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| - I've now been here twice, having tried almost all the broths due to the buy one get one free deal. My friends and I have tried:
1) fermented non spicy soup - not really my preference, has that flavor of picked cabages, a bit of a sour taste to it, but like i said just my preference
2) Spicy beef soup - If you like spicy, it's not a bad soup, however the spicy begins to overwhelm the soup, so if you're looking for balance of both I wouldn't suggest it, but if you're just looking for spicy, then this would be what you want.
3) Tom Yum - typical Tom Yum soup flavor, nothing overwhelming, it tastes like it does at most places in Toronto.
4) Laaksa - I got to say, this one was surprisingly flavourful, not too spicy but just enough to give it a little spice. This soup comes with Noodles instead of a bowl of rice.
5) Vegetarian Soup - surprisingly, this soup base was very refreshing, it just tastes clean, no MSG type of feel. Mind you, there's no meat in this hot pot, but it was still delicious.
What I like about this place is it's not all you can eat, and each bowl ranges for $13-15, and you can pay $2 or so to get extra stuff. I would say I was full after eating one, its the right amount of food, as opposed to going to a all you can eat hotpot and feeling gross because you try to eat your money's worth.
The only bad thing I can really say is that it takes quite a while for a hotpot prepared and served. My guess is they probably don't have enough pots in the back to be running it assembly line mode. You're probably avg'ing about a 15-20min after ordering, and when you look at it, you question why it would even take 15-20mins.
The Japanese popcorn chicken was also pretty good, very tender eventhough it was battered.
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