People gather around a small pot boiled with charcoal, electric or gas filled with flavorful and nutritious soup base.You have a choice of spicy, pure and combo for the soup base. Thin sliced raw variety meat, fish, various bean curd products and all kinds of vegetables are boiled in the soup base. You then dip them in a little bowl of special sauce. Be careful since the spicy soup base is burning hot.
The Chinese hotpot boasts a history of more than 1,000 years. In fact, it is the most famous and favorite dish in Chongqing. This is the home of hotpot and hotpot in other places is not authentic, say Chongqing natives, just a reproduction of the masters. Long long ago, The changjiang and Jialingjiang Rivers, like two dragons, energize Chongqing and dampen the air in the city. In order to save time, the porters working at the wharfs boiled various kinds of food in big pot and added some hot pepper and spices to ward off the cold. Finally,it becomes hotpest food in Chengdu is hotpot (also called steampot or steamboat), although its tradition originated in Chongqing, yet it is quite popular in Chengdu. Sichuan hotpots are basically a big pot of spicy soup and spices simmering in a hole in the middle of your table. While the hot pot keeping simmering, ingredients have already placed into the pot. Patrons choose from a large selection of meats, vegetables and other add-ins(beverage ['bevəridʒ];alcoholic drink;