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I was devastated when I saw that my favourite hotpot place, iCook, had closed down. It was one of the rare hotpot places that lets you go up and grab the stuff you want rather than waiting on the staff to order your items and deliver them to you.
So when I first walked in, I was impressed at the renovations they did to this place. The interior decoration of this place is probably the nicest I've seen for a hot pot place in the GTA. But then I was worried when I saw that it was an ordering system - most hot pot places I've been to which had an order system would often forget half the things you order, and/or give you very small portions so you have to constantly order again and again until you just get sick of ordering.
I was even more worried to see that there was no pen and paper, so I had to tell the servers what I want, which I thought was unnecessarily tedious. I also tend to be a big eater when it comes to hot pot, and I didn't want to be judged for the amount I was ordering (you know, that "ugh huh you sure you can finish that amount?" look from servers).
I was surprised that the servers were all proficient enough in English to take my order - not that common for a Chinese restaurant in Markham. There was no judgement, they just took down everything I said. They were honest that the portions were small, but told me to just order more as I finish so that the items can be kept fresh. It was a good point, and because there were lots of servers around it wasn't hard to flag one down. Everything I ordered came very quickly - maybe it was because there weren't that many people there, but I was quite impressed. On top of that, they bring everything to you in neat arrangements on a variety of different shaped plates and bowls - for once, they actually cared about how the uncooked food was served. It was the cleanest hot pot place I've ever been to, and while ordering the sauces one-by-one from the server can be kind of annoying, it is nice to know that no one else had touched the sauce but you. If you have a friend who is nit picky about the sanitation qualify of hot pot restaurants, Legend Pot is definitely the place to go.
Yes the portions did come quite small, but when I just asked for 4 orders of something, they actually did bring out 4 orders. The quality of the the meat was better than any of the hot pot places I've been to, and nothing that came to the table was frozen solid.
So not everything is perfect, I would give this place 4.5 stars but I just bumped it up: First, the plate you use for the entire meal to eat off of is completely flat, which is annoyingly messy because the soup just spills off the plate onto the table. Second, the place is expensive. I spent about $70 for two people on a weekend night, which is considerably more than most all-you-can-eat hot pot restaurants. Lastly, and this is more a tip rather than a criticism, the Legend spicy soup base is VERY spicy. My usual hot pot soup base is the Sichuan spicy soup base, and this one was a lot spicier than what I was used to - so be warned.
As long as I'm going to hot pot with a bunch of financially well-off friends, this is going to be my go-to spot... That is until a Hai Di Lao decides to pop up in Toronto one day *fingers crossed*
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