ULTIMATE GUIDE TO HOT POT AT HOME HONG KONG STYLE | Hong Kong Food
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ส.ค. 2024
- In this Hong Kong food episode, we show you how to enjoy your own perfect Hong Kong hot pot experience in the comfort of home, with information on everything from what equipment and ingredients you'll need and where to find them, to how to enjoy hot pot like a pro.
Video Credits
Written, produced, filmed, edited, animated, hosted and original music by Sam Evans
Videographer and Executive producer: Vienne Leung-Evans
Ingredients commonly enjoyed by Hongkongers in their hot pot:
beef slices
pork slices
lamb slices
sliced ox tongue
beef tripe
Chinese lettuce
baby white cabbage
bok choi
Chinese cabbage
watercress
spinach
sweet corn
tomato
oyster mushrooms
button mushrooms
shiitake mushrooms
enoki mushrooms
bamboo fungus
sliced lotus root
sliced hairy melon
sliced winter melon
bamboo shoots
fish slices
scallops
shrimp
mussels
deep-fried tofu
soft tofu
tofu skin
bean curd balls
bean curd roll
fish tofu
crab sticks
dumplings
wontons
wiener sausage
fish skin
beef balls
cuttlefish balls
shrimp balls
cheese-filled balls
instant noodles
vermicelli noodles
thick/thin rice noodles
thick/thin egg noddles
udon noodles
What an excellent idea Sam especially during the severe pandemic lock down. Your recommendations are solid and interesting. We can choose whatever meat or vegetable or seafood to place into the hotpot and enjoy all these with a good beer !🤭😜❤️ Good on you Sam, you did teach us how to enjoy life even when we cannot go outside to eat in a restaurant or cafe. Thanks !🤭🤭🤭🤭♥️❤️😜
Thank you for watching and your kind comment Johnson, it was very fin and delicious to film this episode! I agree, the choice of ingredients truly makes hot pot such an enjoyable traditional dish. More videos coming soon! :)
It's criminal that you don't have 100K subscribers. I've enjoyed all the high quality content you've put out. Keep up the great work.
Thank you for watching and for the very kind words. More videos to come!
New subscriber here. It's always interesting to see our very own culture through the eyes of foreigners. BTW, those "bean card balls" are not bean curd, or tofu, they're gluten. And thank you for the translation of "公筷", "communal chopsticks". As a translator I need this.
Thank you for watching and the information. Glad you found the communal chopstick phrase useful. More videos coming soon!
Interesting on the translation. We call that serving chopsticks (normally, I would ask for serving fork or spoon). I learned something new too.
That was a very enjoyable venture into different parts of the wet market. Always interesting to see different grocery shopping experiences around the world. The Hong Kong wet market definitely have its unique vibe. Thanks for shooting this video despite the current dining restrictions.
Indeed, the wet markets are such a great part of HK city life, we always love filming them. Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed the episode.
Thanks Sam. A really well put together video. It was interesting seeing you shopping for the ingredients. I'm with you on the satay sauce. Food of champions!🤤
Haha absolutely Darren, I would eat it straight from the jar if I wouldn’t get judged so much 😆Thanks for watching and for you comment as usual.
Nice beer selection...LOL 😂🤣 How did everyone not notice it??? Also...Sam, I have literally been binge watching your channel. The production and the editing for all of your videos are 👍👍👌. You just earned yourself a new subscriber. I cannot wait to see this channel grow and the new videos you will release in the future!
Thank you for watching and for the kind words, glad you enjoyed it! Haha yes, love the gweilo beer - naturally as a gweilo myself 🤣. Welcome to the channel, and more vids on the way soon!
Hi Sam. I am a local Hong Konger and really enjoying your videos. Keep up the good work! Thank you :)
Thank you for watching, and we're glad you're enjoying the channel. More videos coming soon!
Sam really love your video!
I am a Hongkonger moved to UK last year.
I struggled to find some interesting material to increase my exposure to English, and I found your video!
It is nice to know how you think and like HK food. Look forward to your new videos.
Thank you for watching and for the kind words, I’m glad you’re enjoying the videos!
Thank you Sam, it is a very good video to introduce hot pop culture in Hong Kong. Especially it is easy to let people from other countries to get to know it.❤
Thanks for watching and the kind words- glad you enjoyed the video!
Awesome. Can you do some local breweries beers or gins please
That’s a great idea that we would love to try in the future!
I love all your videos. Please continue making them.
Thanks for watching. More videos coming soon!
I've just watched this again for probably the 4th time. I'm surprised hotpot hasn't caught on in western countries as much as other Asian food has.
That’s a good point Darren. For whatever reason, western countries don’t really have the whole ‘prepare as you eat thing’ apart from… fondue I suppose!
Hot pot is one of the best things to do on winter
Agreed! Thanks for watching!
Hey Sam. Hope you are already out of the food coma. Jokes apart, this was unique experience to watch and learn. I said learn because of people like me who are yet to try hotpot. Thank you for this hotpot at home vlog. Hope to enjoy the hotpot in Hong Kong in the near future. Cheers.
Thanks as always Satish, we’re glad this episode was informative and we had so much fun filming it! I hope you can enjoy hotpot someday!
It is a real pleasure to watch your video, because you concentrate solely describing the delicious food you are eating. 👍💪🙏🆗
Thanks for the great comment as usual! Glad you enjoyed the video! 💪🙏😊🇭🇰
Love HK style hot pot! I like to make my own dipping sauce using a mix of light soy sauce, a drop of sesame oil, white pepper and lots of chopped garlic and coriander. And it has to be a spicy broth every time! 🤤
That sounds delicious, thanks for sharing! 🙏
Yum yum, this is making me hungry..
Thanks for watching and glad it inspired your appetite!
Definitely delicious, great
Cheers!
What a cool mixup. You've got a lovely cooking setup btw!
Thanks for watching and for your kind words!
nice video. Hot Pot are usually for social gatherings if you wanna host a party lol.
Agreed- I love hosting a hot pot party, or even better- going to someone else place 😆
Like ur video! Only one tips, buy the seafood which is still swimming or store it with water. The shrimp u got probably have been died long time.
That is a great tip, thank you, and thanks for watching!
Can you try McDonald's samurai burger? It is just special food in Hong Kong during lunar new year. I ate it in the past lunar new year.
It is a burger in teriyaki sauce, my favourite. Besides, may you try some new year food? Like turnip cake? New year cake? Melon seed?crisp pasty?
By the way, during Buddha festival, no meat is allowed on Cheung Chau Island in tradition. On that day, McDonald in Cheung Chau just serves vegan food and no meat. Therefore, it is a specially designed mushroom burger available on that single day in Cheung Chau only.
That's a great idea. We will look into your suggestion- Thanks!! :D
Yum yum
Thanks for watching!
I can't believe you didn't mention the brand of beer you were drinking, Sean! Hilarious!!
I meant Sam! OMG! LOL
Gweilo for a Gweilo! 😆
Are they great? I was a bit skeptical because the sales doesn’t look too good (racks of beers untouched).
You inspired us to have Hot Pot tonight!!! 👍👍👍👍
Brilliant! Hope you enjoyed!
I give full marks for your presentation. Please keep it up.
Thank you as always Tony. More videos coming soon!
Love your videos. New subscriber. Would you have a chance to do a video about Hung Hom specifically Whampoa area? I grew up there and would love to see how it looks after 25 years!
Thanks for the kind words and welcome to the channel! Whampoa is a great suggestion and we’ll bear it in mind!
Mmmm, looks delicious. Have you tried the Jimmy's satè sauce?
Ahh yes, the holy grail of satay sauces! The one we had in this video was good but nothing beats Jimmy's!
love your videos!
Thank you! More coming soon!
Very good channel
Thanks and welcome to the channel!
love your video, so foody
Thanks for watching!
Great, delicious
Thanks for watching!
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Thanks for watching!
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
Enjoy this episode so much!
Thanks for watching!
I'd like to know: what is the optimum time to cook meat, shrimp and fishballs? And at what heat? And is it OK to throw the broth down the toilet afterwards?
Thanks for watching Rob and for your nice questions. The optimum time to cook meat, shrimp and fishballs once the broth has reached a rolling boil is ~30 seconds, ~2 minutes and ~3.5 minutes respectively. For meat and shrimp, go off look. For fishballs, err on cooking longer- a good little tip that generally rings true, is that once your balls are cooked, they will bob vigorously on the surface. No, we wouldn't advise throwing your broth down the toilet afterwards.
@@HongKongHoods thanks Sam for your prompt and informative advice! I must confess I've long been a toilet broth polluter ... Which raises the urgent question, how should one then properly dispose of used hot pot broth? It's deeply funky toxic stuff for sure, when done right!
Look so yammy
Hot pot is delicious, and we highly recommend 👍💪
yummy
Was as much fun preparing it as eating it!
I remember doing Hot pot in the summer with the AC cranked XD
That’s some hardcore hot potting. Kudos!
good video mate
Thank you!
I like hot pot. Make sure you share your food with your family and friends.
Agreed. Thanks for watching!
to be used clay pot is much better than stainless steel but meat is key point to avoid sticky at clay pot bottom ; but ice drink is not healthy take it together with Hot Food i.e. not good for digestion. to be used gas stove is so retro but HK people quite often to use bigger electric stove
Thanks for the information and the tips! I love to use a ceramic pot and an old-fashioned gas stove!
Hi Sam, I think you have forgotten to show us how you deal with the noodles or udon.
Thanks for watching Billy. We give a short note on noodles towards the end of the video, from 7:45-7:52.
@@HongKongHoods oh I missed that 😅🙏
Well
Thanks!
lol. Just to let you know that @3-57, your tone is incorrect and it's a big mistake number wise. It's "Sup Mun" (like Monday) instead of "Sup Maan" (similar to how you say it). There's a massive difference 😂😂. It's $10 vs. $10K. Other than that - great videos. I love hotpot!
Thanks for pointing that out, Cantonese pronunciation is hard! 😝 glad you’re enjoying the channel!
about the soup base, next time, no need a hot-pot pack, use the chicken soup is ok, some are only 8-9 HKD, well if you being crazy, use Campbell's can be fine, well... some pack can be smaller you can find by LKK, but if you want to taste the food the "original" taste, the "clean soup" especially the "light taste" is highly recommend, cos the meat and the fire will make the soup being "heavy", so if you are joining to some HK frailly Hot Pot party, the common soup is "tofu fish head soup" base, seems talk too far...
and friendly remind, don't try to roll the pot, just put the food inside, and waiting can eat, cos some of the metrical are easily to break down, and it will raise a "War" in extreme, and some case, it will be for people to locate the food easily
off topic: in my favorite source, soy(or Maggi) with some break garlic, chili and ginger
Thank you for the information!
@@HongKongHoods well, different family different rules, on mine, last I will cook the udon noddles with eggs, it is a perfect match, as luxury, use the Demae Itcho, especially sesame oil favour, it is the grate choice for hot pot, and also, some warrior will raw egg as source, but I not have this brave to try~
Oh I forgot to tell you, next time buy some 脆肉鯇（sorry for I don’t know the eng name) and fish skin, it is also good for a hot pot
I am more interested in your bottle of Gwai Lo beer on the table actually.
Damn good beer!
No comment about the Hot Pot equipment and the ingredients. Shap Mont is $10 and Sam pronounce it as Shup Man sound like $10,000.
Even as a Chinese, I still get the pronunciation incorrect. Sam is getting better.
Thanks for watching… haha I find the tones and pronunciation in Cantonese difficult sometimes, but I will continue to try!
@@HongKongHoods Actually I also made a mistake. It's sound like $100,000 instead. Can't imagine anyone would pay that much money for some of those hot pot ingredients.
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Crock pot safe way to do it
Good suggestion!
Tofu and soy products are king of hot pot plz
We love tofu too!
What no spam?
Spam is another great addition. Thanks for watching!
standing in the middle of a busy pathway just to talk and record a video is fucking wild. that was so uneccessary.
Crime of the century, I know.
just another caucasian thinking they own everywhere @@HongKongHoods
Preparing the ingredients and wash the dishes are the downside of hotpot at home.
Certainly true… but more than worth it!
Anyone noticed there is a beer with gwei-lo on it? haha
Gweilo for a gweilo!
Wow so much food for usd50
Your money can go a long way here in Hong Kong... and even more so at other wet markets; Bowrington isn't particularly cheap!
I can hpt pot seven times a week
Every day is a good day for hot pot!
1. the stove have lighter function. no need a lighter
2. Dont stir the pot with chopstick like that.
1. Ours doesn’t… lighter function broke a long time ago.
2. Why ever not?
Great videos
You should get someone to improve your tones
Thanks for watching. Working on them!
i stopped watching when I see you bought shrimps that are sold as plated portions on a metal plate. Plated are dead shrimps. And "adding a bunch of ingredients at a time"??? That will be making soup FFS!! Uncle Roger will give you a big Hiiya !!!
Not into cooking live animals, so dead shrimp will do for us! And Uncle Roger loves us!