It has been awhile since I last went for steamboat because my mum is one who does not like steamboat. Queen’s Park is located in Jalan Shelley, which is otherwise known as Peel Road, has quite a few steamboat restaurants. Thus, it’s tough to decide which to choose.

We chose Lin Yuan Steamboat Kitchen as has the ‘Pulau Ketam’ signage. If you have not been to Pulau Ketam, you should, as it’s an interesting experience. You pay a small fee for a boat ride to the fishermen village, and, it’s almost ‘touristy’ with lots of seafood restaurants and seafood to buy.

Being there for the first time, I asked the head waitress to recommend their specials. I was totally in for the ‘Pumpkin Porridge Soup’ (Kam Quah Chook Thong) & Clear Soup (literally means ‘Ching Tong’).

The Pumpkin Porridge Soup was interesting as it definitely has the ‘rice’ smell, but when you scoop for the porridge, you can’t get any!

The waitress recommends that an egg be beaten an stirred into the pumpkin porridge soup prior to eating; pour a little bit of soy sauce into your bowl before you scoop the soup in as this will further enhance the taste of the porridge soup.

The first sip of the porridge, gives you the rich texture of both the pumpkin and egg which had been well combined, yet with the fragrant smell of the rice without the porridge. Interesting!
The usual condiments that came with the steamboat are the usual stuff like prawns, fishballs, wantan, fishcakes, etc; while, the ‘Tong Hou’ is additional side order. You should order their fried chicken wings as it was really well marinated and tasty with a tinge of ‘Fah Tue Chow’ in it. Unfortunately, photo was deleted :( On a personal note, I am sure there’s some ajinomoto added as we felt rather thirsty after the meal.

The steamboat is charged by per pax at RM14.90, while the Pumpkin Porridge Soup is at RM1.50 per pax and ‘Tong Hou’ costs RM7 per plate. The total bill for the night was at RM61.74, inclusive of 3 drinks and taxes.

Queen’s Park is located at 392 Jalan Shelley. It is just a small square and you won’t be able to miss the restaurants there.