This place wasn’t as well ventilated since it’s a small place and there are a lot of tables packed next to each other. I guess you can say that it’s well worth the price but honestly, while I was excited to see all these options, at the end of the day, I’m coming here for the hot pot and not the drinks or ice cream so I rather go to a cheaper place for solely the food. So there is really endless choices of drinks. They also have a soda machine next to the ice cream fridge. If canned drinks aren’t your style, they also have hot tea, herbal tea and a lemonade machine. I got a bit too excited upon seeing my unlimited choice of drinks and grabbed a whole bunch before I even started eating. You’re welcome to grab as much cans of drinks as you want. Drinks: They have a whole fridge filled with Asian canned drinks like Herbal tea, Yakult yogurt drinks, grass jelly, etc. Not your typical chocolate, vanilla or strawberry, like 99 Favor Taste. Their ice cream is homemade so the selection is pretty impressive.
I only tried the green tea ’cause I was too full. They have flavors ranging from green tea to double chocolate chip. They have a whole fridge filled with ice cream which you can serve yourself, either bowl style or waffle cone style. The ice cream flavors and drink options are pretty impressive. Let me tell you, when they say unlimited, YES. However, like I said the reason for the pricier meal is because of the inclusion of unlimited drinks and ice cream. Oh, also, their sauce station was lacking and not very sanitary. That’s pretty much the most notable point in the food selection. However, at Hou Yi, they come out in little square boxes and while there’s probably only like 4 – 6 slices in each box/order, these slices are really thick and fresh. If you been to 99 Favor Taste before, you would know that while they give you a lot of meat slices per order/plate, the meat slices are very thin. However, the difference lies in between the way they slice their meat. The food selection is basic like every other hot pot place. Their kimchi soup base was spicy! So beware. Let me start off with food: You get a sheets of paper where you mark down which soup base you want for your pot and the food items you want bought out to you.
Like I said, with the ~$ 10 extra price compared to most $ 20 AYCE hot pot places, you’re basically paying for unlimited drinks and ice cream (which is also just a way to get you filled up quicker without eating all their more costly food items). It blends in with the rest of the Asian Chinatown stores. It’s actually a really run down looking store front and you will definitely miss it if you don’t look for their store sign. This is a family owned place without the amazing interior design that 99 Favor Taste or Hometown Hot Pot has. I’m too used to paying $ 20 only for AYCE hotpot so the higher pricing here caught me off guard.
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