Boiling Point 沸點 - Irvine, CA : Veggie Pot

Happy Lunar New Year! It's the year of the dragon...the most auspicious of all the signs. So for New Year's Eve dinner...we were too lazy to cook and went out to have some hot pot at Boiling Point in Irvine. It just opened up last year around Thanksgiving. I wasn't sure about going at first because I had heard about the bad service...but I think that was just because they had just opened and were ironing out their kinks. The service was pretty much fine. The waiters were all so busy bringing out the pots of soup with fire. The place was busy, but not so much that there was a looong wait. Well, we went closer to 8pm on a Sunday night, so maybe the crowd cleared out.

Tomato & Veggie Hot Soup

So for a veggie eater like myself, there is the Tomato & Veggie Hot Soup. It's not hot like spicy or anything. But, you do have to ask for the all veggie...including broth. Apparently there's a non-vegetarian broth they also use for people that just want to eat light...so don't forget to mention veggie broth too! I didn't know this...apparently it's written in Chinese. Good thing someone else can read it! Haha. I forgot all the veggies they include, but they have tofu, enoki, cabbage, beancurd roll (腐皮 fupi). tomato, corn, green beans, lots of chopped veggie on top (I probably forgot some), and vermicelli on the bottom. They also ask you if you want noodles  (vermicelli) or rice....but I didn't know it came with vermicelli on the bottom. That's plenty of food in the pot and I didn't eat my extra noodles.

Soup on Fire

The fire burns on the bottom...like a flambe...and it runs out eventually. So you can ask for them to light it up again...but I think it's enough to eat all the way through with just one lighting (they have to take it away). The soup cools, but it's still warm as you finish up. So it depends how hot you like it. Also, mine took the longest to come out...they say it takes the longest to prepare. Probably because not a lot of people get this and they have to chop the stuff pretty fresh. So it's worth it not to have brown ends on your veggies.

I liked their garlic sauce...yum. Everything went with it in my soup. The other sauces looked kind of spicy, so I didn't try those out. All in all...good food!!

Boiling Point 沸點
http://bpgroupusa.com/index.html
14140 Culver Drive
Irvine, CA 92606
(949)733-2211