Rice Monster

This place is located right next to the bart station with a small parking lot in the back. I noticed all the high reviews for their clay pot rice and wanted to try it out. I ordered on my phone for take out since I knew the rice would take a while to cook and planned to just eat there. (I assumed it was cafeteria style based on photos.) When we got there, I realized that you actually order from the table you're seated through a QR code. They also charge an automatic service fee. However, since I ordered prior, the rice was done almost as soon as we were seated. I noticed not many people had ordered rice, but were eating soup noodles as the restaurant is also with grapeholic and social eatery.

Since I ordered takeout, the bowls came in foil to go containers. We ordered the eel bowl and pork rib with chicken bowl. We were definitely skeptical of how the food was going to be in the take out containers. But the food was great! The meat was well seasoned with generous portions and went really well with the rice. The rice was cooked perfectly, with the perfect crisp you expect from a clay pot. The bowls are definitely meant to be an individual size. It came with soy sauce, but I felt that the food was salty enough without it. I was really impressed with how the rice came out, considering the food came out in aluminum bowls.

I would absolutely order from here again. The food was prepared quickly and really well. I think that the food is really good for take out since you would definitely have to wait at least 20 minutes for the bowl. The only thing I wish was there were some more vegetable options, but for clay pot rice, the food was cooked perfectly and the ingredients were high quality.

Try this clay pot rice. It is not the best in the Bay Area, but it is worthy. However, there is no Asian swamp eel clay pot rice available ( the classic clay pot rice for Toishanese).

Food here is great!

It's actually not bad. The rice is a little too hard but for clay pot rice it's better to err on the side of being hard rather than too soft/watery. The sausages are a little small and too thin but that's more of a stylistic difference than what I'm used to. The ham is not bad but also very thin. I do like the skin on the ham. I do wish the sausages and hams had more flavors. I ordered extra sausages and also eggs. The eggs are good enough but not something I'd rave about. Overall it's a decent place to get clay pot rice if I don't want to drive all the way to Chinatown.