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So glad they have a location at the Santa Anita mall, pretty decent flavors with reasonable prices!

Authentic Taiwanese hotpot with reasonable prices. My go-to is their half and half pot, half spicy (mala) and half sour cabbage. The best combination! Both came with tofu, so good. (Note: two soup bases would be charged around $14 per person, yes, they charge per person)

All the hotpot ingredients are pretty fresh. Also, meat quality are good. Would recommend getting their spare ribs(排骨酥), tempura, duck blood to experience the true flavors of Taiwanese hotpot. Bonus points: you can do half order to try as many as you want!!!

Overall, it’s a yummy Taiwanese hotpot place, and we love this place. Highly recommend.

#bb13

A great park in Pasadena near the Rose Bowl. It is clean, huge, and not overly crowded. Not to mention, it has a pirate ship in the playground for kiddos to play. Love that it has a lot of shade and picnic tables/benches throughout the entire park. There is also tennis courts, a kidspace children’s museum, and a fitness trail. So much to do, I just adore this park!!

#bb5

Not my cup of tea! I just don’t think this location is authentic. I mean, the portions were good but unfortunately, everything we had just wasn’t very tasty. What’s even worse? …I hate to point out this but the restaurant itself def needs a deep clean.

*Warning:
Be aware and do your math! They happened to charge more for the tip. *Sigh* Look carefully at your receipts, then you may know! Aw well!

Loved their Taiwanese night market style sizzling steak, which I don’t think it’s easy to find these days anymore. The steak came with an egg, corn, pasta, corn soup and a complementary black or green tea of your choice. They have a big menu, they also sell stinky tofu (and even bbq stinky tofu) braised pork rice, beef noodles and so many Taiwanese street food. Oh they also have Taiwanese bentos with pretty reasonable prices too. Most importantly, the flavors were authentic. Will be returning soon!!