The Cube Hot Pot is a giant watering hole for Chinese families to meet, eat, fawn over new additions to the family, and gossip. Hot pot or 'dah bin lo' is a very communal meal, and each side dish is cooked in a giant bowl of broth in the centre of the table.
Whenever I go to The Cube, I order the herb broth, but if you can't choose from their selection of soups, you have the option of including a separator in your pot and having multiple options.
My favourite side dishes include lotus root, Chinese spinach, fresh fish fillet, and soft tofu. If you're going for the beef or lamb, be warned. The meat served here is sliced very finely, much like the meat at Korean barbeques, and curls in on itself when cooked, so if you're starving go for more than less.
The staff here are very efficient, and will come around with soup refills when your broth has mostly evaporated. I had a few troubles ordering drinks here. They had sarsaparilla and I ordered a can, but they brought out a coke instead. When I told them about this mishap, they brought around a tea. I got my sarsaparilla in the end, but it took several attempts.
But aside from that the language barrier has never been a problem. Occasionally, The Cube Hot Pot will have fruit for dessert - the first time I dined here they cut half a watermelon for us and served it to our table for free. It was almost a meal in itself. read more