Sasaya

Grayson and I drove by Sasaya the other day and decided that we would try it out for dinner the next day. So here we were getting hotpot on a gloomy cloudy chilly day….sounds pretty perfect huh?

We decided to get a Marinated squid ($6.00) appetizer to share because Grayson was feeling extra hungry and I was planning on ordering something a little smaller. I had high hopes for this dish but it didn’t meet our expectations at all because the squid was tough, chewy and way too over cooked. We don’t leave food at the table very often but we did this time because neither of us enjoyed it very much. But with that being said, I think that this dish has potential because it was quite aromatic in the way it was sauteed with basil.

 

I got the Korean mini hotpot ($5.50) for my main dish because usually I don’t end up eating the rice with my hotpot because I get full off of the pot itself already. Plus this way, Grayson wouldn’t have to finish the rest of my extra rice and stuff himself. I thought that the soup had a nice amount of spice to it and the pot was pretty decent as well. There were a few prawns, vermicelli, a slice of tomato, a few leaves of bokchoy, an egg and a few cubes of tofu in it as well.

Grayson decided to get the Seafood tofu hotpot ($7.95) because he’s been on a tofu inkling ever since we went to House of Tofu Soup a few weeks ago. He noted that the tofu wasn’t as silky smooth as the one he had there but I reminded him that tofu wasn’t the specialty here so he didn’t give them too much grief over it. He wished that the pot could of had more fillings because there wasn’t a lot in there for such a large looking pot, but appreciated that the seafood wasn’t overcooked.

Overall, the food at Sasaya is pretty decent for the price you pay for it since the pricing is on the cheaper side for Korean/Taiwanese hot pot. We couldn’t really complain because you really get what you pay for. The good thing about Sasaya is that there’s street side parking and the restaurant also has free wifi so it makes it a good place to study too!

Tags: Burnaby, Hot pot, Korean, Taiwanese