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| - When I reviewed this place online and from other reviews, I thought this was a typical Mongolian restaurant. You know, raw meat, veggies, and noodles that you choose to your liking and a sauce to compliment for a taste truly your own, bring to a giant wok and have someone braving 7 foot flames to stir fry it all for you.
It was....kinda/sorta.
You DO pick out your raw faves, but the selection was so much more vast. Veggies included Taro, Kale, Pumpkin, Bok Chou and meats included lamb, beef, chicken, the hugest prawn I've ever seen. For a walk on the wild side, meats included chicken hearts and liver even tripe. And for the starch-loving gal like me, why , 7 different types of noodles was akin to a choir of angles singing.
Instead of bringing it to the firefighting wok master, you instead bring all of the rarities to your table where a "hot pot" of broth is boiling happily on your own personal burner. You can choose from regular, hot, or super spicy broth. I'm a chicken, so it was an order of regular for me and my brave husband chose hot. They bring the order "yin/yang" where you have a pot divided in two with your respective broth choices.
Then, you drop in your fixings and wait for the bubbling action to cook your dinner, strain it, and garnish it with whichever dipping sauce you deem fit.
Essentially, it's fondue with an Asian twist. And I'd never want Mongolian any other way.
If you're in Old Towne Montreal, this is a MUST. It's close to the Metro and easy to recognize with the fuzzy sheep sign logo in green. (Most signs were red or yellow, so it stood out)
The restaurant was very clean, staff extremely polite and helpful, and the food was perfect. I'm sending a snow of emails to get this chain (voted to 100 chains in China as well as one of the top 500 restaurants in a country that surely must have over a billion chains) in my neck of the woods.
Best. Experience. Ever.
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