Fresh Elements

Unique steam pot place originating out of Canton region of China. This is the perfect place if you enjoy fresh unseasoned foods (no sodium nor grease!) You make your own sauces just like hot pot restaurants. You choose either a soup base or a congee base, the steam from the base is what cooks the meats and veggies you order!

Have been to this place the second time. If you love fresh ingredients, seafood, or some meat, this is the place to go; especially seafood. They don’t marinate the fresh ingredients but do offer some sauce (you can make your own). The price is though not so friendly; it can easily go up to $100+ per person, or more if you crave for King Crab (8-10 lb for $500-$700).

Very tasty, but mostly due to the ingredients itself (as compared to seasoning and prep). It can easily go over $100 per person which I think is slightly (just slightly) overpriced. The environment is not the best but not bad. Will definitely come back when I crave for fresh seafood.

Really unique experience that I haven’t seen anywhere else. Steamed meats are very tasty and the congee at the end is great. You can get some high end meats such as waygu, geoduck, jumbo shrimp, and razor clam. Would be 5 stars except for a few issues:
- Pricing is not clear for “market price” items leaving you with a higher than expected bill
- Service lags when the restaurant becomes full. When we showed up we were only one of 3 tables and service was very attentive with cooking the meat and adjusting the heat, however when the restaurant became busy we had to flag down staff multiple times

Chinese food in US tend to be over greasy for me but this place is an exception, because they only steam... with the table-embedded high pressure steamer, fresh seafood as well as meat and vegetables are rapidly steamed without adding water or salt- and you would enjoy the real tastiness of the fresh ingredients. Shrimp, clams, oysters, yellow chicken and beef tongue are my recommendations. Ask MP item first as they tend to be pretty expensive.
One secret is to ask the white rice before you start steaming and place in the bottom of the steamer, and when dinner is over you have super yummy porridge ready- try it!