I Love Hot Pot
I first heard about hot pot when my dad came home from China raving about it, mulling over the idea of abandoning his desk job to open up a hot pot joint. Years later, I finally try it out – and am hooked. Bubbling broths filled with spices & herbs – this one is half traditional, half spicy. This place is Little Hot Pot, near Crossroads Mall in Bellevue.
I first heard about hot pot when my dad came home from China raving about it, mulling over the idea of abandoning his desk job to open up a hot pot joint. Years later, I finally try it out – and am hooked. Bubbling broths filled with spices & herbs – this one is half traditional, half spicy. This place is Little Hot Pot, near Crossroads Mall in Bellevue.
The spread: Thinly sliced beef, chicken, cauliflower, baby bok choy, pea tips, cilantro, shitakes, lotus root, & rice noodles. Incredible.
The spread: Thinly sliced beef, chicken, cauliflower, baby bok choy, pea tips, cilantro, shitakes, lotus root, & rice noodles. Incredible.
G’ma & G’pa concentrating on scooping goodies back out of the cooking broth. It takes perfect timing and a bit of patience! Wispy rice noodles or delicate pea tips are easily lost in the roots & spices & bubbles!
G’ma & G’pa concentrating on scooping goodies back out of the cooking broth. It takes perfect timing and a bit of patience! Wispy rice noodles or delicate pea tips are easily lost in the roots & spices & bubbles!
Bowl of lovely soup, ready to be devoured. 5 or 6 mini bowls later, taking our time cooking and tasting, it makes for a cozy, leisurely meal.
Bowl of lovely soup, ready to be devoured. 5 or 6 mini bowls later, taking our time cooking and tasting, it makes for a cozy, leisurely meal.
7. October 2009 at 15:02
[...] soup started off with two freezer bags of that delicious stock, plus some leftover broth from a hot pot dinner (which, by the way, we are both addicted to). I let the broth thaw and simmer on the stove [...]