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| - I had trouble finding this restaurant on Yelp, because this place used to be called Osama Hot Pot!! Alllahhhhh Hotpoootttt!
I've been to a hot pot restaurant a total of 3 to 4 times throughout my 17 years here in Canada. For a Northerner like me, I should be going 3 to 4 times a day. It just doesn't feel the same here as opposed to going to hot pot in China. It's not a civilised thing that Canadians have lead you to believe.
I was brought here by my friend Ray and a few others. I've watched people eat here for years during my teens while I was spending most of my time smoking cigarettes by the West entrance of Pacific Mall. The place really was called Osama Hot Pot, I'm not imagining this.
Having stepped in for the first time, it was much smaller than I anticipated, and way more crowded than any restaurant in the area.
Here's the deal:
Step 1: Choose your broths - Spicy/Mild and etc.
Step 2: Place your order
Step 3: Line up for your individual bowl of seasoning sauce
Step 3.5: Wait
Step 4: Eat
I hate lining up at a restaurant, 17 years and I'm still not used to the lack of servitude from the restaurant staff in North America. If I dropped a napkin in a restaurant in China that's short on napkins, they'd make the chef go outside and chop down a tree.
The food is superb though, and the sauces exceeded beyond my expectations. The is almost no décor, and even if there were any, it would have been obstructed by the sheer number of people here. It's an intrusive dining area when it gets busy, but that's really the most authentic characteristic about this place as a hot pot restaurant. Corner hot pot restaurants in China is a chicken fight.
It's not bad at all, good eating and reasonably priced.
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