Tasty pot — Restaurant in Beaverton

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...

We decided to try this place because "Happy Lamb hot pot" was closed and they were nearby.

The place is small but has a nice decor and very clean. Unfortunately, due to the size of the establishment, it is very packed seating and you should expect to be on a wait list if you're coming for dinner.

The ordering process is easy, they have a tablet you can choose your desired food from. Unlike hotpot where you cook things yourself, you pick a bowl with predetermined ingredients, choose between "original" or "thai" broth, choose a spice level, and that's it. We opted for the lobster seafood "very spicy" original broth. They came in metal bowls with a portable heating foundation to keep your soup hot which was a nice touch.

Now the food itself, while fresh, was pretty lacking. While they did give us a small lobster tail, there was hardly much seafood and majority of it was vegetables. The menu described a large variety of seafood ingredients but in reality we got a whopping singular piece of each which was disappointing. That aside, the broth itself was bland and not at all spicy. The meal itself comes accompanied by your choice of vermicelli noodles or rice and we chose 1 of each. The meal was filling but only if you get the rice and drink the entire soup base to help fill you up, otherwise the ingredients themselves will leave you unsatisfied. In hindsight maybe the meat dishes with the thai broth would have helped improve the experience.

Overall, it is a nice place on it's own but when compared to "all you can eat" hot pot just down the street for only $10 more, it doesnt really hold up in our book. HOWEVER, the service was great and their drinks are excellent. They have cute take-home reusable cups and their milk tea was exceptional. That alone might be...

As a Taiwanese, I can said the sticky tofu hotpot didn’t let me down. It stinks as hell similar to what I usually eat in Taiwan. The most problem I give the store three star is they have a serious problem with messing around customer’s order. You have to order your food through their IPad, but I don’t know why all of our orders got swap with other table. They messed up the order like 3~5 times and other table’s food has been our table for over 5 minutes. After that the server just grab the food on our table and direct to the other table they messed up. The problem is here, as a restaurant, the food has been other customer’s table for a while, as a server you should take all the food back to the kitchen and give them the new one, because the food might contains germs or spit by other customers. You can’t just serve directly to other table. Moreover, one of the instant noodle (王子麵） fall on the table, the server just use her own bare hand and put it back to the plate and serve to other table. The people who got served by the nasty hygiene act, don’t even know their food are not even clean. Overall, it’s so disgusting, which they have lack of training for employees because that nasty act shouldn’t happen in a restaurant, it’s the most fundamental training if you open a restaurant. I bet they have a serious hygiene problem in the restaurant because all of my friends felt ill after eating. Hope they can make some changes, which those actions shouldn’t be allowed. NASTY NASTY NASTY!!! In...