This restaurant just opened at the Rolling Hills Plaza in Torrance. It occupies the building of the old Sammy's Pizza.
Sandi and I were curious to see if it was any good. The only experience I know about Mongolian food is that you pile a bunch of raw meat and vegetables with their appropriate sauces and they cook it for you.
We walked in and in about a minute or less....we walked out. There was a particular odor which was not enticing at all. We actually could not stand it. We noticed that they had the hot soup on the table and we guessed that you had to dump your raw materials in there to cook them. I go to a restaurant to be served. If I wanted to cook, I would stay home. I was willing to try this but the strong odor made us go for the door.
In this case, curiosity really did kill the cat!
"A peculiar odor?" Maybe it was the sheep? Seriously, Mongolian Hot Pot can be super; my family had it every holidays. The center of the table has the pot with either a coal (later electric) fire. Stock is put in it, then an array of meats, sea food and vegetables is added. whatever individuals put into the bubbling stock is then dipped in different sauces. It used to be a reat way to entertain as it was a "cook your own dinner" thing. Very similar to the fondue idea. Sorry you missed the chance at this. It's usually more fun if you have five or more people. Here is a link that shows the pot and what it's all about. http://www.fantes.com/mongolian-hot-pot.html
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