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#hotpot

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James Patten

A wonderful night with a house full of friends and loved ones. First a triple hot pot (mille-feuille pork and cabbage, plus a half/half of spicy and non-spicy dipping) which everyone devoured, and then a full two winds of Mahjong.

The perfect way to pass a cold and rainy night.

A photo of a game of Mahjong in progress. You see many tiles on an ornate playmat and wooden tile holders. The author appears to be one tile from victory)
#food#hotpot#boardgames
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Austin Huang ❤️

Hope y'all enjoyed #Thanksgiving. First ever "Thanksgiving #dinner" - it's a #hotpot without turkey - in life, with three peers in an 1B apartment (again, under interesting circumstances where my class project partner proposed it after me asking about their holiday plans). Talked about animals, classes, job-hunting, data science, MBTI (got grilled after being declared ENTJ), travelling to Canada, so on. Fun stuff. Though we only got to finish half of what we prepared (not wasted)...

A view of the table with all the foodstuff for the hotpot (mostly meat, some mushrooms and veggies).
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Kaleb 📝

Me to vegan friend: You broke me sir. The level of useful guilt after my very meaty hot pot last night is powerful.

Him: Every time a carnist feels guilt a vegan gets their wings.

Me: It's not like l've been unaware of the impacts, it's more a matter of losing my ability to suppress feeling. I have another vegan friend who has been working on me for a while.

Him: He never tried the strategy of putting 10 pounds of meat into boiling oil. Rookie!

(Context in comments)
#Vegan #Veggie #HotPot

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🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦
Hot Pot: The Main Event

And at last the reason for the meal is made manifest. THIS is what I live for, foodwise. And I only ever eat from the red half. (The white half is for people who are weak at spice.)

Interesting side note.

In Chongqing proper, the half/half broth like this costs about the same at a decent restaurant: about US$ 6-7. But if you get just the red broth in a pan the same size it's only $1. If you can't tolerate spice, you'll pay for it in Chongqing! 🤣

At any rate, I didn't show all items because I can only have ten pics in a post, and I'm too lazy to do a fifth post. Missing from this list are some thinly-sliced beef to go with the mutton, some potato slices, and some spinach. All were equally well-presented.

#ChonqingStyle #HotPot #MainEvent
This is the broth as it is delivered. It hasn't even yet begun to simmer. (The heat only just got turned on, in fact, though it is already warmed.)
A telling sign of the danger to come. The red side is basically the same as the white side with added peppers and Sichuan peppercorns and the like. Notice how that's off to a rollicking boil before the white side has even started to fitfully stir? Those with a bit of experience know what's coming now...
Thinly-sliced mutton.
Top to bottom in a left-ward arc: - Black doufu (made from fermented soy beans, giving it a very different mouthfeel and a bit of a smoky flavour). - Sliced lotus root. - "Doupi" (lit. "bean skin"); I don't want to get into explaining that. Google is a thing. - One of the dishes I requested: a kind of mushroom. I don't know the name in Chinese or English, sorry.
#mainevent
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🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦
Hot Pot: The Venue

I am fortunate enough to live within walking distance of my favourite #restaurant in the world.

This is no exaggeration. This is literally my favourite place to eat, and I've been to a lot of restaurants in a lot of cities in a lot of countries.

Yesterday, out of the blue, SO invited me out to lunch at my favourite place, so I decided I'd show the place in a bit more detail than I have in the past.

This is the first post of four planned, showing the facilities of the place. Further posts will show off the condiment bar, the side dishes, and finally the main event itself.

#ChonqingStyle #HotPot #Restaurant
One view of the restaurant showing the large common area. Not shown are the private rooms that you can book for banquets. Personally I prefer eating in the common area. The Chinese favoured "hot and noisy" environment suits me best, though I understand it bugs a lot of people.
Another view of the restaurant showing the large common area. Not shown are the private rooms that you can book for banquets. (Hint: look up.)
A good hot pot restaurant should have its kitchen area visible to the clients. Prep of all the ingredients happens here and if you're ashamed of your prep, perhaps you shouldn't be running a hot pot restaurant...
Another view of the prep area in the kitchen. It shows supreme confidence that they make it so wide open that anybody can view.
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