Coca Restaurant Takashimaya

This is not a bad choice if you want to have a hot pot meal. The waiters are attentive and the menu has a good variety of vegetables, meats, and noodles/​dumplings. I don’t understand, though, why every time I come here they run out of watercress — even at 5:30pm. I like the tom yum broth but would definitely prefer Sichuan or Taiwanese style spicy broth. The broth also has a little MSG and I need to take an aspirin after dining here.

Coca Restaurant is a good and comfortable place to hold family dinners. It is a restaurant where family or friends can bond over a hearty meal around a hotpot. The steamboat buffet includes a wide range of fresh ingredients like vegetables, meat and seafood. Starting off with a mild chicken broth, the soup gets infused with the flavors of the ingredients gradually throughout the meal. What you end up with is a sweet and flavorful broth.
Some of the more popular items include the sliced beef, fish glue and wantons. Since I am not a huge fan of beef, I prefer the pork slices that are also fresh and tasty. An interesting item that they have is this green-​colored noodle that are supposed to be spinach noodles. They have a springy texture to it and tastes different from regular noodles.
The service is also pretty good, they are rather fast at serving the items every time you order which can be pretty often since it is a buffet after all.