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All you can eat hot pot.
For $20 a person, with a minimum of three people at a table, you can have all you can eat hot pot (on the weekdays--I was told that it's $30 on weekends. Also you can eat 2 people at a table, but you'll be charged for the 3-person price.... I was told by my friends). We ordered a split of half spicy and half plain broth. They set up the single gas burner and came bearing a giant tray (at least 3 feet across), stacked with dishes for us to cook. (Which is how hot pot should work--eaters cook it themselves).
Among the dishes stacked on top of each other were: sliced beef, sliced lamb, tilapia fillets, shrimp with heads, napa cabbage, bok choy, tripe, 3 different kinds of fish balls, beef meatballs, fried tofu, bean thread, spam, cellophane noodles, mushroom sprouts, daikon, lotus root, and fake crab. All those were AYCE, except for the 10 shrimp.
Especially the lotus root, the ingredients were so uncommon it was a pleasant surprise that they served it. Also the beef and lamb were too fatty for me, but I liked the fish (which was probably frozen). All the vegetables looked and tasted fresh.
The spicy broth was delicious and not too spicy. On the side of the room, there was a small table with 5 different colorful sauces for customers to self serve. I liked the garlic oil sauce.
There were many waitresses, and around us were larger crowds of 12 people at each round table.
We were there for 2 hours. I'd come back again.
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