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Made In China Hot Pot
Category: Restaurants Chinese Chinese [Edit]
3280 Midland Ave EUnit 27-28
Toronto, ON M1V 0C7
Neighbourhood: Scarborough
(416) 332-8807
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Late Night, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Ambience:
- Trendy
- Has TV:
- No
- Caters:
- No
10 reviews for Made In China Hot Pot
10 reviews in English
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Review from Bebe B.
Richmond Hill, ON
5/2/2012
I love the decorations here, it looks great for a hot pot place and its very nice and clean, definitely not what you would think the inside would look like judging from the name of this place. We had all you can eat hot pot and I really like how they give us many sauces to create our own sauce from it and you can even ask for raw eggs to create your masterpiece!
The price for AYCE hot pot is great! We were very very full! selection is not the best, but it is still good selection! and The meat is fresh (as in frozen and not defrosted and mushy) I like the handmade fish balls and there is a seafood platter when you start, also a man came around with a few special dishes (i guess these are limited depending on the day) and I opted for the dish with salmon head in it. I love salmon head haha, usually grilled at Japanese restaurants but it still tastes good hot pot also. -
Review from May L.
Markham, ON
5/25/2012
Decor: Very cute. I love the hanging bird cages and other Chinese decors!
Food: I absolutely love the Asian style condiments they provide to you. So many varieties. They also have many soup bases that you can choose from and a good variety of different ingredients/ dishes you can choose to put into your hot pot. I love that they give you a sheet to fill out what you want instead of having to call the waiter over and name out one by one what you want. I think it's much more efficient.
Dishes I recommend: Beef tendon (make sure you leave it there long enough so it's soft and chewable, and you will want to let it cool down a bit before you put it in your mouth to avoid burning), wonton, octopus balls
Cleanliness: No problems so far. ALTHOUGH... I have to admit, I saw a rat run by my table a few years ago when I was at their sister restaurant next door (Korean BBQ). They blamed it on the grocery store next to them at that time... but no matter what, that's doesn't make it ok for the rat to appear. So just keep an open eye next time you are there! -
Review from Maggie T.
Toronto, ON
2/6/2012
I love this place, not because of all the bird cage alike lamps hanging above each table, or their name has "China" in it, I just like hot pot. They happen to deliver what they present and satisfy your appetite.
I love their all you can eat hot pot including drinks with unlimited refills. The service is great, they would come by table often to take care of things such as adding water in the pot or ask if need more food/desert etc. They know what they are doing, you can tell there is a flow in service.
The food was great! All the materials were fresh and presented well. I loved their soup base, and get to make my own dipping. One thing is bring Pepto Bismol so you dont feel ill from over eating. -
Review from Angela H.
Mississauga, ON
1/22/2012
When it's freezing cold outside like -18 C, there's nothing better than hot pot.
At $18.95 a head for all you can eat, it's a steal! You can choose from many types of meats, veggies, and even some seafood.
It's always busy, you gotta watch your servers, making sure that they bring exactly what you want. We had to remind ours about three times what we were missing. What happened in the end was we got about three orders of the same thing because we kept putting in new orders for things we were missing. Oh man, 3 orders of taro in one shot and you are one full puppy! IN the end, we had to waste some food because we just couldn't handle all of it.
DON'T order the lamb dumplings-crazy mutton flavour. I had to spit it out.
DO order the fried gluten-chewy, and filled with broth, this I could have eaten 3 plates!
DO save some room for the mango pudding dessert. It's about the size of a tablespoon, but it's creamy and refreshing. You'll like it! -
Review from Thomas M.
Toronto, ON
10/18/2011
One's preconceive notion of thinking that this is a furniture shop will be surprised that it's actually a restaurant. I didn't know that this was a restaurant at first, the name just sprouts out a store that sells furniture or any Chinese-related stuff but going in for the first time, the decor just looks fantastic even though places like Go For Tea establishes that even elegant and attractive decor doesn't necessary mean that you're going to have a great time here. What I saw is a hong style cafe that serves breakfast all day and specials that are affordable which is the best considering that I love eating breakfast.
Although when I found out that the owner is the same owner of the Korean BBQ next door, it wasn't really surprised that it would look good. Anyways the service was attentive even though I came here around ten o'clock on a weekday where the restaurant is completely empty.
It was good that they aren't like Go For Tea in a sense of attractive decor but terrible service, as I ordered a two eggs, bacon and 2 toasts and hong kong hot milk tea (with a sideorder of a hashbrown) and it didn't take that long for it. The presentation of the food looks neat, with square-shaped plates and I like it when they organised the portions well.
As for the food, the sunny-side eggs aren't really cooked enough to the point of only having the yolk be the liquid part, it really disgusts me if someone doesn't know how to cook a sunny-side egg to the point where you don't see white snot pouring with the yolk but aside from that the eggs are good. The bacon is also great complimenting the eggs and toast especially when you eat them all at once. The hashbrown however didn't taste like a hashbrown at all, it just taste like plastic and even McDonalds hashbrowns are better. The hot milk tea really hits the spot when you finished the meal.
For four dollars (with the hashbrowns), the meal is overall excellent, I really like this than the small bakery cafe near Finch Avenue West that serves breakfast all day as well.
Now that there's a place with breakfast all day I could easily see me coming here over and over again!
Pros: attentive and great service, breakfast all day, beautiful decor and affordable pricing.
Cons: not completely cooked egg -
Review from Raymond W.
Toronto, ON
5/3/2011
If I were a girl, and was into decorating my cellphone with things like Hello Kitty accessories, and bedazzling everything I own, then I would certainly consider this place to be upscale, and very "cute."
But I'm not, I'm a 6 foot 1, 200+ pound Chinese who enjoys cigars, fine wine, and Opera...so let the review begin.
Made in China Hotpot is.......a kinda upscale and cute place -_-
It looks like a sushi restaurant, it just feels that one should be eating sushi here. It's not very Japanese, but I never seen such a meticulously decorated restaurant for hotpot, as hotpot is messy business. Even the trays which the food comes in looked like sashimi platters. The place was clean, and the seating was intimate. So I was worried on how much I'd end up paying for a place like this.
I came here with about fifteen second-year UTSC students, so entertaining a crowd was a piece of cake, and damn did I ever put these kids to work..I didn't cook a single thing. The spices are secured in a metal ball, so it doesn't end up in your food when scooping it into your bowl, this was clever. I think I had the largest party there, but despite being sat across a long table, we were all able to converse rather comfortably with one another.
You had a choice how to personalize your sauces, but I was busy hitting on the girls sat around me. I'm not usually the oldest person in a crowd, but being cultured has it's perks in a situation like this. I don't think anyone else has made hotpot history more interesting than I. Maybe it's my deep raspy voice..or my throaty laugh......
You can order anything here, fish balls, chicken wings, honestly anything. They all taste very good from the sauces. It's all reasonably priced. I'm content.
Made in China, with Pride baby! -
Review from WaYnE c.
Maple, ON
9/18/2010
Made in China. No, it's not a Chinese shop that sells T-shirts for $1.00 or Pirated DVD for $4.00. It's not even what the Downtown crowd would imagine it to be since the Scarborough one focuses on AYCE Hotpot(Soupy one, not the Pot Rice). Same owner though, which means it's intertwined with Korean Grill as well which btw is right next door to this Made in China.
Weekend Adult($17.95) is a good deal in my opinion for the volume. The service is good as all they forgot for the amount we checked marked was an order of Beef. The multiple times I've been here, the staff have been very consistent and the elder manager is there to oversee that everybody is satisfied.
3 Soup Base(Satay, Clear, Thousand Year Egg & Cilantro) are free of charge while another handful of specialty stocks and broths are extra $5.00 fee. Here you can also add some items for a fee such as fresh Seafood but those are charged on a different method.
I guess the only thing that I'm not a fan of, is that they provide a selection of sauce for you before you begin the meal however they take it away so if you need additional sauce you'll have to wave a staff down and ask for them to bring the selection over. This is NOT an individually potted method here so you'll simply have to share the same pot with your company but the pot does allow for 2 separate choices of Soup Base.Listed in: Southern Chinese Food, This Pot is HOT
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Review from Jennifer K.
Markham, ON
10/9/2010 15 photos
I don't really eat AYCE hot pot! I have not been to a hot place for so long more than 10 years.. and why I am I now writing a review of Made In China Hot Pot??
Made In China Hot Pot becomes a HK style cafe in the morning/afternoon hours. They are open at 7:00 AM everyday serving breakfast! And of course there are lunch specials too... and before they turn themselves back to a hot pot place for the dinner crowd. It does makes more business sense because you still need to pay rent for the whole day even you open at 4 pm and now they can finally generate some income for the 7 AM - 4 pm time slot.
The breakfast here I have to said the quality is pretty good.. above average when compare to other HK style cafe. The Satay Beef Vermicelli has an intense satay flavour that my friend said is A-OK! The well done fried eggs are nicely cooked and even the extra thick toast are great! Milk Tea quality is above average too... 2 Thumbs up!
The service here is fast and friendly. The prices reasonable... BTW, cheap cheap lunch combo from $4.99 with a drink!
I will definitely coming back for more!Listed in: HK Style Restaurants in the…
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Review from Justine C.
Toronto, ON
10/19/2011
Probably the only hot pot restaurant that opens until 2:00 AM on weeknights! I work late shifts and can't get dinner until 9:30 PM so I am super happy this place closes late. Decor is great, service is great, food is great... I guess I'm most happy about how late it closes LOL
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Review from Izabella d.
6/12/2010
hot pot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so fancy, this was my first time and it was the beeeeesst!
for 17.95 (15.95 weeknights) you get all you can eat everything, drinks (soda styles) and desserts. we thankfully had a guide : but in case you need info here is how to play it:
1. pick your broths that will be cooking your meats and veg - we chose satay (curry flavor), pork and chicken, pickled egg and cilantro (mild flavor) and spicy scheczuan (a bit extra, but so worth it. by faaar my favorite one).
2. pick your meats - honestly all five of us went absolutely nuts for the lamb, and we almost didn't order it! also great : the beef, pork, pork balls.. there's a lot more choices - but they are for bold eaters (pork intestines, pork blood, etc)
3. pick your veg - all are great - the Chinese cabbage, sweet corn on the cob, lotus root.. tofu. yum
4. pick your accessories -- noodles are a must! the udon and singapore style were fat and delicious. we also tried vermicelli. don't forget to add wontons and potstickers. soo tasty. we also tried the sticky fried rice and chicken and mushroom rice. also great.
5. make a dipping sauce -- as you wait for your food to arrive, you will see a tray of different soy sauces, vinegars, sesame oil, garlic etc.. you can combine these in any way you like, and later use it to dip your hot potted delicacies into.
6. get super excited. your hotpot is about to arrive. its a bit intense at first, there is so much food, action, excitement. stay calm , breathe :)
pick what you want to try, and start dunking it in the broths. there are different cook times depending on the food, meat usually goes within 30 seconds, veggies a minute or two.
things specific to this restaurant : a seafood platter (with salmon, shrimps, huge oysters, mussels, etc) comes at the very beginning of the meal which is included in the cost. if you are not a fan, tell the waiter beforehand that you don't want it because you can't get anything to go. you also get many uncooked eggs, that are to be dunked into the pot and left for like 10 -15min and they come out as tasty hard boiled treats.
after steps 1 - 6, repeat over and over again. until you can't fit anymore hotpot into your belly!
