Steamboat has always been one of my favorite type of Chinese food. There are mainly two types of steamboat places around, ala carte/set, and buffet style. While some swear by the buffet places such as Yuen at Sunway, I actually prefer the former version more. I find it usually a lot less stressful, and you don’t ever get the feeling of having to try to gorge yourself just to squeeze a bigger bang for the bucks.

Xin Chun Steamboat - Pulau Ketam style
Xin Chun Steamboat – Pulau Ketam style

A couple weeks ago I joined the guys at a simple dinner at Xin Chun Seafood Steamboat Restaurant at Kota Damansara. The place was pretty busy when we got there, the tables inside the restaurant were all filled up, and there are even tents set next to it shop filled with even more diners.

a glorious pot of steamboat
a glorious pot of steamboat

Since we aren’t exactly teenagers in puberty anymore, only three single set of steamboat is ordered (RM 13.50 per set). The set comes with prawns, dumpling, fish  meat, pork ball, fishball, tofu skin, corn & carrot (to sweeten the soup), vegetable, egg, noodle, and a few of those other fishball lookalike thingy.

dumpling, steamboat set, condiment, pork slice
dumpling, steamboat set, condiment, pork slice

For good measures, we also ordered a plate of sliced pork and dumpling.

The most important ingredient at these Pulau Ketam style steamboat places is the sambal, and it doesn’t disappoint at Xin Chun. The sambal’s spicy and flavorful, if you like a bit of complexity, add the fried shallots in it.

While the soup isn’t as great as the one with herbs at Damansara Village (extra charge of course), it holds up on its own pretty well. The ingredients were good though, I particularly like the sliced pork and their very yummy dumplings.

Kim, Gareth, KY, Horng, Yuki
Kim, Gareth, KY, Horng, Yuki

Other dishes available at Xin Chun includes crab meehun, lala meehun, deep fried fish head, steamed clams and so forth, perhaps we should try those too next time.

With drinks, our dinner came up to less around RM 15 per person, simple, satisfying, and pretty economical. No wonder there’s the big crowd.

Address:
Xin Chun Seafood Steamboat
No 15, Jln PJU 5/3,
Dataran Sunway, Kota Damansara,
47810 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
GPS: 3.15188, 101.59548
Tel: 012-544 5582

KY eats – Xin Chun Steamboat, Kota Damansara
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8 thoughts on “KY eats – Xin Chun Steamboat, Kota Damansara

  • December 27, 2010 at 10:09 am
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    Looks good! Not a huge fan of steamboat unless it’s with Tom Yam soup though, tastes kinda bland in it’s default configuation.

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    • December 27, 2010 at 10:28 am
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      Huai Bin: can’t remember they have tomyam soup there or not tho.

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  • December 27, 2010 at 10:49 am
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    HB: they have tomyam soup! nice place for steamboat, i especially like their ala-carte stuff

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    • December 27, 2010 at 10:59 am
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      kimberlycun: yeaa, very yummeh, i love the pork, more pork please!

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  • December 27, 2010 at 12:05 pm
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    Just did a Steamboat dinner on Christmas’s eve…eat to our hearts galore! Easiest to do and can chat while eating….

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    • December 27, 2010 at 2:32 pm
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      JD: haha yah that’s true, always a good idea when u have lotsa time to spend over dinner.

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  • December 27, 2010 at 3:30 pm
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    wah looks like it’s always crowded there. I like the sliced pork too!

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    • December 27, 2010 at 5:28 pm
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      eiling: yeah, very good business!

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