New Boston is arguably the most popular “tai chao” restaurants in Klang, and one with a reputation to boot. It is this reputation that took me more than a year after moving to Shah Alam to finally give it a try.
What’s the reputation you may ask? They are two, first – the lala is awesome, and second, the queue is super long. As we found out, both of these claims are true.
New Boston Restaurant at Klang, wait and you shall be rewarded
It was a planned dinner with a bunch of relatives, so to avoid disappointment Haze went there just before 6pm (opening hours at 7pm) to start queuing, and within minutes there were already a couple other people joining the line.
We got our seats by 6:55 pm and made our orders about 5 minutes past 7 pm. To be fair, it took less than 20 minutes for our first dish to be served, which wasn’t too bad considering it was already fully packed by then.
If you arrived after 7 pm, chances are you may have to wait quite a bit before getting a table, and it’ll certainly be an exercise of patience to get your food. However, New Boston operates till about 2 am so if you come here for supper, it’ll probably be a more pleasant experience.
The claim of fame for this place is the lala in superior soup (RM 24), and if you’ve already invested all those time in waiting, I’d definitely recommend ordering enough to go around. For the 10 of us, we asked for 6 plates, and that turned out to be just right. Some even suggest to order one big portion per person.
The lala did meet the almost impossible expectations, it was really fresh, juicy, and had just the right kick &Â slight spiciness from ginger, garlic, and chili padi to make any lala fan yearn for more.
The lala used here is what Hokkien refered to as “kap par”, which has a thicker shell but also more substantial & juicer meat, which I really enjoyed. For the “normal” lala in prepared in kam heong method, I recommend the version at Alisan street hawker at PJ SS4, available at night..
lala, claypot seafood tofu & vegetable dishes
We had a full dinner with rice at New Boston, and thankfully most of the dishes here were also right up there in terms of quality.
Claypot seafood tofu came packed with a generous portion of goodness, while the greens had good wok hei and generous amount of garlic, which I really liked.
Fried Hokkien mee is another one of the more popular dishes here. It is very rich, dark, and came with enough lard to satisfy any Hokkien mee fans. One word of caution though, this should be consumed piping hot, a cold version of super rich Hokkien mee is usually not entirely too appetizing.
hokkien mee, steamed red snapper, ginger chicken, mantis prawn with oat
Another stand-out dish we really enjoyed from New Boston was their soya fried ginger chicken, it was absolutely spot on and went really well with steamed rice. I think perhaps their secret is the ginger, both lala & chicken utilizes a lot of ginger, and they were some of the best redetions of these dishes I’ve tried.
Mantis prawn with oats & steamed fish were decent dishes as well, but not up to the expectations set up by the wait time at this place.
Anyway, if you’re a lala lover, you owe yourself to try this place at least once. I will probably head back to this place again one of these day,s but most likely not for the busy dinner session.
Address:
New Boston Restaurant
1E, Jalan Kapar,
Kawasan 18, 41000 Klang
GPS: 3.050331, 101.448086
Tel: 012-905 3523
Hours: 7pm to 2pm, closed on Wednesdays
This place is quite famous ya! Even someone like me who doesn’t know anything in klang has heard of new Boston!
Sean: good for you! haha.
the fmaous place. favourite
taufulou: lalaaaaaaa
Oh my….this is a la-la fest indeed! When I saw 6 plates….I went…whoa!! 😀
eatwhateatwhere: every table there’s a lala fest going on there!
6 plates of lala!! Literally one plate per person?
I’ve been here once brought by friend who stay in Klang, I vaguely remember we wait from the sky still bright until night >_<
Choi Yen: haha 10 of us ok not 6 of us. 😛
After waiting for an hour, uncle sit down on table. Waitress ask what to order. Feeling tired and hungry, uncle say “I order ALLLL your lala!”. Waitress say no, 6x plate maximum limit lol…
immature: all? you cannot handle all!
Hi folks, Boston native here Matt Damon, how you like them lala’s? Hmm??
immature: nice try. haha.
my parents are Chinese too, watch me in the new blockbuster The Great Wall!
Matt: I didn’t know about this movie, thanks!
Ky, what can I say every dishes look so good. Six dishes seem just right for a big feast. Restaurant gave you big amount of food.
Vickie: yeah, was a good feasting session!
Oh me oh my!!! So many plates of lala!!! I’m speechless. LOL!!!
suituapui: it’s the norm there. haha
Oh there’s a Boston in Klang 😀 The thing with shellfish is that it’s mostly shells and precious little flesh. So I would say that one plate per person is about right hah..hah… If I find myself in Klang, I’ll be sure to check this place out.
Phong Hong: good luck and hopefully you are ok with long wait. haha.
Although the food is good but you really need a lot of free time to dine there. I hate the queue there.
Tummyfull: you’re absolutely right.