Foot and Fire

        Pechay, the native kind. Other green can be used. There is nothing like hot pot. First, because it's always a one-pot for us where we put all ingredients all at once and sip the soup. Second, we love the soup from slow cook like those in the bulalo and batchoy. Third, we have no patience for one at a time food trip. LOL Well, it is nice to try it once in a while, at home. Shabu shabu at home... Vermicelli or glass noodle is a better choice among noodles in the grocery.                          Fresh chicken eggs. Frozen items from the grocery: Tufo seafood and Fishcake.                          Kimchi on the side... The chili for the soup from China. I used the Vietnamese soup base bouillon for the non-chili soup. I do not like the peanut-vinegar accompaniment. (Even those prepared in the Beijing Shabu-shabu).       ...

Shabu shabu is the hotpot where everything can be placed inside a boiling pot and then eaten as soup. Yakiniku is the grilling of dofferent meats and seafoods. I love wrapping the grilled meat with lettuce.. It was a happy lunch despite sans the rice... Lol Yakiniku Nice rich soup... Love the fact that they used squash and gabi to give some flavor and texture boost to the soup. Boiling soup.. Of course, kimchi is my favorite... The preparation..

By GERLIE M. UY mmm some dried stuff for condiment Our good friend Noli treated us to a popular hot pot or shabu shabu in Beijing. This is a very good and warm dining experience especially that we feel cold outside after teading the Hutong sidewalks... Here are the photos of what we had. chili... chili for me...fish soup for them... dumpling and cabbage boiling point... thinly sliced (almost shaved) beef... peanut-sesame dipping sauce wheatflour noodle glass noodle with greenies, cabbage, mushroom, carrot and radish slice, duck blood, tufo slice,  frozen prawn log...   boiling.... with dumplings cabbage and more herbs baddette enjoys the hotpot like La paz batchoy... hahhahah here we are warmed and full... Shabu shabu in Beijing Hot pot in Beijing