HaiDiLao Hotpot

"HaiDiLao is a high-end chain from mainland China specializing in Sichuan-style spicy hot pot. When the restaurant decided to expand abroad, it came to the San Gabriel Valley first, specifically to the Westfield Mall in Arcadia. As soon as you sit down, you get an apron, a hair tie and an iPad so you can order your soup base and ingredients. HaiDiLao's signature soup hits all the flavor notes of Sichuan cuisine: peppery, oily, fiery. Order the beef tallow pot, a more intense version of the signature soup, and the spice level will make you sweat bullets. Milder alternatives, such as a vegetarian mushroom pot and a pork bone pot, are also available. After feasting on thinly sliced Angus beef, mushrooms and other veggies, order the "dancing noodles" and enjoy the performance as dough masters pull and swing your noodles in an elaborate ribbon dance. https://la.eater.com/maps/chinese-hot-pot-restaurants-chinese-los-angeles-san-gabriel-valley/haidilao-hotpot 400 S Baldwin Ave Arcadia, CA 91007 (626) 445-7232 Visit Website Whichever set menu one settles on here, be it seafood-focused or squarely land-based, make sure to order the hand-pulled noodles to go with it. Skilled “noodle dancers” flit to each table, whipping and pulling stretchy balls of dough and plopping the finished product into the hot broth to cook. "