text: somewhat schizophrenicnnrestaurant has sidesone side appears to be a standard Chinese buffet but we did not do that sidennWe went on the hot pot side which apparently replicates a fairly common Chinese method of social eatingthink fonduennYou get gas fired cookers on your table the number of cookers depends upon the number of diners and we had cookers for adults One was half filled plain type of mixture I am not sure it was oil it appeared to be more like a chicken broth The other side was spiced with chilis They provide wire scoopsutensils for putting items in or taking them outnnThe buffet had a variety of fish meat vegetables tofu crab etc and you load a plate and put into the rapidly boiling mix and most stuff cooks rather rapidly The quality of the items seemed to be quite good but the mixtures boil down and have to be replenished and the chili side seemed to get most of the play and somewhat gunked up after an hour or sonnI found I could wrap some mushies and beef inside of some spinach and tofu skin put it into the spicy side and minutes later get a really tasty lumpy concoction Tried the dried bloodnot for me Crab was just too much trouble shrimp was awesomennIf you do this make sure that you get at least a half regular and half spicy pot because I found I had little interest in the plain sidennBut it seems pretty clear that this is not as much about the food but rather about sitting around and talking and getting to eat some things while you hang It is less about eating and more about socializingwhich I gather is somewhat common in many areas in ChinannNever bothered with the desserts but they seemed to be nothing special I had to take some rice from the regular buffet side it was really good All in all it was a fun evening and I think we spent about hours there and I doubt I ate enough to hurt them for the costnnSeemed to me that the hot pot side was mostly Chinese and that caucasians like me would not normally know about this or what to dobut you dothink fondue