Hot Pot (of) Coffee

My aunt owns a restaurant in Taoyuan. Actually, it's a coffee joint and a hot pot restaurant that are connected. They look distinct, have distinct cuisines, but it seems natural for people to go to one side and then move to the other side. It's usually hot pot and then coffee.

Hot pot, or huo guo, is very much like Japanese shabu shabu. In many cases, people here call it shabu shabu, too. Everyone gets their own pot of boiling broth, and they put vegetables, fishcakes, and meats in the broth to cook, and then dip it in a sauce before eating. This is really nice on a cold winter's day, but it seems that people don't mind eat this on a humid and hot summer's day either.

The coffee was good. I didn't get my kona coffee because they were out, but the cappuccino was still good. I really liked the cheesecake. There's has raisins on in it, and the crust is made from dough, not cookie crumbs. Unfortunately, I don't have a 3am coffee partner here like I do in ktown, so I probably won't be frequenting this cafe that often.