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| - My first Hot Pot experience! It appears that this is getting popular all around the US and this place has the advantage of seemingly being the only Hot Pot in Charlotte.
Walked in for dinner here a couple of nights ago, it appears that they're short-staffed because the hostess introduced herself as not only the manager but also our waiter! She went over the menu and the hot pot options and we had already decided what we wanted before we got there. HOT POT!
Chose the Miso and the Pho broth. We got a couple each of crispy wings, hot wings, egg rolls, crab rangoon, and edamame. For the main course we got beef tenderloin strips, pork belly, meatballs, calamari, shrimp, crab clusters, and several veggies.
I was happy with both broths, but the flavors of the miso transferred to the food better. The pho had a great taste alone, but only subtly seasoned the food as it cooked. The only thing we were unhappy with was the crab clusters: not much meat in any of them, and what meat we got lacked any sort of flavor. All the other meats were great.
A couple of setbacks of the night were that our manager/hostess/server/everything in between was so busy trying to bus the many tables, it caused our service to be a bit lacking. Not really any fault of her own, but they definitely needed more staff that night. Our drinks were constantly empty and the rice and ramen as part of the hot-pot didn't come out until we requested it a second time, same goes for all the dipping sauces.
All in all a positive experience, a bit of polishing and this could be a real statement restaurant for a unique cuisine experience.
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