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For those that don't know, hot pot cooking is also known as Asian fondue. They bring you a big bowl of hot broth and set it on the warmer at your table, then you cook the meats and veggies at the table, making your own soup.
This was a great first experience. The service was really friendly and the only hitch there was that the waiter kept forgetting to fill my husband's water glass. He happily explained everything to us though. The menu was easy to understand and order from, and prices were very reasonable considering the amount of food involved- after tax and tip we spent right around $40 for the two of us and we were stuffed.
The food was great overall. The house broth was a bit on the bland side- we added a bunch of soy sauce and (delicious) sesame seed sauce to the broth itself rather than to our individual bowls. The meats were thin sliced so that they cooked quickly in the hot broth, and portions of everything were generous. For the meats we ordered lamb and shabu beef and they were both great and cooked up well. We could probably have gotten by with one fewer orders of veggies and been less stuffed at the end of the meal. We picked broccoli, mushrooms, taro, and baby bok choy. I would have skipped the taro as it broke down too quickly in the hot broth and had an odd texture after that, but that was our mistake not the restaurant's. The oval noodles we ordered held up surprisingly well though.
If this is what hot pot is and how it's done, I'm definitely a fan!
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