"OK, so the place isn 't fine dining, it 's not somewhere to linger all night, it 's a bit scruffy and the staff have seen it all, so if you 're a bit precious, or you 're trying to impress somebody, don 't go there. But if you want really good, tasty Chinese hotpot, then do go. We 've walked by the place a dozen times over the years and thought 'nah ', but this time we saw people eating hotpot and thought 'why not ', and we are glad we did. There 's loads of other stuff on the menu, but we opted for hotpot. Now there are several options, but we went for a slightly Thai influenced one with beef, with side orders of pak choi and mooli to cook in it (from a long list of options seafood, meat veg). We 're not big eaters so ordered a single serving size (rather than the per person one), and didn 't have any rice or noodles, which people with bigger appetites might want. They fired up the burner on the table and the pot arrived a thickish broth with loads of big chunks of beef, along with loads of tofu and big fresh chillis. We popped the veg in and started hot potting (if that 's a word). The broth was full of flavour spicy but not dangerously so and the slow cooked beef was beautifully tender. The bill, with service and one glass of half decent merlot for Mrs Ex Punk, as I was driving, was £36. You can 't knock it at that price. So, it 's likely to be our go to place in Chinatown."
Sweet Corn Soup
