Rong Cheng Chuan Wei Hotpot Restaurant

There was this little group of goblins that managed to figure out an ingenious way to safely pillage all the little human villages within a 45 km range… and had made off with extensive amounts of loot and provisions without trolls or other wildkin ever finding out (for they would have undoubtedly smashed this little band deep into the ground and made off with their hard-​earned loot).
They had made their speedy getaway and found a safe camping spot near what the humans called «PRC-town»…and had begun heatedly arguing about how to split all the spoils, what was for dinner, and who would be making it.
A few hours passed and there was absolutely NO progress. (What do you expect? They are freaking goblins after all!)
One tiny goblin held up a miniature bowl of shellfish in a bowl and screamed «CIOPPINO! Who can make cioppino?» Another held chunks of meat tied together by an old string and shrieked «Some GRILL these in skewers! Definitely barbeque or the like!» Yet another held up poultry with dangling heads on one hand and a satchel of herbs in the other and screamed «HERB-ENCRUSTED-FOWLS…by…erm…any way!»
The exchange continued on without any end in sight until the goblin raid leader finally stood up, posed menacingly, scratches his belly, and said, «We’re having HOTPOT, tonight. If you agree, you eat. You disagree, we’ll beat the crap outta you and you’ll have to clean up whatever hot mess and eat leftovers — IF there is any left.»
/*snap*-back-to-reality
A hotpot-​spot that practically never closes… and caters to a really wide variety of people who get the munchies at different hours. Not only are the hours so accommodating to (nearly) everyone’s schedule but their ingredient selection is also wider than most spots I’ve checked out priced the same OR lower. The main side, which houses the buffet ingredients, houses the induction tops for quick cooking. The «other» side (extension), which also tends to be empty, offers good ol’portable butane stoves for those with extended patience and for those who fear MAGNETIC WAVES (or who were just late and unable to get a induction top table).
So why only 3 stars? Well, I just had to knock off a star…
I enjoyed the slices of beef, pork, chicken, and fish fish as well as the various meat/​fish balls, imitation crabs and mussels. But there is nothing that kills my appetite faster than…
SAND IN MY MOUTH.
REALLY SANDY Razor Clams (or as some would call bamboo clams)
SOMEWHAT GRITTY Mussels
REALLY SANDY Manila Clams
GRITTY Blood Cockles…
and eventually SAND on everything else we cooked in the soup. =/​
Unilocal 100: ⁴⁰⁄₁₀₀