Saturday, March 15, 2008

Steamboat: a Northern Chinese dinner


In the last few months I noticed plenty of funny shaped tables, both round or square, having one pot-size hole in the middle... we couldn't understand why, until we experienced a steamboat dinner:



It's like a buffet: you are given a list of ingredients and soup flavours you can choose from.
All the ingredients - veggies, meat, fish, dumplings, noodles... - come raw, either sliced or bite-size, into small plates or baskets.


You are meant to pick it up with your chopsticks and put it into the boiling soup pot, just for one moment or two: they'll be quickly cooked and ready to eat!

Sauces are provided to add extra-taste: soy with ginger and spicy chilli sauce, but also fish sauce or a sesame specialty... you can match the flavours and try everything you like: it's up to you, because you are the chef!!

1 comments:

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