Popo Hot Pot SS2 is one of our favourite restaurants for a steamboat dinner. This is because the ingredients here are always fresh and high quality with reasonable price. We came here a few times already with family and friends for steamboat since the past few months. Besides that, Popo Hot Pot SS2 serves one of our favourite steamboat soup base which is not found in all other steamboat restaurants that we have visited. What is this soup base? Reads on to find out.
The photos in this blog post were taken in my latest steamboat dinner with laupoh. We came to PoPo Hot Pot SS2 here quite early and there were not many customers yet. Normally, this restaurant starts to get full house after 7pm. Let’s get started with the review of our steamboat dinner at this restaurant.
PoPo Hot Pot SS2 serves high quality fresh steamboat ingredients
This is the overview of our steamboat dinner at PoPo Hot Pot SS2. This photo does not show all the ingredients we ordered that night. Shown on the left are the pork balls, followed by Enoki mushroom and fish noodles. The bottom part are the fresh slices of pork.
This is the soup I talked about in the starting of this blog post. It is the ABC Soup base. So far, I have not seen any ABC Soup base in any other steamboat restaurants before. We love this soup base very much. Every time we came here, we must order this ABC Soup. Besides ABC Soup, their other popular soup-bases are Superior Pork Bone, Spicy Sour, Szechuan Peppery Pot, Mala (Wednesday and Thursday only) and Pig Stomach Soup (this one need to preorder).
PoPo Hot Pot’s ABC Soup is so yummy even on its own. Before starting to steamboat, we will drink a bowl of the ABC Soup first. I also love the beautiful bowls and utensils in PoPo Hot Pot.
Two of the popular side dishes at PoPo Hot Pot are this Fried ‘Ming Ha’ Prawn Cake and Fried Grandma Fish Cake. The prawn cakes have big and juicy prawns inside them. The Grandma Fish Cake is also delicious with the sweetness and fragrant of fried fish meat. These two side dishes are a perfect companion to our steamboat dinner.
Let’s start to steamboat all the food ingredients. Provided here are a big pot and a high-power induction cooker. Soup are boiled pretty fast with the electronic cooker. If you ordered two types of soups in PoPo Hot Pot, they will provide you a yin yang pot like many other steamboat restaurants.
Steamboat Ingredients at PoPo Hot Pot
Photo above is the plate of sliced pork at RM 13. Pork slices are fresh and tender. There are around 10 slices of pork per plate. Must order this if you come to eat at PoPo Hot Pot.
PoPo Hot Pot’s cuttlefish pork balls is hand-made, I think. One of the best pork balls I have eaten so far. At RM 5.80, this plate of pork balls has 4 pieces.
We also ordered this plate of premium fish noodles. It is around 100 grams and cost RM 6.80. Another recommended dish to order for steamboat here at PoPo Hot Pot SS2.
Besides the meat, we also ordered the Enoki mushrooms. This plate of mushrooms costs RM 4 per plate.
One of the vegetables we like is this watercress at RM 9.00. PoPo Hot Pot SS2’s vegetables are also always fresh like their meat choices.
The second type of vegetables we ordered in PoPo Hot Pot is this Chinese Cabbage at RM 7.00. The Chinese cabbages are harder than other vegetables, so we always cook them first and eat them last.
All the vegetables here are very fresh
This Tong Hou at RM 9.00 per bowl is my favourite vegetable for its special taste. However, no everyone can accept the special taste of Tong Hou.
All ingredients are cooked and ready to eat. What sauces are there at PoPo Hot Pot SS2 for you do dip the steamboat ingredients? Keep scrolling to find out.
Sauces and condiments for the hot pot
Chopped garlic, chili, soya sauce and ginger. These two are my usual sauces for steamboat dinner.
Red chili sauce, another must have if I’m eating steamboat. The one at PoPo Hot Pot is perfectly mixed.
Ginger sauce is also available here which I normally eat with steamed chicken.
I think this is Coriander, which is also known as Chinese parsley. Sometimes, I like to put some Coriander into my steamboat soup.
There are also chopped spring onion here at PoPo Hot Pot. This is not really my favourite.
Here is an overview of all available sauces and condiments for the hotpot. Come here and mix your personal sauces before the dinner starts.
The food menu for the steamboat restaurant with prices. Just tick on the checkboxes on the paper and submit the order. My other favourite items here are the Drunken Chicken and Fried “Xiang Ling” beancurd roll.
Interior of PoPo Hot Pot, The Hub SS2
A view of the interior of PoPo Hot Pot SS2. This restaurant is very comfortable for a steamboat meal
Another angle of the interior in this delicious steamboat restaurant.
There are some big tables for big dinner group such as this one in the hot pot restaurant. However, the big tables are limited. So, if you plan to come in big group, do make a reservation as soon as possible.
Noticed this piggie decoration here. Piggie is being featured because it is the Pig Year of Chinese calendar.
Some of the Chinese decoration in PoPo Hot Pot SS2. When a restaurant has beautiful decoration, it makes me happy and want to come back again.
Spotted a bit ceramic plate used as decoration on the wall. I only use plate as big as this for Yee Sang on Chinese New Year.
Around PoPo Hot Pot SS2
PoPo Hot Pot is located at The Hub, SS2 Petaling Jaya. The Hub is a mixed commercial development by Selangor Dredging Berhad. It has 13 low-rise four-storey shop offices and 276 signature suites in a 44-storey tower
After the steamboat dinner, we like to walk around this beautiful park behind the PoPo Hotpot SS2. It is always good to take a walk after dinner to help the digestion.
Before leaving, I took another photo of this beautiful 44-storey office tower at The Hub SS2 Retail.
PoPo Hotpot SS2 is definitely our current favourite restaurant for steamboat. The food ingredients are fresh, the soup bases are yummy, the sauces are delicious and the staffs are friendly. Besides, it is easy to find parking here along the roadside. What is your favourite steamboat place? Comment below to let me know.
From other websites and bloggers
- Foursquare
- SAYS – As one of the features for 16 Hot Pot Places in Klang Valley That Are Just as Good as Haidilao Without the Long Queue
PoPo Hot Pot’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PoPoHotPotSS2/
PoPo Hot Pot’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/popohotpotss2/
Address:
Lot A-G-06,
The Hub SS2 Retail,
19 Sentral, Jalan Harapan, Seksyen 19,
46300 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Contact Number: 019-8282780
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All photos are taken with Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II camera and Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm f/2.8 PRO Lens