst the 3 types of porridge which were Plain White (five variety rice porridge), Golden (pumpkin & sweet potato porridge) and Jade (spinach porridge)... Then you have the Clear, Bone & Tom Yam broth to fill the ying yang style pot...

My review on this scrumptious meal is simple...
It's Excellent... The ingredients were fresh, yummy and not all that common.... Oooohhh, oooohhh... oooohhh, Big Tiger prawns!!! Not tiny white shrimps!!!

Imagine biting into the fish noodles and munching away with a soft springy feeling... Their fish balls, pork balls, veggie wrap balls, crab balls, gosh that's a lot of balls!!! They were all nice and springy with that "Toink!!! Toink!!!" feeling...

The condiments too tasted of the freshest chilies as if the owner had a farm up at Cameron Highlands!!! Loved the fresh red sauce and the Thai Style sauce made with lime juice, grounded peanuts, fish sauce,minced garlic, lime rinds, salt, sugar & finely chopped chilies... This I got based on my tasting pallet, hope I didn't miss anything out... Lol...

Oh yeah, service was great even with a packed restaurant, they had kiddy cutlery, kiddy cup and plate, very clean toilets and washing area, cooling air condition with great ventilation and mind you in any steamboat restaurant ventilation is very the important!!! But most importantly, as a Father I judge a restaurant by the cleanliness of it's baby chair and theirs were super clean!!!

My little Smurf and the Gan's enjoyed the meal and me being DBKL as always didn't have any problems nor struggled in any way to finish cleaning up the dishes so that was good... My only setback for this fabulous meal was the MSG aftertaste... They may have sprinkled a tad too much so I got home a little thirsty lah...

***Oooohhh!!! Wifi password is on the picture above and it's fast because they're using UniFi... 

31-33, Jalan Maharajalela
50150 KL...
Call for reservation: 03-9226 2318 or 013 2711 127
Parking: At the main road or the end of the block (not too difficult lah)
GPS: Lat: 3.13711 - Lon: 101.70227

Sin Kee Kitchen at Taman Desa

For many years this humble kitchen has been serving the community as well as foodies all over Malaysia with their very best... If you ask foodies where is the best Siew Yoke(roasted crackling pork) or Ngap(Roasted Duck), Sin Kee will surely be on their little black foodie book...

My yummy belly first met Sin Kee a while back when my best friend Boh Ming who stays nearby brought me there for "Ngap fan" and it was heavenly... The duck was roasted perfectly with the lightness of it's skin without the fats as it has been rendered into the meat as if they were confit duck... Boh Ming taught me the best way to savor the duck dish, order the whole thigh and tell them not to cut the meat... Being right handed you hold your spoon and get ready while the left hand holds the drumstick, yes "Viking" style!!!

On another occasion another friend living nearby took me to Sin Kee for lunch and I had confirmed my love for their Char Siew & Siew Yoke!!! I was with Francis Jee and we went over for some Ngap and porky goodness... You have two options for Char Siew, either the fat fat oily oily belly good oink oink which melts in your mouth by the way or the lean meat loin which gives you that tender meat pleasure without being chewy... But the Siew Yoke leh no choice, it's always crispy and crunchy and eating the crackling skins are like munching on prawn crackers... Heavenly!!!

After that two occasions I've found my way to Sin Kee Kitchen when I have the chance and have brought my parents and wifey there too!!!

Today after Church at Desa Chapel Taman Desa, we went over and had Char Siew, Siew Yoke & Chicken...

Yes, even the chicken you get to choose which part you wanna have and we choose the drumstick... I would like to add that their roasted chicken was also cooked to perfection with paper thin skins with out the fats and the meat is tender and juicy...

Wifey, our little Smurf and myself, we had a yummy yum lunch today!!! Burpppp!!!

Oh yah, they do have other things on the menu to go with your meats... If you're not into rice just go ahead and order wan tan noodles or porridge and these meats are not your thing they also have chap fan dishes, steamed soups, etc... For breakfast & tea you can have a go at their baked oink oink buns, egg tarts, Oink oink siew pau, chicken siew pau and kaya puffs!!! Ooooooohhh for desert they also have their famous homemade creme caramel...

Sing Kee Kitchen
61A, Jalan Desa Bakti
Taman Desa
58100 Kuala Lumpur.
Tel – 603-7981 6136
Mobile – 012-398 0679 (Danny Chai)
Business Hours – 9:00am - 9:30pm
GPS Coordinates: N03′ 06.224 E101′ 40.976

Coco Steamboat @ Old Klang Road

Today we decided to not cook and go out to our little steamboat place... The main one is from Cheras and they recently opened a branch near our home so we didn't have to travel so far... Since it's opening in mid 2012, the OKR branch has always been packed with patrons from all non halal walks of life, near & far they found their way here!!! The broth is superb of course and this is like our 5th time here...

In order to have a relaxing and enjoyable meal time and good parking spot I would advise you to be extra "Cina" and come as early as 5:45pm to grab your table... They do not do any reservations because it will be all packed up by 6:30pm, it's a first come first serve basis deal here!!! Don't worry if you don't have a table if you come after 6:30pm, just head on to the counter and pass them your contact then wait between 10-20minutes for them to get you a fresh table...

You will have a choice of clear broth or their famous oink oink bone broth... You'll pay a premium for the special broth but it's yummy yum yum... Do go with family & friends to get the best sharing value!!!

We went as a couple tagging along the little Smurf so for us the clear broth did it for us...

A good tip for a couple will be to order one portion instead of two and then choose the side dishes so that your meal will be extra colorful and a colorful meal always makes the belly happy!!! My Belly Lah!!!

I think the steamboat is reasonably priced and good... Like all other restaurants, there's gonna be a bit of MSG aftertaste... This restaurant left me with a mild one so just drink more water when you get home yah!!! Happy Eating & don't forget to tambah soup!!!
Ps: My little smurf had a great time & his high chair was clean, I choose a clean one of course!!!


More info:  
COCO Steamboat
Branch 1:
NO 2, Lrg Jugra off,
Jalan BT3,
Jln Klang Lama,
58000, Kuala Lumpur.
Beside Hyundai showroom
Tel: 019-277 6596
Business Hours: Opens daily from 6:00pm – 11:00pm (alternate Monday off)

Branch 2:
No. 37 Ground Floor,
Jalan 1/119,
Taman Bukit Hijau (within Taynton View),
Cheras 56100,
Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-9130 1940 / 019-338 2222 (Jasly Wong)
Business Hours: Opens daily from 6:00pm – 11:00pm (alternate Monday off)