So the suan felt hungry and wanted to go to Talipon, since she don’t really care about other options, we went there. Talipon is a steamboat and grill place with the buffet concept, the typical eat all you can, but will charge you extra if you are wasteful. You get a 2 in 1 grill + steamboat set up, with a choice of clear or tomyam soup.
can you see FA & Val, or did suan take up too many pixels?
It was ages since I last went to this particular restaurant despite the close proximity, I guess the slowness of shrimp serving on the last visit played a part in that (as in, the owner took her time to top up the shrimps on the buffet line, leaving that tray empty 85% of the time). Luckily, no such problem this time, I guess they figured out that wasn’t a good business tactic.
the selection
The selection of food at Talipon isn’t too bad. You have several types of meat such chicken, beef, and mutton. There are also shrimp, flower crab, squid, and several types of shell fish on the seafood side. As with every other DIY type of buffet, there’s a huge variety of fishball taste alike items too. Then you have vege, tofu, eggs, fruits, some local kuih for dessert, and even Vanilla ice cream. Not a bad selection for around RM 18 per person, drinks not included though.
Bestnya the chilli shrimp.. yum
Now, the best thing about eating at Talipon is the chilli prawn invented by yours truely a couple years back. It goes a little like this (refer to accompanying photos above):
- peel off shrimps
- dip in chilli sauce
- grill with some butter
- yum yum yum
Updated LRT map with Rapid KL logo, bestnya!
Address:
Jalan SS 25/2,
Petaling Jaya, Selangor
GPS: 3.113305, 101.605897
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By kimberlycun on May 17, 2006 | Reply
I CANT BELIEVE U WENT TO TALIPON AND DIDNT CALL ME!!!!!! BASTARDSSSSSSSSSS
KY: it’s for your own good, kim. you want to be able to fit into the baju
By foodcrazee on May 17, 2006 | Reply
raw prawn in chilli and then grilled ?
My goodness – say Good Bye to the chilli sauce. Cant be dipped into anymore….contamination
By suanie on May 17, 2006 | Reply
?
I remember giving you other options, and asking if you wanted to eat elsewhere.
this whole fat/pixel thing is not funny anymore.
KY: just joking la suannnnn
By mizzvickz on May 17, 2006 | Reply
i remember the last time me and my friends went there, we were checking out the variety of food and when we saw alot of flies around the food, we left. lol.
By sbd18 on May 17, 2006 | Reply
i hate that place…not worth the rm18…and they actually still take their time in refilling the good stuff…was there about a month back and the aunty was slow as ever…plus it takes so freaking long to cook something…u need like half a day to enjoy your money’s worth…
By ShaolinTiger on May 19, 2006 | Reply
If you go really early it’s fine, last time I went I ate about 3.5kg of prawns..
By wan on May 19, 2006 | Reply
why do you always make fun of “the suan’s” weight? is it an inside joke? seems like something that would not be appreciated by anyone.
KY: in a way, yes, a bad inside joke.
By Matthew on May 25, 2006 | Reply
there’s one in Pandan Perdana, huhu.
By Karen Lee on Jun 12, 2006 | Reply
This place sucks!!!!
By Bluey on Jun 16, 2006 | Reply
there’s one in penang that’s even better
14 bucks nia.
forgot whats d street name liao
d last time i went there.
thanks again ky
my mom’s hooked on your blog – she keeps suggesting we go to new places because of you!
By Sasha on Jul 24, 2006 | Reply
Careful while eating thier fried stuff like the mee and the fried rice. My sis found a rusty nail in the fried rice once. And the aunty just said ..”oh”..and took it away. Nothing happened after that.
By KY on Jul 24, 2006 | Reply
Bluey,
no name no address? susah sikit..
Sasha,
That’d be nasty.
By silentz on Dec 27, 2006 | Reply
do KJ talipon got fon num? can i haff it if u haff? thx!