Last week, I made plans with my friend to film the first episode of True Crime Anonymous, where we eat food and talk about a true crime case while explaining some of the more advanced words. It's basically a mukbang slash true crime slash English learning show. Because I love food, am obsessed with true crime, and can't shake my job as an English teacher even when creating. I was going to make meatloaf for it but my oven just decided to break down without talking to me abut it first. We couldn't fix it in time and almost had to do a mukbang with no food... But then I saw this post on Rododo's super amazing discount on takeout orders. It's 51% off and you can get an extra main course with just an additional NTD&1! So I skedaddled across the street to Guting Rododo filled with joy.
I was so hungry when I left the house, I got a NTD$699 meal combo and added NTD$1 to it. NTD$700 got me a set enough to feed 5–7 people. There were 6 main courses which included beef, pork, chicken and three types of seafood including basa fish, clams, and shrimp. There were only 2 of us, so the moral of the story is don't shop for food while you're hungry. Luckily, both my friend and I were monster eaters, it took us 3 hours to finish everything and we could not eat anything else for the rest of the day. NTD$350 for a whole day of eating is not a bad deal. Most people can probably share this among 5 people, which would translate to NTD$140 per person. It's so cheap that I had to share this!
Aside from the 5-person combo, there's also a NTD$399 combo for 2, which also comes with the option of getting an extra main course with NTD$1. The NTD$999 combo for 8 has an even crazier discount, where you can add NTD$3 for 3 extra main courses. Which means that it would be only NTD$125 per person and you leave with 2.6 kilograms of meat! It's the perfect option for big gatherings and I'm thinking that I should definitely do a hotpot party and ask my friends over for my birthday.
Rododo Hotpot Takeout—Soup
Last time when I went to Rododo Songshan with Ares, we had the Dragon's Mala Soup and Stir-Fried Garlic Chicken Soup.
The NTD$699 combo takeout has 2 types of soup to choose from, Golden Dashi Soup or Vegetable Energy Soup. Each set comes with 2 liters of broth, which is more than enough. If you like other soup bases, you could also purchase it at the price listed on the menu.
I've actually been dying to try the best-selling vegetable energy soup since last time, now, I finally have the chance! Vegetable energy soup is made from vegetable purée and chicken skin slow-cooked for hours. As soon as it boiled, we could taste the sweetness of the vegetables and rich flavor of chicken. Even though they used chicken skin to make the broth, it wasn't greasy at all. There wasn't a layer of oil former on the surface of the creamy white soup at all.
Some of you probably already know that I am allergic to seafood and am therefore very sensitive to the fishy smell of seafood that isn't fresh. But I did not find anything stinky after the seafood was added to the pot. In fact, the seafood taste made the broth even more flavorful. I even went on to cook some konjac vermicelli in the end. The vermicelli soaked up so much broth and tasted absolutely amazing! I don't usually have mains with hotpot, but if you would like to have some mains to go with it, you can add rice, noodles, vermicelli or anything available at Rododo to your order with additional NTD$20.
I also used some of my favorite ultra-spicy chili sauce while I has this. But the broth is actually very flavorful and sweet. I think it's best to eat it without any sauce and enjoy the original taste. But if you do like having some sauce on the side, you could get them at NTD$15 per serving and choose between a spicy or non-spicy version.
Rododo Hotpot Takeout—Main Course
Not only is it super cheap and affordable, there are 7 main courses for you to freely choose from. There are just so many options. If you don't want to have the side dishes, you can also swap out the vegetables or hot pot ingredients for meat as well. Each serving of meat or seafood is 200g, no cutting corners. I chose the beef belly, boneless chicken thighs, shrimp, basa fish, and clams. Then I added NTD$1 for another serving of pork shoulder.
The beef belly is sliced so nicely thin. I cooked it in boiling broth for 3–5 seconds and it was immediately a perfect pink and cooked to medium. It bounces against my teeth so nicely and is so tender. If you watch our mukbang you can also see me bouncing up and down in joy when I had my first bite.
The pork shoulder completely surprised me since I am not usually a huge fan of pork. It's beyond tender. At one point, I was so absorbed in telling my True Crime story I forgot about my pork and left it in the pot forever. When I took it out, it was completely overcooked but it did not taste dry or hard at all.
I love chicken thighs but I don't like chicken skin and I also think it is the biggest hassle in the world to remove the meat from the bones. Rododo's boneless chicken thighs are, of course, boneless, and skinless, too. It's super convenient and it doesn't leave behind a thick layer of fat in the broth after being cooked.
I have nothing bad to say about the freshness of the clams. Usually, if you would get this many clams, even directly from the traditional market, there would be one or two that isn't fresh. But this giant plate of clams from Rododo all opened up nicely after cooked. The flavor perfectly complements the chicken broth base of the vegetable energy soup. These are really quite great results for takeout seafood that has been frozen. The basa fish also did not disappoint. Ares had mentioned how much he liked them last time. The quality was perfectly maintained and it's this translucent white after being cooked. Though I couldn't have any, it looked so tempting. The amount of shrimp that we got was astounding. When I saw the mountain of shrimp shell at the end, I was really wondering if my friend was going to get a stroke from this. They are honestly very generous with the portions. The most impressive part is it did not trigger an allergic reaction in me even after we threw all the shrimp into the pot and cooked the shells straight into the broth.
Rododo Hotpot Takeout—Side Dish
You could choose between vegetables or hotpot ingredients for your side dish. If you are going for the NTD$999 combo, you don't even have to choose because you can have both. Or 2 of one of them if you like. I went for the NTD$699 combo so I chose hotpot ingredients, which we do not have at home. And I washed some cabbage, bokchoy, and enoki mushrooms on my own. There is a huge variety in the hotpot ingredients. It's not just 1 or 2 dumplings or meatballs. There were fish dumplings, shrimp dumplings, tiny sausages, and fishcakes.
My favorite among them is the triangle tofu. They suck up a whole pack of soup. You can see me burning my mouth and talking gibberish in the mukbang but it's honestly the best thing ever. The plater also comes with fishballs, which is love. Once they have properly soaked up the flavor of the broth, they taste amazing with soup chili sauce.
Rododo Hotpot Takeout—Giveaway!
I'm also doing a giveaway on Instagram! 2 lucky ducks are going to be chosen for a Rododo NTD$299 combo coupon, which will be directly sent to your Ledodo membership app.
Make sure you are following me and ＠twrododo_hotpot on Instagram. Like this post and share it to your Instagram stories, then tag three friends in the comments and write down 「肉多多火鍋」in Chinese for the chance to win! (Sorry, I don't make the rules, I had to beg them for this and they said that you have to type down their name.)
Rododo Hotpot Takeout—Members Only Discount
Main Course:
(NTD$399 choose 2 out of 7/NTD$699元 choose 5 out of 7/NTD$999元 choose 8 out of 7)
Beef belly, pork shoulder, boneless chicken thigh, bacon, shrimp, basa fish, clams
Soup:
(NTD$399, NTD$699元 choose 1 out of 2/NTD$999元 choose 2 out of 2)
2 liters of Vegetable Energy Soup, 2 liters of Golden Dashi Soup (you can also add other soup bases to your purchase)
Side dish:
(NTD$399, NTD$699元 choose 1 out of 2/NTD$999元 choose 2 out of 2)
Vegetable platter, hot pot ingredients platter
Add NTD$1 for 1 Additional Main Course!
(NTD$399, NTD$699元 choose 1 out of 4/NTD$999元 choose 3 out of 4)
Bacon, boneless chicken thigh, clams, pork shoulder
Rododo Hotpot Takeout—Additional Discount Information
The goodies don't end here! If you aren't a member for the Ledodo app yet, you can get a free gift of pork shoulders or chicken thighs when you join. You'll also get a "Meat Platter Birthday Cake" during your birthday month. You can collect reward points later on with every purchase, which can be exchanged for gifts. The rewards that you collect can be used in all stores under Ledodo Group.
By the way, if you go to the Rododo official Facebook page and leave your favorite non-profit organization in their comments, they will choose the top 10 non-profit that were mentioned the most times and donate NTD$660,000 to them! Plus, your comment automatically enters you into a giveaway for an NTD$299 combo coupon. Just type a few words on your phone to get free food and help a non-profit in need. What's not to love?
Rododo Hotpot Takeout—True Crime Anonymous Mukbang
Rododo Hotpot Takeout—Store Info
Store name: Rododo Guting Flagship Store
Opening hours: 11:30–22:30 (last call at 21:00)
Address: 3F, No. 79, Roosevelt Road Section 2, Da'an District, Taipei City (less than 1 minute walk from MRT Guting Station Exit 4)
Phone number: (02)2363-2323
Line@ official account: https://lin.ee/itsxFul
Facebook fanpage: https://www.facebook.com/rododohotpot
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