3rd Mom Spicy Hot Pot

What is 3rd Mom Spicy Hot Pot? Located just east of Yonge on Spring Garden Avenue in North York, 3rd Mom Spicy Hot Pot specializes in authentic Sichuan mao cai—the street-style cousin of traditional hot pot where your custom-selected raw ingredients are simmered to order by the kitchen. The bright, straightforward dining room features unpretentious table seating tailored for quick, comforting feasts. It captures the frantic, satisfying rhythm of a Chengdu eatery right in the Yonge-Doris strip.

3rd Mom Spicy Hot Pot Menu & What to Order Begin by choosing your base: the Classic Spicy Hot Pot with Butter Base delivers rich, numbing beef-tallow depth, while the Red Oil Sesame Sauce Dry Mix Pot Base blankets your haul of vegetables, meats, and noodles in a deeply fragrant, nutty glaze. Those leaning away from chili oil can pivot to the gentle, savoury Tomato Bisque Base, but the fiery Tianshui Malatang is the true draw for spice purists. Round out the heat with an essential order of Chengdu Old Fashioned Crispy Pork and soothe the burn with brown-sugar-slicked Old Chengdu Ice Powder or an iced Winter Melon Tea.

Know Before You Go Tables are seated on a walk-in basis, so prepare for short queues during peak weekend dinner rushes, though high table turnover keeps things moving swiftly. The restaurant is an easy five-minute walk east from Sheppard-Yonge subway station, bypassing the hassle of limited street parking along Spring Garden. Doors stay open continuously seven days a week from 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.