Mandala Hot Pot Culture - Pune

My love for Oriental food never ends and it got me to a unique oriental concept and style of food, Hot Pot. The hot pot culture started in Mongolia and has landed in Pune with the help of Mandala Hot Pot culture.We wasted no time in reaching this establishment the moment we heard about it. Mandala hot pot culture is located in the prime spaces of Kalyani Nagar. A small single shop establishment Mandala seats 5-6 tables of 2-4 people. Every table has their induction hot plates on which they serve the broth pot. The experience starts with one selecting variety of foodstuffs from a checklist they provide. You start with 5 types of broth of which one has to select min. 1 max 2 types of broth. 2 broths are served half and half in the same size pot for the single broth. Then comes the types of veggies and meat you wish to try. We opted for French beans, lotus stem, broccoli, baby corn and baby carrot. Well, we asked for baby carrot and we were served normal ones cut in smaller pieces. Moving on to the meat we ordered chicken sausages, chicken breasts and salmon. Next, we opted for flat noodles and 5 types of sauces along with bok choy. I don’t recall all the names of the sauces but some of them were chilli and oil, siracha mayo, barbeque sauce and wasabi cream. Hush! Done with selecting, once the broth arrives we start cooking them one after the other in the broth of our choice. The veggies take longer to cook while the meat takes much lesser time. The attendant will explain the process and the time needed to cook different ingredients before once starts eating. We also ordered silken tofu and glass noodles. Tofu is tender and hardly need any cooking while the glass noodles are a perfect match for the Mongolian style of cooking. The best way to enjoying eating in this setup is with chopsticks but if you have trouble with the sticks you might as well use the fork and spoon. Once done with all your ingredients make sure you finish off the broth. After cooking so many ingredients in that broth the taste of the broth is delicious and full of so many different flavours. I plan to visit this place more than once for sure. As per my knowledge, this is the only place in Pune which serves Hot pot style Mongolian cuisine. Do give it a try.

Everything about this place was awesome. Cosy and personal. We had 2 types of hot pot- Sichuan and shitake mushroom broth. The flavours were mind-blowing and so complex. We also had the mushroom teriyaki bao. The filling was absolutely YUM. The Iced tea too was made perfectly. Not too sweet. Even the dipping sauces were so good. Despite the amount of food we ordered, our bill was very economical. Would highly recommend this place. Can't wait to come back and try more food on the menu<br/ The owner was very sweet and answered all our questions.

Another amazing dining experience !Hot pot is essentially a cooking method where in the broth is simmering on your table. You can order the base broth here, some veggies, proteins, accompanying sauces, noodles of your choice!

I would give this place 7 stars out of 5.<br/ Ambience: 5 stars<br/ Service: 5 stars.<br/ Food: 7 stars.<br/ <br/ The hotpot tastes just like what it should. I have had hotpots at different places like Singapore, KL, Hong Kong (little big sheep in Mong Kok), the broth here taste just like those.<br/ Extra Add for Vegetarian amazing.<br/ The noodles are great.<br/ Out of the sauces: Roasted Chilly is a must have.<br/ <br/ Great place to have amazing food and great ambience to catch up with friends.

Another amazing dining experience ! I wonder how I had not known about this place which is here for more than a year and I was more than delighted when I visited it with a friend today who suggested it!<br/ <br/ Hot pot is essentially a cooking method where in the broth is simmering on your table. You can order the base broth here, some veggies, proteins, accompanying sauces, noodles of your choice! Serve yourself the noodles and put in the veggies and protien into the hot pot, wait for few minutes and top it on the noodles along with other condiments and TADA! So its literally like cooking your own meal!<br/ <br/ We ordered a half and half pot with sichuan pepper and shitake mushroom broth as base! Both insanely delicious on its own! Along with chicken as protein, some glass noodles and an array of veggies! The roasted chilli oil also deserves a mention amongst all the sauces!<br/ <br/ The hot pot takes time to arrive at the table so order accordingly. We finished some dimsums by that time! Overall the meal was so satisfying and I can't wait to spend another lazy afternoon there. It's a small cozy place with 4-5 tables and I was actually surprised with the small kitchen they have to manage it!It also was my first experience of a hot pot meal and I'm super happy to know such a place exists in Pune ! The place also serves some sushi, baos, dimsums, soups, curries, desserts and coffee!