Restoran Hong La Qiao, Off Jalan Pudu

Hong La Qiao means Red Chili in mandarin. It's located behind Times Square, KL. And, it's true enough that this place serves all kinds of spicy dishes because it's a Szechuan style chinese cooking restaurant.

I was drawn to this place by the Steamboat Buffet Promotion which is only Rm 28.80 per pax. And, Buy 3 free 1 !!

Here are some things that I'd tried :

Szechuan Style Appetizer

Appetizers included in the buffet.

First, the pizza thingy tasted like the thick version of roti canai.

Secondly, braised chicken feet which was not bad.

Then, stir fried chicken gizzards and pig's ear - one of my favourite here.

All In One Pot !

This was the SUMMARY of the ingredients for the steamboat buffet - All in one pot ! Ha !

I chose the yin yang soup which was half Szechuan Spicy Soup ( Ma La ) and half chicken soup.

Both of the soup was very tasty.

I liked the Spicy Soup a lot because, it's very fragrant and the sliced meat tasted fabulous if it's cooked in the spicy soup.

They were other kinds of soup available too. Like, herbal soup, pork bone soup and etc.

Unlimited flow of pork slices and beef slices. Fabulous !

List of ingredients :

Seafood :

- prawns

- white promfret

- crabs

- different kinds of shellfish

- squids

- abalone slices (side order - additional charges)

- jellyfish

- seaweeds

- fish / fish slices

Meat :

- pork slices

- beef slices

- mutton slices ( side order - additional charges )

- chicken slices

- chicken thigh meat

- chicken gizzards

- pig's intestines

- fried pig skin

- duck feet

- luncheon meat

Miscellaneous :

- all kinds of meat balls, fish balls, mushrooms, and vegetables.

- all kinds of bean curds and tofu. eg. egg tofu, white tofu, tau pok, fu zuk, etc.

- all kinds of noodles. eg. yee mee, emperor noodle, tong fun, spinach noodle, instant noodle, etc.

- all kinds of sauce

- all kinds of drink, ice cream and fruits.

What I liked about this place was the unlimited flow of fresh meat slices to be cooked in the spicy soup. And, eating it in a comfortable air conditioned restaurant was a double plus ! Authentic Ma La soup which was very fragrant and not too spicy, triple plus !

They serve ala carte steamboat and ala carte szechuan dishes to go with rice too !

Overall rating : 7/10

Verdict : will go back again :)

This is located at :

No. 53,55, Jalan Cangkat Thambi Dollah,

Off Jalan Pudu, 55100, KL.

03-2141-8078