77499 Tue Jan 17 02:08:49 -0800 2006 4 2 Los Angeles Area 0 427086 went there this saturday after the GR2 opening. thought it was okay. it is to hot pot what din tai fung is to xiao long bao. a little too "clean tasting" or watered dowdn. the broth tasted heavy on msg and the hot side was barely spicy. i gotta try deerfield garden next time. the green scallion pancakes were good though. anyone ever eaten mala huo guo in sichuan? where they have the hard white disc of oil/fat that melts into the soup, and then each individual item is skewered and costs only a couple mao? that shit is crazy! or the bald head spicy crab???? whew! shit fire for weeks after that one! Tue Jan 17 02:08:49 -0800 2006 0 modernist 1 427087 little sheep isn't too bad, but i prefer mon land hot pot. flavors seem that much richer, also more variety in the selection. mon land has better 'pink sauce' (fu yue?) as a condiment to accompany the lamb after you've cooked it. less watered down. mm just thinking about it is making me hungry again. Tue Jan 17 02:12:19 -0800 2006 427086 0 rickmond 2 427096 actually, for me, hot pot is something to eat at home, it was just so damned cold! Tue Jan 17 03:14:09 -0800 2006 427087 0 modernist 1 427101 woah! my first experience with little sheep was in a small sleepy village in eastern china several years ago. who knew that it would find its way to Los Angeles. but i think i've tried the sichuan thing you're talking about. i had huo guo in all its crazy forms in china, but my students (i was teaching english) agreed that little sheep was china's best. Tue Jan 17 04:43:50 -0800 2006 427086 0 greengelato 1 427117 I was in Beijing recently and the biggest thing there is fish head hotpot. Haven't seen this here though Tue Jan 17 12:19:08 -0800 2006 427086 0 Jimbo