Melanie and I went to Michelle’s for a little Ladies’ Night – dinner was Hot Pot a.k.a. “Huo Guo!”
Meat options – scallops, sea bass, pork belly, tri tip steak…
…and fish balls!
I grew up eating these on chopsticks – probably where my obsession with lollipops comes from???
Lots and lots of green leafy vegetables – and enoki mushrooms too.
The broth was a fresh chicken with ginger – once it got boiling, we got cookin…
…dipped in 3 types of sauces – Taiwanese BBQ, a soy scallion mixture, and hot chili.
I probably ate about 4 or 5 meat-centric bowls like this…
…and a few veggie focused ones too…
…followed by the broth – flavored by all our hard work.
Dessert was red bean cakes from Japan…
…with sesame ice cream…
…and a few leftover sweets I brought along.
Pretty tea from Michelle’s trip to Shanghai bloomed alongside us in another hot pot…
…love hanging with my girls.
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I didn’t know that enoki is in English enoki too. haha. (I am actually Japanese)
I can see the Japanese(?) electric cooker in the 1st photo.