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Weird experience and business model, for the “make your own bowl” at least.
You wait to be seated, then order your drinks and “base” from the waitress (rice, noodles, etc, even though we didn’t even see noodles on the menu). Then you get up and go to a self serve counter. Think cafeteria style. You add whatever raw ingredients you want into a bowl (including however much meat you want, which was a big plus). Then they’re a sauces, which I was told not to put into the bowl, just a side container. Like a to go cup. I assumed I’d get that later to add to my final bowl. Nope. You put your tray on a shelf and they cook it all. Including all your side sauces. They throw them all in. So I ended up with a gooey mess cause I didn’t understand this whole process.
I went back again a few days later, not armed with experience with this whole thing. It was much better. My critique is the confusion of it all. It’s so odd. Why can’t I just order what I want in my bowl, from the waitress, like you do when ordering an omelet? Or if I must stand up and order, why not copy Panda and just do it all there at the counter? It’s so confusing to do half at the table then half at the counter.
But… it was really good! Very fresh and well cooked. So there was that!