Mongolian BBQ

Yesterday (Monday) a bunch of the guys who lived on 4th Nootka last year met up and went out for lunch at Great Wall Mongolian BBQ, on Broadway West. Steve, who has been on exchange for the past semester in Quebec, was in town for two days before going home for the holidays, so we tried to get as many people as possible together for lunch. Most of us met at the UBC bus loop and headed in via the 99-B, getting off at the Safeway on MacDonald, then heading back West one block. It wasn't the best decorated restaurant (not bad on the outside, but so-so on the inside), but the food was pretty good. The whole thing is done in an interesting buffet style, where you grab a bowl, put in frozen strips of chicken/lamb/beef/pork, layer on some vegetables and noodles, and apply your own combination of sauces from twelve choices. When you are satisfied with your concoction, you put the bowl in a queue and the chef will fry the contents of your bowl. Each bowl is done separately to prevent mixing, and you can see the setup in the pictures below. While you wait for your bowl to be cooked, you go sit down and the waitress will bring your bowl to you, hopefully remembering whose was whose. We ended up staying there for about two hours, just reminiscing on everything we had done last year. It was quite a good time, and for $11 for all you can eat, it was a pretty good deal. Pictures are, as always, on my webserver.