Lily Lee
Google
Dec 2023
Individualized hot pots of various broths to choose from with preset combinations of meat, seafood, veggies plus other add-ons for additional charge. The nice thing is that you can share without an upcharge; you're not forced to order your own. A great option, if you are not a big eater.
Reservations recommended for larger parties or at least call ahead, else it can be a wait. We had a table of 14 and called at 5pm, when they opened to reserve for evening.
Now on to the food...hot pots ordered ranged from beef, lamb, stinky tofu, healthy veggie, kimchi dumpling, Thai flavor, to Taiwanese supreme. Spice levels you can choose = none, mild, medium, spicy, extra spicy.
I'll only cover a few of the above.
First, the kimchi dumpling hot pot... this was good but expected more of a Korean touch to it. "Kimchi" was mostly filling the pot with nappa cabbage, not actually fermented kimchi, like you get in Korean restaurants. The dumplings were a few, not much flavor to it. More like a few frozen ones tossed in to the soup, which then broke down, as it cooked. The rest of the ingredients were typical hot pot base items of tofu, fish cake, rice cake, with some thin lean shaved pork slices. This would've been even better, if they had sliced pork belly instead. Glad we added the pork intestines and blood sausage to it. The pot it came in was smaller than the other options, which was less broth to start and all the food filled to the rim to cook. Thankfully, you can get more broth added as the meal goes on.
The healthy veggie hot pot was really tasty with large tomato slices that really added to the broth, plus a decent amount of vegetables. Add an egg or two to this to really bring it all together!
The stinky tofu hot pot also a nice combination of ingredients. Stinky tofu was reminiscent of Taiwanese fried stinky tofu, except this was a soft non fried version. Again, intestines and blood sausage work well in this pot too.
Most of the hot pots were heavy on nappa cabbage as a filler. Each one comes with a free option of bowl of rice or vermicelli noodles. Again, you can add more items to your order to put into the hot pot.
All in all, it's a solid 4 out of 5 stars for food and service. Staff were super busy trying to clear tables and seat people in line. Tablets are used at the table for self order entry. Once submitted, wait staff brings you the food. They tried their best to fill water glasses and bring out food, which it didn't take long to get served.
Would go back, especially if you're in the mood for hot pot on a cold day. Prices are reasonable, expect $20/person on average.