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| - If you like Hotpot, this is the place for it! You really can't ask for more, Celebrity Hotpot provides everything you could and would want for your hot-soup-dipping-needs.
If you haven't tried shabu shabu, hotpot or the like- the premise is really simple. You get your veg, meat, noodles, or other food accessories and you dip them in hot bubbling soup. Everything cooks relatively quickly, so food to mouth time is faster than you may think despite the fact that you are indeed cooking for yourself. It's really the mise en place that everyone hates afterall right? Dunk, dip, eat, repeat.
Celebrity works sort of like an all-you-can-eat (AYCE) sushi joint, or dim sum restaurant. You get a checklist of sorts with all your options there, you number them off and the server fetches your stuff. It's only AYCE here and the assortment of things to order from are overwhelming. There are so many things to choose from (10+ different veg options, seafood, 8+ meats, 5+ noodles, etc.) you won't be hungry after this. It's also really great for vegetarians for this reason, and that every person gets their own cooking pot too. The food comes quickly because it's all raw, but while you wait (given that you are super impatient) you go and mix up a sauce at the sauce stand for dipping all your soon-to-be-cooked noms.
The sauce stand is quite extensive (which is a big plus), you can choose from so many options from different oils, to hoisin, oyster, peanut, sesame, chive, fermented tofu (!!!), soy sauces, etc, etc. So the number of combinations are virtually limitless - it's fun to try new things and make a few sauces until you mixed the perfect one (just remember the recipe).
Another great thing is that the atmosphere is usually busy and lively. It's a large space with a range of different sized tables with different number of burners, respectively. So it's a great place for groups and parties or for slightly more adventurous dates.
There is also a mini drink stand where you can get unlimited soy milk, sweet tea, and plum juice... it's included in the $21-$24 price so I'm not complaining. You can order bubble tea or pop as well, that's extra.
Last, dessert comes free in ice cream form. It's actually great ice cream too, the same stuff you get from The Big Chill (I asked, they confirmed). Order the coconut, it's so friggin good.
Overall, I've been to Celebrity many times now. It's definately my choice Hotpot place, downtown or uptown.
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