Steamboat At Wah Lok

After a rather satisfying happy dinner at Gunther's last night to end the streak of bad eateries for the weekend, I wasn't interested in having any more mega meals today besides orange juice, muesli and a banana. Mid-day, a light swim of just 12 laps front crawl helped to ease the bloated feeling.

But I was convinced to have steamboat for dinner at Wah Lok. Me like steamboat at Wah Lok because I don't even have to lift a finger to cook the raw ingredients. Muahahahhaha. The server will do everything for us- pour raw stuff into pot, stir and stir, put the cooked items in our bowls, and we just.....eat. The steamboat isn't exactly on the menu. Just ask for it and order off the top of your head for the regular items. But they don't do fish glue or plain fishballs. Hmmmmph. If you don't want chicken or pork stock as a soup base, tell them at least a day in advance and they'll use vegetable stock.

I did frown at one item- the lobster. They ran out of Australian lobster and served us local lobster instead, WITHOUT telling us. They must be mad. Only Australian lobster will do for steamboat because it's sweeter. The local lobster possesses too muddy flavors for steamboat, and is more suited for stir-fry or added to some other cooked dish! The family eats at Wah Lok weekly and the servers know we've always ordered Australian lobster. But I didn't lose my temper at them because I was too slow to catch the different colored meat of this lobster. When I did notice, it was too late, they had already dumped the head and the roe in the soup. But when we mentioned it, they knew it was a booboo on their part.

No matter. The rest of the food was good, and it made for a filling and healthy dinner. They also saved me a plump Scottish bamboo clam without me asking for it. They know I can't resist that at this restaurant. When the flame was switched off, the soup in the pot was filled with rich aromas from all the ingredients. Kinda nice. Of course they gave me all the raw, freshly chopped garlic I wanted. Heavenly. Oh dear kitchen gods, this is a good start, do continue- please let my meals for the coming week not suck so bad.