I was supposed to meet an ex-coworker for lunch today (Sunday) but he had to cancel. We were going to eat at Boiling Point in Irvine so instead, I went with my parents there for dinner last night. Boiling Point is a Taiwanese hot pot restaurant located in Heritage Plaza in Irvine. Due to the COVID-19 hysteria, my dad thought there would be no one eating out, especially at Heritage Plaza where half the stores/restaurants are Asian.
Anyway, we ended up waiting about 20 minutes for a table. Surprisingly, only one person (a customer) in the entire restaurant was wearing a surgical mask. He was wearing it while eating so I’m not sure what’s going on there. If you’re really sick, then stay home! The restaurant did have a huge bottle of hand sanitizer at the front counter and everyone used it to clean their hands. I had to sign in to the wait list using an iPad so definitely a high-touch object.
Food was pretty good. Three of us ended up sharing two pots since my parents don’t eat that much. We got some additional items to add to our pots so it was still ~$40 for three people. Even though there was a wait list, there were some empty tables and the servers seemed really busy. Maybe instead of customers, restaurant workers are staying home to avoid the virus?
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