FIRST POST ON FATTY COW SEAFOOD HOT POT [HERE]
When I like a restaurant, I really like it. Meaning, I rave about the restaurant for days and do not shut up about how good it was. Sometimes, I even want to revisit the next day and lose sleep over thinking about it. Although rare, it happens, and Fatty Cow was one of them. Located in Vancouver on Victoria Drive, Fatty Cow is an all you can eat late night hot pot restaurant. We were seated at the same table as the previous visit and the staff was pretty much the same.
ADULT $19.95 CHILDREN (5-10) $13.95 [+$1.00 for weekends/holidays]
DOUBLE SOUP $8.50 SINGLE $7.00 POP $1.50
DOUBLE SOUP, FATTY COW HOT & SPICY AND SPARERIBS BROTH ($8.50).
The hot & spicy soup base does not taste oily and has a nice mild to medium spiciness. Also, for those who worry about that numbing spicy taste in certain soup bases, Fatty Cow does not use Szechuan peppercorn so no problems there. The other choice of soup base is the spareribs, which taste light with a hint of pork bone. Fatty Cow charges for addition items such as cilantro ($0.50) but every table receives a complimentary peanut, soy and satay sauce.
The lobster is a chick, weighing under 1lb and for the price is very reasonable. Furthermore, the lobster provides a different hot pot experience asides from only having meat and vegetables. The lobster is also a bonus for those who like seafood and was one of the reasons for the revisit. This time, we cooked some of the lobster meat in the spicy soup base and it did not turn out so great, so stick with the clear broths!
1LB LIVE PRAWNS ($18.80/LB).
Instead of ordering crab or geoduck like the last visit, we went for the spot prawns.
Like the lobster, the price for the spot prawns are very reasonable considering that restaurants are currently charging over $29.99/lb. The live spot prawns are skewered… Meaning, some of them are twitching and trying to swim, when and while being skewered. I found this too cruel and would not order them again, or ever. After cooking, the prawns have a meatier and slightly stiffer texture compared to steaming. Personally, I prefer steamed spot prawns over boiled because the prawns have that natural sweet and bouncier taste.
Pumpkin, bean curd sticks, bitter melon and shrimp. Fatty Cow is the only hot pot restaurant that I know of, that offers bitter melon.
Puff tofu, fish tofu, mussels, corn, shui kai and instant noodles. Everything is very generic, no complaints. The shui kai tastes meaty and is a great filler.
BEEF RIBEYE AND SIRLOIN.
The tender tasting meats from the last visit is pretty much 90% responsible for the revisit. Although unfortunately on the revisit, the ribeye and sirloin both tastes chewy and not very tasty, despite the thin slices.
LAMB AND PORK JOWL.
The slices of lamb taste tender, but lacks that nice gamey flavour and taste quite bland. Regardless, the lamb is still enjoyable because the meat does not taste chewy like both cuts of beef. As for the pork jowl, the cut is different compared to the previous visit and tastes chewier.
Our choice of vegetables include baby bok choi, spinach, watercress and tong ho. In addition, we received the complimentary coconut pudding this time! The pudding tastes smooth and actually has a tasty faint coconut flavour, not watered down.- Open late night
- Reasonably priced seafood
- Staff routinely comes around to refill hot pots and tea
- Complimentary coconut pudding
NEGATIVES
- Meats are not consistent
- Street parking can be annoying during busier times
LITTLE THINGS
- First post on Fatty Cow Seafood [here]
- I would come back for the seafood and hope the meats would taste as good as the first visit. If Fatty Cow did not serve seafood and the meats always taste like this, I would not come back
Food: 2.5/5
Service: 2.5/5
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