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Hotpot
originated in Chongqing and it is noted
for its peppery and hot taste. It is a very
popular way of restaurant eating; and it
can be found at every corner of Chongqing
and Chengdu, where numerous sidewalk hotpot
operations, as well as exquisite hotpot
restaurants, have been set up to meet the
increasing local demand. Customers gather
around a small boiling wok filled with nutritious
soup base. Around the wok are placed a numerous
plates of paper-thin slices of raw meat
and other ingredients. Customers select
the raw ingredients and boil them in the
soup. They then take them out of the wok
and dip them in a small sauce bowl of special
sauce before eating them.
Restaurant offer various kinds of hotpot
to suit customers’ tastes so that
friends or families with different tastes
can huddle around and enjoy the feast.
One of the most popular variety is yuanyang
hotpot, in which the wok is partitioned
into two parts, with a thin wall. One
part is filled with a hot, spicy soup
base, and the other with a mild spicy
broth. This kind of hotpot suits many
customers both at home and abroad.
This
article by Yang Tianqing and Daniel Kister.
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