Full hotpot spread: yin-yang pot, sliced meats, vegetables, eggs, dipping bowls

District 3 · Sukiyaki & shabu-shabu

The pot in the middle

Every table here has the same center: a yin-yang pot, two broths, and everything else arranged around it. The meal is not served to you — it is cooked at your table, by your table.

Two broths, one pot

The pot is split down the middle so two broths can share one table: a clear broth and a darker one, or a clear broth and a red one. A posted theme counts five broth flavors — the pot, not the plate, is the meal.

Visitor flat-lay: yin-yang pot with clear and red broths, meat trays, bamboo rolls
Visitor flat-lay: yin-yang pot with clear and red broths, meat trays, bamboo rolls
Hotpot cross-section over flames, beef slice and vegetables in broth
Hotpot cross-section over flames, beef slice and vegetables in broth

Many hands, one pot

The photograph that says the most about this place shows four hands with chopsticks dipping meat into one shared pot. Groups come here to cook together, not to eat side by side.

Four hands with chopsticks dipping meat into a shared yin-yang pot
Four hands with chopsticks dipping meat into a shared yin-yang pot
Group hotpot table: pot, meat trays, vegetables, noodles
Group hotpot table: pot, meat trays, vegetables, noodles
Visitor table set: yin-yang pot, vegetables, noodles, sauces, beef tray
Visitor table set: yin-yang pot, vegetables, noodles, sauces, beef tray

Sauces beside the pot

The sauces wait beside the pot: Warishita and Gomadare for sukiyaki, Ponzu and Goma for shabu-shabu — made in Japan from natural ingredients, no MSG, by the listing's own description.

Sukiyaki pot with Warishita and Gomadare sauce pots, egg, mushrooms, beef tray
Sukiyaki pot with Warishita and Gomadare sauce pots, egg, mushrooms, beef tray
Sukiyaki pot in dark broth with onion and leek, raw egg in a small bowl beside it
Sukiyaki pot in dark broth with onion and leek, raw egg in a small bowl beside it
Vegetable market station: ice-bed baskets under an illuminated market sign
Vegetable market station: ice-bed baskets under an illuminated market sign

Walk the market, then sit

96 Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai, District 3Open daily 11:00–22:00★ 4.5 · 181 reviews
Dark-wood dining room with glowing paper pillars and set hotpot tables
Dark-wood dining room with glowing paper pillars and set hotpot tables
Hand drawing a wooden stick from a red Mo Mo cylinder over a hotpot table
Hand drawing a wooden stick from a red Mo Mo cylinder over a hotpot table
Children's playroom with a windmill playhouse and slide
Children's playroom with a windmill playhouse and slide
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