At 108 Food Dried Hot Pot, experience a casual vibe while customizing your spicy bowl with a myriad of proteins and veggies, all just steps from Columbia.
"108 Food is known for its Sichuan dry hot pot, where the raw ingredients are displayed behind glass for customers to pick and have cooked." - Robert Sietsema
"This hot pot restaurant near Columbia University has over 15 soup bases to choose from. If you’re not feeling like filling your pores with hot broth right now, 108 Food Dried Hot Pot also serves a bunch of rice, noodle, and vegetable dishes. You can place your order for delivery and pick-up directly through their website here." - hannah albertine, bryan kim
"This very casual dry hot pot place took the Upper West Side by storm when it opened two years ago, with its picnic table seating and point-and-choose method of selecting the ingredients, constituting an altogether fun experience and an inexpensive one, too. The roster of ingredients favored diverse seafood, thin-shaved lamb, and a multitude of vegetables, both common and obscure. And extreme spiciness via Sichuan peppercorns and other vectors was always an option. Order online." - Robert Sietsema, Eater Staff
"A bubbling cauldron of Sichuan hot pot is a communal affair, but the dry hot pots at this Upper West Side restaurant are an incendiary pleasure that can be enjoyed alone. Join the throngs of Columbia students at 108 Food Dried Hot Pot in the evening and compose a bowl from 50 different ingredients. Chicken gizzards, tofu skins, squid, fish balls, and cabbage all are equally tasty when doused in the custom blend of oil tinted scarlet from dried chiles and medicinal herbs." - Eater Staff
"108 Food is mentioned as part of the current crop of new Chinese restaurants in the area, offering modern dishes without many concessions to American tastes." - Robert Sietsema
