Food Review - Sukiya (Pavillion KL)

Name  

Suki-ya 

Food 

Steam Boat

Getting there

It’s very easy to find as it’s located on the top floor of the Pavillion KL Shopping Mall, specifically within the Tokyo Street section.

Pavillion is one of the Premiere shopping malls within KL's Golden Triangle.

Parking

There are lots of parking spaces either within Pavillion KL or in the Golden Triangle/Bukit Bintang vicinity.

Service

Despite the place being quite hectic, as they always seem to be running a full house with diners standing in line outside, the wait staff (who are mainly non-locals) are very alert and attend to your needs fairly quickly.

Ambience

The place is quite nice and comfortable with brightly lit dining areas and wood/bamboo as main décor/furniture material. The place is also very well ventilated.

Variety

They do have a variety of meats ranging from chicken to lamb and beef (no pork though). The food can be cooked in several different soup bases but diners are given a choice of 2 soups per table. There are also a wide selection of vegetables (including several mushroom varieties), meatballs & soy products like Fu-Chok and Tofu. Oh, and did I mention that there's a free flow of soft-serve ice-cream as well? As you can see from the images, yeah, they do =) 

Taste

All the food there is un-processed (except for the meat balls & tofu are processed) and very fresh and thus, very delicious. The bonus is that Sukiya also has a whole slew of sauces that would please anybody, whether you have an affinity for sweet, savoury or spicy condiments with your steamboat.

Presentation

The meat is delivered in dainty little square plates kind of like the mini bento boxes. And sometimes, between friends, it’s fun to see if you can out-do each other by the number of plates you can wolf down in a session.

Overall

It’s a pretty good dining experience even for a non-lover of steamboats like me. I would definitely go back there again and see if I can top my initial group effort of 42 meat plates.

Food Review - Pulau Ketam Village Steamboat - Cheras

NameP Ketam Village Steamboat - Cheras (Dinner)
Food
Steamboat
LocationOpposite Taman Midah, Cheras

Getting there
As you head towards Cheras along Jalan Cheras from KL, the left turn just before the Roundabout that connects with the MRR2 (or U-Turn back to Taman Midah) is the turning into this place. Once you turn in, there is a whole block of new shop-lots facing Jalan Cheras and the Roundabout. This one is right at the end of the block on the left. You can’t miss it.

Parking
Parking is fairly easy as there are lots of shops there, and parking lots allocated for them.

ServiceThe service is of the no-frills variety. Fairly quick & standard. The staff is quite prompt in refilling the steamboat with the broth when we ask for it.

Ambience
Common for shops of this nature. As it is quite new, the cleanliness level is quite good. The tables are covered in red cloth and each table has a tea-pot stand.

Presentation
As with all Steamboat places, there is a gas powered stove in the middle for the steamboat. Diners are each given an individual plastic bowl and plate for the meal, complete with a metal scoop.
The tea is served in the familiar brown porcelain 2L tea pot and white porcelain cups.

Taste & Variety
There is no special item unique to this restaurant. The items contained in the package are standard items that you will find at any other steamboat place or from the supermarkets. Hence, the taste is no bad, but nothing to take note of either. The Steamboat however has 2 types of soup/broth – the normal clear broth and the tom yam variety.
Value for Money
We took the RM16/person package but the items are so few that I feel that the shop really took the diners for a ride. Look at the photos. For RM16/ person, what each person got was 1 piece of 5 types of fish/meat balls plus a few pieces of fu-jok, yam, raw chicken meat and vege.

I would DEFINITELY NOT recommend anyone to go there at all.

OverallDon’t bother. There is nothing this shop can offer you can’t get anywhere else for significantly less money.