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| - Legend Pot is like a shiny, brand-new mid-end fancy car - quick, get here before the new-ness factor rubs off.
Looks-wise, it's a decently/mid-large sized spot, with black and stereotypically "modern Chinese" decor with spacious booths. The booths house an electric/induction burner in the middle of the table which fits one large, 1/3rd-mop-bucket sized pot split into a yin-yang shape for you to fill with two base soups of your choice. The tables with regular seating contains one small burner at each spot, for small, individual pots (roughly the circumference of a larger personal sized pizza).
The "engine", if you will, would be the food. So good. Beef is fresh, sliced and rolled up to the size of about two fingers wide. Lamb is sweet and tender. Somebody has gone and paid enough or sourced their eggs really well to serve extra-large grade - literally a "Good egg!" Vegetables are fresh, lovely and green. Mussels are large, fish is not "fishy" tasting, and the shrimp...cake things are unctuous.
The soup broths are flavourful and actually made and topped up with broth rather than water when your pot starts to run dry. We chose the second level/two chilli rating soup and the pork bone soup. This spicy broth won't taste spicy until the end as it takes some time for the spices to brew, but after 2 hours, you will start to have that authentic "mala", tongue-numbing feel. Being a spice aficionado, I would compare the peak of this spiciness level to the heat level of "hot" wings at hot wing restos and pubs.
On a silly side note: the individual bathroom stalls contain a thoughtful tray of dental floss for patrons. Not the kind that comes in a tiny plastic box, but the kind that comes built in to a small green plastic pitchfork. Ahh, the new restaurant feels.
My only gripe about this place is they can be very odd about serving portions. For example, we asked for squid/beef/fish balls for our table of 4 and would receive a varying number of each: 5 squid, 4 beef, and 1 fish. Random. Also the gluten puffs (my favourite) which are usually served whole, have been cut into four pieces per puff and passed off as four servings. Although I admit their gluten puff is higher quality than many other AYCE hot pot places, gluten still remains one of those super cheapo grocery items, so why stinge out on a few cents?
Finally, my tip to you is to wear wear only easily laundered clothing and consider leaving your jacket in the car. Unfortunately, leaving any hot pot joint at the end will only leave you with the smell of boiled meats for days and not like new leather!
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