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| - This was the first restaurant I went to on my recent trip to Montreal. I went there because I had been dying for hot pot, and boy did I get it! IT was just about all I could ask for. And it may seem strange to go to an Asia restaurant first thing in Montreal, but when you are jonesing for something real, authentic and good you just got to scratch the itch.
It is small, and semi below street level but easy enough to find. I just sat down, told the waitress that I heard you have great hot pot and that is what I wanted. She said "are you sure, it is really hot" And I just looked her in the eye and told her I'm an adventurous eater and I'm not scared of Szechuan food. She suggested some of the cucumber salad as a side dish to help cool the heat, which sounded good.
Shortly we got the salad and some beers. The salad looks like it should be one fire, as the chunks (and I mean chunks) of cucumber were swimming in an oily spicy looking sauce. but when you tasted it, there was a hint of mild chili, some garlic and then a bit of sweet that was very cooling. Then the big hot pot showed up. Brimming with good things. The burner was turned on and we sat back to wait while it came to a boil. You could see the Szechuan pepper corns amidst the meat, veggies, wood ear, tofu, bean sprouts and other goodies. A large heaping pile of chilies was on top as well. IT was hot, it was good, it was tingly. This is one of the few times I've felt a full body endorphin rush from eating. Three or four bits followed by the cucumber was perfect. The meat was supper tender and yummy. The tofu took on a great falvor from the hell broth. The bean sprouts were one of the best things and I'm not a big bean sprout person. I know why now people become addicted to this dish.
Watching what others around us were eating, a lot of things looked really good and I wish I was going to be able to get try more of what they have to offer but maybe next trip.
When we were paying the bill (very reasonable btw) the waitress asked us if we had anything like this back home, and I exclaimed "no nothing like it, no where even close to this good." We'll be back. That is for sure. She also asked us where we had heard about it, being in an out of the way place by Concordia University and being there on vacation. She didn't know they were on Yelp! Go Yelpers in Montreal go there, check in and eat their hot pot. YOu'll feel the tingle and become addicted.
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