Chena N.
Yelp
I saw someone jogging in the 110 degree heat before and I was reminded that I should POT-bably start training for when I go to hell too :p. Meanwhile, I'll train at 3 Kingdoms, cuz HELL is where your booty hole will feel like it's at after eating here.
.:: FOOD ::.
NOT AYCE, a- la -carte by the dish. Perfect for one of those, 'Lets not stuff ourself silly to get our money's worth' type of nights.
Marvelous Soup $18.95: you get to pick 3 soups. We chose Pork & Chicken ; Golden Pickled Mustard; and Premium Beef Oil Spicy (we got mild). I didnt touch anything spicy but my friends said the mild was a gooooood heat so beware. The pork and chicken theres a WHOLE bone in there like I'm talking huge. The. Premium Beef Oil came with the cutest cow butter to drop in. The golden pickled mustard was meh and I'm so glad it was in the tiniest portion of the pot.
Snack and dipping bar $15/person: had a good variety of sauces, whatever you want should be there. The snacks had shrimp chips that I absolutely love from the chinese restaurants, sesame balls with red bean, edamame, fruits that look like they were there for a long time because some looked brown.
American Kobe Beef $21.95: good marbling , comes with a good portion, maybe i'm so jaded from all the bay area places but I thought I was only gonna get 6 pieces. I liked this the best.
Angus Selected Beef $20.95: Very fancy presentation. A good cut too but visibly and taste wise a lower cut than American Kobe.
Beef Toro $12.95: One of our table's favorite cut, especially those who also like fatty meat.
Fish ball w/ Roe $8.95: never fails to satisfy the table. The roe gives a good surprise in the middle.
Fish Tofu $4.95: a huge portion, even if we selected the small size. I'm not complaining.
Mixed Special Tripe $16.95: I dont eat tripe, but my table enjoyed this dish.
Mushroom Combo Platter $14.95: I also dont eat mushroom, but my table liked the variety.
Veggie Combo Platter $13.95: Comes with corn, spinach, watercress, lotus root, lettuce, cabbage
Fish Roe Lucky Bag $10.95: basically fish tofu with roe in the middle. Definitely became one of my favs.
Beef Skewers $12.95: a mild spicy on the skewers. Tender pieces to dip into the hot pot to cook.
DO NOT end the night without grabbing some soft serve at their machine downstairs near the host stand.
.:: Ambiance / Service / Parking ::.
You come here for ALLLLL the aesthetics and they pull out EVERY stop there is, from the animal butters to the liquid nitrogen on the hot pots, to presentation of all the dishes, to the decors that transport you to ChongQing. They even have karaoke rooms you can book. It's a two story place which is rare to see in bay area. It shares a spot with Teaspoon. Luckily, my party was seated in the more private rooms because we were making videos and taking hella pics, so it would have been embarrassing if we were outside.
Our waiter was nice, took our orders and old us when things were on last call. He just took our soup order but everything else is QR code and you order on the website. Pay at end of meal. We made resy so our table of 5 got seated immediately on a Saturday night.
Parking was a bit tough. I found street parking though about 2-3 blocks away. There were several parking garages but it was dark and I didnt know my way around mountain view to look for it.