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| - This place is upstairs, connected to the bowling alley called Club 300 Bowl. You may get lost trying to find this place because there are 2 ways in. There is an entrance straight from the parking lot that takes you into the bowling alley, and you just walk down the length and arrive at the restaurant or you go into the plaza and up the stairs or elevator. It is just easier to go from the parking lot but it is an unmarked entrance.
When I first came here, it was bubbling with pots everywhere and there were lots of people. Business has died down a bit but I still think that they're food is pretty good. I mean, how can you actually mess up raw food that patrons cook themselves?
Their sauce bar has a wide selection of different sauces as well as other add ons like seaweed, century eggs, raw eggs, different herbs etc. and it is here that you choose what you want in your soup base, whether it be miso or spicy etc.
There is an upgrade for seafood, it's an extra $4 (I think) for one plate of oysters, salmon, shrimp, scallops and various other things. But you only get this one platter, meaning this portion is not all you can eat.
I'm not a picky hot pot person, if you serve udon noodles with beef, I'm pretty much good to go. The udon that they serve here is really good. I think that's why I like coming back here. They do offer the bbq side grill, it's sort of like korean bbq but you also get hot pot at the same time. I rarely ever see anyone take advantage of this option.
They used to have a special with the bowling alley, if you eat at Hot Pot King, and take your receipt, you will get one free soft ice cream cone per person. This used to be the draw and allure of coming here but they have since gotten rid of this option. In its place, they now serve a dessert on the premises. Usually it's a Chinese papaya dessert soup, couldn't tell you the name if my life depended on it but it's pretty good, but not as good as ice cream.
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