Food - 5/5
Service - 5/5
Cleanliness - 5/5
Overall - 5/5
New location for Hotpot / Taiwanese food by Chinatown. I've been here before when it was the other restaurant but the food didn't really stand out. Decided to try out this location for dinner with a friend and tried out the hotpot option on the menu. Originally I was going to try out the Taiwanese dishes but they have 20% off on hotpot items for the spring - summer time so might as well take advantage of a $8.00 something meal.
--------------------------------------------Food - 5/5---------------------------------------------------
The food was very filling. Two people could share 1 pot if you are planning to order a few sides. If you have a big appetite or very hungry, recommended to get a pot your self. But the pot comes with a variety of items depending on which Hot Pot you get.
Stinky Tofu Hot Pot
This was very good. I'm a big fan of Stinky Tofu but never tried Stinky Tofu hotpot. Its basically a standard hotpot with but with stink tofu inside. You can taste the stink in the tofu, so that means it was good. The hotpot came with choice of rice or noodle. It also has quail eggs, fish balls, tempura, slice pork, lettuce and some other ingredients inside.
The owner stop by and talked with us and let me know that the Satay sauce was homemade. It tasted very good and I was quite surprise that they make their own Satay sauce
----------------------------------------------Service 5/5-------------------------------------------------
Service was very friendly. The owner stopped by and talked with us. The workers look like they are still getting into the groove of everything but the restaurant had a nice Taiwanese home feel. They also gave us a complementary milk tea or green tea.
--------------------------------------------Cleanliness - 5/5---------------------------------------------
Restaurant was very spacious and had a very clean appearance front of house. The presentation of the food was clean and unique. Normally when we think of Taiwanese places the presentation is never something that is concentrated on .
Overall, it was a very good experience. Highly recommend to try at least once. I will go back and try out the Taiwanese dishes for sure and probably get a group together to have another Hotpot day there. It is quite affordable and delicious.