30 December 2012

The Hot Pot

      Hao Chi!  This week I had my first Hot Pot experience.  It is a common style of eating here and I love it.  Here's why,  you pay a set fee for 2 hours of all you can eat.  We paid around $500 NTD which is roughly $15 USD.  
      This price includes beer, tea, coffee, juice, a chocolate fountain (sometimes), Haggan Daz ice cream, your choice of meat and vegetables and your own boiling pot of flavorful broth.  The boiling broth is divided half in half between spicy and non-spicy. 

First, order your meats.  Then, pick out your fresh vegetables, tofu, mochi balls, fish, and noodles to put inside.  Then, use the sauces provided, sesame, vinegar, egg yolk, garlic paste, corriander, ground peanuts, soy sauce to make an original sauce.  Finally, coat the meat, vegetables and fish in your original sauce before placing in the hot pot to boil.  Wait a few minutes then get it out and enjoy.  


Fresh, fish, veggies, tofu

     Sauce making station

                                             
Tea                                                                                        Dulce de leche ice cream




                    
                Enjoying our hot pot! 






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