Zi Wei Yuan Steam Boat (紫薇園魚頭火炭爐) – the best steam boat in Butterworth!!!!Seriously, this is good and I have no other words to describe it. I could see people just flooding in at even 9pm, for dinner, or for supper? Customers that flooded in are driving luxury cars, … I could imagine how reputable is this place.
Many that stay in the mainland are aware of this place, now that it has spread to the island, many islanders are coming here just for steam boat. Apart from steam boat, their other specialty is fish head noodle / rice vermicelli (米粉).
The soup base is excellent and appetizing, noted that they used yam (芋頭), chicken & fish stock to cook the soup base, if you order fish head rice vermicelli, they will add on a little bit of milk. That will make the soup a entire different taste.
It’s getting difficult to find a place where they still use charcoal for steamboat apart from Goh Huat Seng in Kimberly Street, Penang. I guess this is another place where lots of people heading to. Now that with the technology improvement, many do not use charcoal but electronic stove, but with this, I guess it’s a different aroma.
They have many sets of steamboat to choose, for example the one that we ordered was fried fish head (炸魚爐), they also have Grouper (石斑魚爐) steamboat, mixed steamboat (什料爐), which I have no idea what is that.
Apart from those, you can add on other ingredient like, fish balls, meat balls, squid, quail eggs, clams, scallop, sea cucumber, mushrooms, oysters (生蠔), abalone slices, Chinese cabbage, maggi noodle, prawns, mantis prawns (攋尿虾), etc. 
I must say something about the chili... it's awsome, marvelous, I believe they blended the chilies, garlics and added some lime on it, it was a good combination with those food together.... yummy yummy!!
Needless to say more, check this out and look at the mess after that? I’d enjoyed this!!!
Address & Contact NumberZi Wei Yuan Steam Boat
紫薇園魚頭火炭爐
No. 6525, Jalan Raja Uda
12300 Butterworth
Penang
Tel: 04-331 2736 / 012-452 4741
Biz Hour: 6pm to 11pm, off every Wednesday
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btw, we've added u to our link! :)
Hi Celine, never mind, give yourself another treat... you'll sure satisfy.
Hi Cynthia, yes yes yes... you'll love it.
Hi BBO, yup, you're right.
Hi Sugar Bean, thks for the add. This place is nothing much to talk about, it's more of the food and the soup base.
Hi tankiasu, YES!!! A bold claim!!! It's the best in Butterworth!!!
Hi Tigerfish, it's the soup base that makes everything appetizing!!!
Hi Ling239, yup.... everything are fresh, I was busy eating, didn't really take good pics of those food.
Hi WMW, honestly, this chili is sour and spicy hot. Unlike others only red chili and it's so watery.
Hi Christine, so, will you be posting that soon also?
Hi The Cooking Ninja, thks for dropping by. Hope to see you more often. Since you didn't have for 5 years, shall you have one and post one in your blog?? hehehehehe....
Seems quite near from the bridge huh?:)
New Kid, any directions you can give besides the address? Is it near anywhere to Sunway Carnival?
Do you want me to emai you the direction?