Damansara Village Steamboat @ Imbi KL

It was such a surprise when I first received an email from Patrick Teoh (yeah, and his infamous April Fool's duck story) whom's voice I used to love during his DJ times with Radio 4. He had a venture in this restaurant called Damansara Village together with his daughter Melanie and son-in-law which was first opened in Kg Sg Kayu Ara in PJ and now another outlet at Jalan Utara off Jalan Imbi. He invited a few bloggers to have a steamboat party at his new outlet and without any hesitation, I accepted the invitation!

Besides serving steamboat, this place does some pretty impressive meat dishes that goes very well on its own or with rice if you like. The first-must-order-dish would be the steamed Organic Chicken which is also known as "Village Cho Kai" (1/2 at RM49 and whole at RM98). These chickens are reared on their own farm and fed a diet of all natural feed of corns, oats and vegetables for 100 days. This steamed chicken is lightly salted, smooth and needs a little chewing. Although it's a little chewy, it's not the tough chewy texture that you get from poor quality chickens.

Next on the menu would be the Bamboo Clams steamed with a small dash of chilli padi which is very tasty despite a little spicy for my liking. The Village Special Steamed Clams is cooked with Chinese wine, lots of wolfberry (kei zhi), ginger and parsley (priced at RM20). The fish, a snake head fish which is also known as "sang yue" in chinese is another specialty at this restaurant. This "sang yue" is caught in the wild unlike the other restaurants that serve this fish reared from fish farms. Therefore, this fish is free from the earthy and muddy smell. The flesh is tender, sweet and best served steamed with ginger and soya sauce.


The Pepper Pork Stomach Soup warrant a mention. Afterall, it's one of my favourite soup of all times and this place does it well. However, I think next time I shall request them to reduce the parsley as I am never a fan of the pungent green leaves. The Pork Knuckle Vinegar is also another dish that I dig. It's not vinegar-sour but sweet and I think this is very much a ladies' dish, provided you like fatty knuckles!

The Village Salt Baked Crabs in Wok (RM48)

We were all filled to the brim and suddenly the steamboat pot came and was laid onto the stove on the table. The waiter poured in the herbs for the soup and then followed by a cup of chinese wine. There are 3 types of soup served here. The standard clear soup (RM18.80/pax and min order of 2 pax). If you want the herbal soup, its RM12 additional and the Pork Knuckle soup is at RM18.

The Herbal Soup

We were served an array of seafood and condiments for the steamboat. First, we had a plate of flower crabs, some mussels, abalone slices, fishballs, fish noodles, tofu and dumplings. The menu has a variety of set choices that you can choose from. They have many types of fishes, crabs, mantis prawns, clams, mutton slices, pork slices, and other meats to your whim and fancy. Not the average dishes you can find in a normal steamboat restaurant.

Then, Patrick gave us this piece of white thing and asked us to taste and then tell him what it is. I tasted a little and I think it tasted like abalone. I couldn't be wrong because I am so sick of abalone and virtually giving up eating them and so I cannot not recognize the taste of an abalone. It turned out to be (according to Patrick, wasn't sure whether he's telling the truth or not?) that it's made of tofu but with a taste of abalone. Ahh... fake abalone?!!

Patrick and his tiger prawns.

I swear by the tiger prawns that they serve. Priced at RM23 for 300g. It's all fresh and sometimes you can see the prawns jumping on the plates when it came to the table. We had to cover the prawns with a plate the last time I was here. Actually this is the 4th time I've been to Damansara Village and I have been very happy with their food.

The bloggers a.k.a foodies....
KY, Shaolin Tiger, Kim, Suanie, Cumi & Ciki, Bangsar-babe, Meena, Fireangel, & Yiling

We occupied the upstairs of the restaurant which can accommodate up to 3 tables. I guess we were put upstairs because we were noisy and we might be disturbing other patrons when they see us walking around and taking out our bulky SLRs and snapping away like a paparazzi every time when the food is served. Just as when I thought it's over, Mama Min took out her beautiful creation to satisfy our dessert palate.

This is not a MINI, it's Mama Min's car!

It was such a beautiful car complete with edible tyres! The cake was lovely and if you like this, you can order your customised cake from her website here.

Ciki (Cumi & Ciki), me, Patrick & Sue Lynn (Bangsar-Babe)

Patrick is such a good host and kept us entertained the whole night with his stories (except the stories from his blog!). Actually, before the Saturday dinner, he was also at the restaurant when I was dining with my friends on Tuesday night. We had lots of fun that night too minus the 30 year-old-whisky and Cuban cigars unfortunately. Thanks for the invite!

Damansara Village @ Imbi

32, Jalan Utara, Off Jalan Imbi,
55100 KL.
tel: +603-2141 1678
www.damansaravillage.blogspot.com
GPS 3°08'41.08" N 101°43'01.84" E