while living in palo alto this was one of my go-to places. it was five minutes away from my house and i would go all the time just to eat the spicy seafood soft tofu pot. the food was authentic, made well and consistently tasted good. the service wasn't that great and because of the need to preserve water, water was not given to tables and instead served through a self serve service at the back of therestaurantin a giant water jug.