Cocina Linda Vista

The bean curd with vegetables was dry and had no sauce at all. I've worked in the restaurant industry for 10+ years and I'm 100% sure that they didn't cook the dish, they simply fried up the bean curd,boiled the veg and tossed them together with some chili oil+chopped garlic. I had to re-cook the dish again with salt+pepper because it had no flavor at all.

Amazing portion sizes! I like to get the seafood noodle soup spicy which comes packed with noodles and all types of seafood. There's also infinite hot tea you can get for free which is at the counter. For just 10 bucks, it's really the best deal I've found in the area for Chinese noodles hot and fresh.

We had the crispy pork hot pot and it was sooo good. You get as much rice as you can eat with the hot pot. Bring your own water!! I also ordered the chicken lo mein to go. It was sub par. It had 2 different noodles (flat noodles and thin noodles) in them, which I thought was weird. It had little to no chicken and pretty bland. Had to add my own seasonings to it.

Meh...I wanted to really like this place, but it was just okay. The hot pot was disappointing. I got the beef one but the broth wasn’t really flavorful, didn’t even want to eat it the next day. It was like water broth with oil and chili flakes in it, not really any flavor. I don’t know if it was just the person cooking that day, because I’ve seen so many good reviews. I also got the garlic chicken. That was pretty good and I did like that they put the sauce on the side especially since I was getting it to go. The rice tasted old. They do give you large portions, but it is definitely quantity over quality. When I got my food I ordered it there. When my food was ready the guy didn’t tell me or say anything or call out the order. He sat it on a table where the door dash people come and grab their food. So essentially my food was there for 15 minutes until I walked up and asked him where my food was after waiting 30 minutes. I may try some other places in the food mall. But I don’t think I will be coming back to this one.