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Credit: New York City Memories
It's good to
have food-savvy friends: two of mine recently introduced me to a traditional
Chinese hot pot restaurant in Queens, where diners dunk meats and vegetables into
boiling vats of broth.
The
Little Fat Lamb (a branch of a global restaurant chain with locations
seemingly everywhere, including California and Malaysia) serves its hot pot in
straightforward fashion: customers can choose either a spicy red broth dotted
with chiles or a luscious milky-white pork broth—or both, in a single pot
divided in two. The inventory of dunkable ingredients includes an array of fish
balls, some stuffed with savory pork, plus all types of vegetables and
mushrooms, fresh and fried tofu, and of course, meats: thinly sliced beef,
pork, and lamb, as well as chicken gizzards, meatballs, and lamb testicles.
Instead of dipping one piece at a time with chopsticks, my friends showed me
that pushing a platter's worth of ingredients into the broth was a more efficient,
more communal way to eat. For those not near a restaurant specializing in these
dishes, here's
a
thorough guide to preparing hot pot at home, an intriguing option for a
family holiday dinner. —
Jayanthi Daniel,
SAVEUR
