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Food
We chose to get a large hot pot with two broths - one side was the Chinese Herb and the other the Sha Cha Soup Broth. It's a bit hard to describe the taste of Sha Cha but it's savory. Note, it does look like you can get individual pots if you don't want to do a large communal one.
We then proceeded to get double the meat - the fatty beef and the pork slices. We also got double the Fuchow fish balls and the Homemade fish balls. One has a a filling, I believe it's the Fuchow, and I much preferred that one. We also got chinese cabbage, all of the mushrooms, fried tofu, cilantro, tofu skin, potatoes, watercress, rice noodles and potato vermicelli. I thought the amoung of meat didn't seem to be much but when eating everything you definitely don't feel hungry. But if you're a big meat eater you may have to order more.
Helpful Tips
-Wait for the pot to boil.
-Put in the things that cook longer (ex: potatoes, melon, corn, etc.) and also put in the mushrooms - that'll give the broth extra flavor.
-There's a sauce station where you can make your own sauce mix - don't be scared to experiment, it can turn out delicious! I did that for one of my sauces. The other I stuck with the pretty traditional sauce combo - sesame mixed with the chives mixture (it looks kind of gross but I promise it's delicious). I departed a bit from the basic mixture by adding garlic because you can't go wrong with garlic.
-They have raw eggs at the sauce station as well - they're delicious in the hot pot! Put them in to get them hardboiled, crack them into a spoon and poach them. I'm partial to poaching them since you get the flavor of the broth as well!
Overall Thoughts
I'd give this place a 4.5. The only reason it's not a 5 is that I wish their meat selection was larger - different cuts, some innards, etc. I definitely recommend this for lunch with friends but it's definitely not something to rush through. If you only have an hour - I'd say come back when you have a bit more time. The service was fast but you're cooking this yourself and you can only cook and eat so fast. The place was very clean and well decorated. I also think I'd strictly come here for lunch, $14.99 is a great price for everything you get but the dinner price seems to be a bit expensive unless the selection is a lot bigger and there's dinner-specific food you want to try.
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