rev:text
| - I ventured out to Markham for dinner with a friend this week, who swore that's where we'd find the best places for Hot Pot. I'm always up for new places, and since she was treating me for my birthday, I figured why not. Well, I'll give you two reasons why not: The 404. And the 401. Don't even get me started on the 407. Ugh. It's either going to take forever to get there, or cost you an arm and a leg. Granted, we left at probably the worst time ever (from close to Yorkdale) around 4:45pm. When we finally arrived at the restaurant two years later (ok, it wasn't 2 years, but it was about 90 minutes) I was starving!!
I told my friend to just order for the both of us, since she is practically a Hot Pot pro. It has been many years since I've had it, and I wanted to experience everything the way she recommended. She did an excellent job of selecting a wide variety of items. The only thing I didn't care for was the tripe. It smelled weird and I was reminded again that I'm not a big fan of tripe.
We both got the duo pots, with pork bone broth and Tom Yum Goong broth, with a whole lot of good stuff to go in it. I enjoyed the supreme beef slices, pork belly, beef tongue and the deep fried pork. The house sesame dipping sauce was really tasty, especially when mixed with green onions and garlic. We tried so many items that I'd almost be listing the whole menu here.
We also had a pitcher of fresh pear juice to share, which was really nice, and not something I've seen elsewhere.
I would definitely go back for this again, just maybe not during rush hour.
|