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| - I was a fan of Flat Top so I was interested to try HuHot. We'd been saving it to hit up for lunch on a random day when my gent and I were both free, and a snowy morning that turned into a sunny afternoon was just the ticket.
We came in around 1:30 PM on a Friday and it was pretty dead. We were seated quickly and given the rundown on how it works - $9.99 for an all you can eat, build your own experience. We headed over to the line, grabbed bowls, and started filling. There's a table of meats and seafood plus two types of noodles, two tables of veggies, and a final table with sauces. You take your bowl to a circular area with a grill in the middle, and move down the line as they cook yours in order. The staff was using the same spatulas on each dish, so if you have any sort of allergy or preference for staying strictly veg I'd talk to the grill master when you hand over your bowl. After you get your cooked food there's an array of toppings and seasonings on your way out of the line.
For the most part everything was cooked well; the only thing I didn't care for was the Brussels sprouts that just needed a couple minutes more than everything else in my combo and were a little tough. I did like that the meat was basically shaved to deli slice thickness; I like my meat cooked through and this gave me the confidence to try the beef on my second round. I actually ended up preferring the beef to the chicken, which is not usually how it goes for me.
Our server was great, but overstretched - she had multiple tables, plus was answering phones, running drinks, and changing a keg. I made my dish a little too spicy and couldn't get her attention to get a water refill until I was almost through my plate and had resorted to sucking on ice cubes.
The servers at HuHot recommend 5-6 ladles of sauce; if you like your dish saucy make sure your ladles are full or that you add a little more; most of the sauce cooks off on the grill. We were also told the sauces get spicier as you go down the line; I heard and understood it, but missed the fire symbols due to glare on the sign and added a little too much of the Khan's Revenge BBQ sauce. After dumping it all over my food I saw the six fire symbols and cut it with extra garlic broth, but it had my nose running. It was delicious, though, and next time I'll just put one ladle instead of two.
If you don't know what to do for sauce, there are popular combos on the sign above the sauce table, and there are also a bunch of recipe cards at the start of the line.
For weekday lunch I was pleased with the price; for dinner I don't think I could eat enough to justify the price since you can't bring home any leftovers.
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