Metal bowls sit in the middle of tables, cooking up shrimp cakes, fish, corn, and cabbage on the spot. The dish: hot pots. The eatery: Hot Pot Galaxy, where diners choose their fixings and then watch their meals simmer before their eyes. They can dig into the hot and spicy beef hot pot, which brims with beef, fish, vermicelli noodles, tofu, cabbage, and mushrooms, or savor the miso lobster hot pot, complete with a whole lobster surrounded by veggies and tofu. Meatless options include the tomato vegetarian hot pot.