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| - I've passed by this place a hundred times (hah note the pun) but have never really thought about coming here. Since the weather is getting a-chillier, I decided it's probably a great time to give the place a shot.
As you can tell from the name of the place (well kinda) his place is all about hot pot. For everyone that doesn't know what it is, it's essentially fondue, but instead of cheese or oil, it's a broth of some sort (you get to choose). As far as I know there are 3 other places you can go for hot pot in the area, so this is me continuing my adventures around to tour them all.
Upon entering, you'll notice one of two things... 1. It's cold... perfect cause with a packed house it's gonna get real hot with all the steam (but kinda sucks if you're there alone... bring a sweater just in case). 2. It's a pretty big place that you can sit comfortably. The place is actually decorated with pretty trendy lines and décor which is kinda nice I guess.
Now on to the food. The broths they offer is actually quite extensive. You have your basic egg and pork broth, satay, but it gets a little bit more interesting with the pork bone soups and the other kinds of new soups they offer. They also have a "make your own sauce" platter which lets you create your own sauce from a variety of ingredients (garlic, chilies, satay, soy sauce etc). In my opinion, it really turns out basically the same with a little variation here and there (ie. Mine is hotter). The thing that kinda bugged me about one of the ingredients was that the garlic was roasted till it was like crumbled peanuts. Note, this doesn't really diffuse well in sauce, they should have it as dice garlic for maximum potency.
In terms of the options of food that they have, honestly, they don't really have that many. They do have a lot, but when you compare it to other places, they're missing some variety (ie. Dows noodles offers way more different "good" things). The dumplings that they offered were really not that good, and the surf clams that they had were dirty and not clean. I think the key thing to a hot pot restaurant is really good ingredients and a large variety of them. (ie. Not just beef, and lamb.)
A cool thing about this place is that they offer "marinated beef". Essentially it's the beef that they use in Chinese noodle dishes. In my opinion it was kinda funny cause it's all tenderized and stuff. Not really what I was expecting, but at least it was cut really thick. They also offer "Kobe beef". This is far from that, basically it's fatty beef from the store. You can actually get it from the meet store on valleymede and hwy 7 two blocks away from there. Kinda funny how they call it "kobe beef"... they should really come up with a certification for kobe or waayu beef.
I guess 2 stars seems kinda harsh for a rating, but the description says it all... "Meh, I've experienced better".
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