On the first night of our 2-nite 3-day stay in Penang, we had Teowchew steamboat at Goh Huat Seng Restaurant @ Kimberly Street. What’s special about their steamboat is that the steamboat is heated by charcoal, something which is quite rare in this day and age where everything is run by electric. Goh Huat Seng is a coffee shop encased in a white washed building on two shop lots. This classic Chinese restaurant personifies everything associated with downtown Chinese restaurants: witty and sarcastic ah-mahs wait on tables and boisterous Chinese families dine with rowdy grandkids in tow. Steaming fuss-free teochew steamboat and dim sum are served in traditional style. There are no menus and asking the server what’s good signifies an insult to the cook (all dishes being good, logically). Best option is to go with what you see on the table next to you. Whatever you order, you will not be disappointed because everything here is deliciously piping hot.
A typical steamboat set costs around RM15 per person. Here’s what’s in the set:
Deep fried wantan, which was very crispy and tasty.
The yellow gadget is a portable mini fan to fan the fire on the charcoal.
This plate of noodles is not in the set. It’s ala carte and is their signature noodles. Very nice, everyone loved it.
Alycia who did not nap the whole day dozed off with her mouth wide open while waiting for the food to arrive, hahaha….
This is how I heated up Baby’s Heinz pasta by putting the bowl into another bowl of boiling water. But everything went into the bin as Baby had just woken up from her nap (she only napped at 6:30pm), was terribly crabby and didn’t have appetite to eat anything.
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looks yummy!
wow, nice steamboat! its really nice to eat steamboat during the rainy season
the food looked so yummy. miss malaysian food a lot. another 2 more months of bad german food.
wow sit on the chair also can sleep. good la. hehehhe.