Sauna Steamboat · Set A
Premium seafood, meats and vegetables brought up gently in steam: the house introduction.
Sabah's first
steam hot pot.
Live seafood pulled from Sabah waters and cooked in nothing but rising steam: no boiling, no heavy sauces, no masking. The way the catch actually tastes.
Sabah's First
The first steam hot pot restaurant to open in Kota Kinabalu.
World Top Gourmet Award
★★★★★
Chef Dr. Alan Voo
Hong Kong–trained founder, cooking in Sabah since 1992.
Why steam changes
everything.
A boiling pot cooks seafood in water, and the flavour leaves with it. A steam tier cooks it in vapour; the sweetness stays in the shell, and what drips down becomes the stock you finish the meal with.
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The catch arrives live
Prawns, clams, crab and reef fish from local Sabah waters, kept live until the table orders.
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Steam rises through the tiers
Each tier lifts off in sequence, so every item cooks for exactly as long as it should, and not a minute more.
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The pot below becomes congee
Everything that drips through collects in the rice base below. The last course is made by the first.
Ways to eat here.
Every set is built for sharing. Come as two, or take the round table as ten.
Sauna Steamboat · Set B
The family table. Built for gatherings, and generous enough to slow the evening down.
Fishmarket Special · Set A
Premium fish, shellfish and seasonal specialties from the day's catch.
Fishmarket Special · Set B
Grilled fish and seafood platters, the set to order when it's a celebration.
Sashimi & Sauna Steamboat
Start raw and cold, finish hot and steamed. The full arc of the kitchen in one sitting.
À la carte
Roast duck and wonton noodles from Chef Alan's Hong Kong training sit alongside the seafood.
Trained in Hong Kong.
Cooking in Sabah since 1992.
The first to arrive at the workshop, and the last to leave.
Alan Voo talked his way into the kitchen of Hong Kong roasting master Chef Yan, and out-worked everyone until the secret recipes for roast duck and wonton noodles were handed over. He followed Master Yan back to Hong Kong to finish the training properly, then brought it home to Kota Kinabalu.
Chef Dr. Alan Voo
Find us on Sutera Avenue.
Ten minutes from the city centre, on the waterfront strip at Sembulan, walkable from most Kota Kinabalu hotels.
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Address
A-G-2, Ground Floor, Block A Phase 1,
Sutera Avenue, Sembulan,
88100 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia -
Reservations
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Opening hours
Open daily
Lunch 12:00 – 15:00
Dinner 17:00 – 23:00
Book direct and your table is confirmed instantly: no deposit, no waiting on a reply.