It's freezing! Temperature in Hong Kong is dropping these days. We have only 9 degrees today. Time to enjoy hot pot.
Mutton hot pot is one of Hong Kong Cantonese' favourites in cold winter days. Unlike the mutton hot pot in Beijing where you dip the thin slices of mutton into hot water to do the actual cooking, the Hong Kong Cantonese style mutton hot pot is already cooked. However it is served on real fire to keep the heat.
A typical hot pot set comes with the main hot pot and a dish of green vegetable, usually lettuce. My set costs HK$98 + 10% service fee. Some restaurant may sell it at a lower price however charge the vegetables separately. So you have an option of paying less if you don't want to have the vegetables. Believe me, 9 out 10 guests would love to have some vegetable after the hot pot. As they were cooked in the mutton soup, the lettuce becomes extremely delicious.
A special dish of sauce is served with mutton, just to make it less smelly and more delicious. The hot pot usually has some mushroom, water chestnuts and tofu sheets as accessories. They are perfect combinations making the whole set very yummy and most important of all - keeping us warm.
Hong Kong Food Blog - Mutton Hot Pot
This dish seems really good. Is it possible for yo to post the recipe? That would be great! Thanks, Teresa
ReplyDeleteHi Teresa
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid I don't have the recipe. I think few people make it at home. Check the cookbooks in my blog and see if that could help.
Dear Anna
ReplyDeleteWhat is the name of restaurant for the Mutton Hot pot ?
Regards
Johan
Johan
ReplyDeleteI forgot the restaurant name. But most Cantonese restaurants serve mutton hot pot in winter days. Some selling at higher prices will include lecttuce. Some restaurants charge the lecttuce separately. Please ask before placing an order.