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-Lamb slice platter x infinity
-Beef slice platter
-Watercress
-Pork blood [dinner section]
-Lamb wonton
RECOMMENDED
-Spinach noodles
-Wood ear fungi
-Cuttlefish [dinner section]
-Pork rind [dinner section] (it's weird. worth the experiment)
-Red sausage [dinner section]
OK
-beef tripe [dinner section]
-beef stomach [dinner section]
-luncheon meat
-balls [dinner section]
AVOID
-Garlic beef (looks disgusting. cooks disgusting. tastes disgusting.)
-Wheat Gluten (an abomination of the highest order)
Gluttony is my favourite of the seven deadly sins. And it's probably yours too. That's why you're going to stuff your face with lamb at a restaurant plastered in cute little white sheep. You may want to pre-watch an episode of "lamb chop's play along" if you are feeling extra hungry and evil. My personal choice was Silence of the Lambs.
Be forewarned, the sweet smell of hotpot as you enter the restaurant is the same smell you will be leaving with... on your clothing. You may think that you can dodge the smelly steam vapours that emanate from the pot, but it's better to give up NOW and prepare ahead. You will be engulfed in soup clouds, so dress the part. Possibly appropriate attire: basketball jersey, snuggie, hair net, board shorts, adult diaper (for the hardcore overeaters), hazmat suit.
As a general strategy, I recommend that you load up on lamb slices and beef slices. They only take about 30 seconds to cook. Then intermittently try the other options (see above).
You may want to order the "wheat gluten" just for the sake of novelty. It arrives as 3 tennis balls. You throw them into the pot and they sit there for hours. You can bounce them up and down in the pot at first and they just float there. Then they gradually soak up grease until they wrinkle up like the fingertips of an old granny emerging from the sauna. At some point they are finished cooking. I'm not sure when. Then bite into it, and rip some off with your teeth. Chew whatever you can. They taste like the fingertips of an old granny emerging from the sauna. Or something like that. I have no idea what this is supposed to be.
Service is surprisingly strong, especially for china town.
Overall, this is a good hot pot considering the competition in the downtown core. In particular, if you like Lamb, this is a joint to check out.
INTRODUCTION FOR NOOBS (see Menu picture if you would like to follow along):
You probably want the "Yin Yang" broth. Each side has a different soup base. One is spicy, the other is herbal.
It's All You Can Eat. There is a dinner section of the menu, which you can only order from if you are paying the dinner price.
Lamb and Beef slices are not marked on the order form, you just ask for more from the wait staff. For everything else, use the the order form.
You get 3 rounds to order, plus dessert.
Water / soy milk / plum juice are all free. I prefer soy milk.
Sauce. You get a small bowl to make your own sauce at the sauce station. You probably want to start with sesame paste or sesame oil. Experiment with the chive paste and fermented tofu. But there is plenty more... cilantro, green onion, vinegar, chili oil, chili sauce, etc. Don't forget to grab a raw quail egg and break it into your sauce bowl (if that sounds appealing).
BONUS TIP: I recommend fasting to some degree before or after hot pot. You will inevitably overeat. Do not schedule any sort of physical or mental activity or drive heavy machinery after hot pot.
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