上品火鍋料理

High class hotpot may sound like an oxymoron but this is what it is - or tries to be. Kinda fun to concoct a mixed sauce according to one's preferences - the appetizer was cool diced cucumber with preserved jellyfish - the tomato-potato-beef soup base was real soup which became a yummy stew near the end of the meal. The pork we chose was quite juicy - the seafood very fresh - we enjoyed dipping geoduck sashimi so that it was lightly cooked with its texture and taste preserved - the razor clams were gigantic in size and very delicious - the prawns and stuffed meat balls were satisfactory. One note about the meat balls though - the contents were so hot that we both got scalded more than once. The vegetables and mushrooms going into the stew-like hotpot near the end provided a great finish to the meal. A note about the service though - a bit understaffed and servers seemed reluctant to serve water (which was free). That said, at $585 per head, it was a sumptuous meal which would have been better if staff could pay more attention to the service.