There's a 4th way to eat an egg at hotpot. I learned and experienced it with my Korean friend. At the end of your meal you leave about an inch to 2 inches of broth. You ask for rice with a little sesame oil and dried seaweed flakes on top. You dump that in, crack the egg in and stir quickly. The heat is off at this point, btw. Let it sit for a min after you've stirred and OMG, it's the best!!!!!! Try it!
I eat noodles at the VERY END of the hot pot, because after all the things you put in the hot pot, the flavor of the soup in the hot pot is amazing, its really really flavorful! And Mike’s not lying, don’t eat it at first, otherwise you’ll be full, and it doesn’t have much flavors. :)
In my family, if I cook, then you clean. That’s how it’s always been with my family. Seems logical and fair with all my sisters. In my friend’s family, if you cook, then you clean because you made the mess. She’s always cooking and cleaning for her whole family and none of her siblings help her. I told her to go read “The Little Red Hen.”
Even though this is an older video you helped me with my first experience at eating hot pot. We have a new hot pot restaurant here in south Florida and it was awesome! From the sauce to the cooking order and all of the wonderful, delicious items to cook and enjoy. Thank you for all of your wonderful videos!
I just had hot pot for the first time a few weeks ago and have been craving it everyday since! I have an older friend who is chinese (she’s basically like a second mother to me) and she came over to my house and showed me how to cook and eat it! It was honestly one of the best meals I’ve ever had. It’s crazy how much of a bonding experience it was to! Very grateful for that day and to my dear friend XīHuì. ☺️
If you're able to find Taiwanese Sausage (香肠), DUMP IT IN. It's life changing. I swear. It takes in all the goodness from the soup, and sweetens the soup while still keeping some sweetness. It's just phenomenal when you bite into it. The only thing you need to make sure is to cook it thoroughly (it taste better the longer you let it sit in the soup anyway) or else you'll bite into something raw and unpleasant
Off the Great Wall Let me know if the experience is as awesome for you too! (And I forgot to mention; it's best if the 香肠 is the rounded/fish-ball-shaped kind instead of the hot-dog kind.)
Off the Great Wall Really? I think it's really easy for us to find in the Malaysian market though.. Maybe you should Google it and see if you can find it in your area!
Hey Guys, The place we went to is called Baidu in Flushing :-) Check out www.meetup.com/Asian-Food-and-Other-Awesome-Food-Adventures-Meet-Up for opportunities to eat with us
To anyone who’s skeptical it’s super yummy and no weird tasting at all. There’s so many options and sauces you can really make it your own! Thanks for the video, really informative!!
Love this tutorial can’t wait to try my first hotpot experience! I like the poached egg version because I was always told it’s taboo to put a hard shell egg in the same boiled water that will eventually be your broth.
I’m traveling to my hometown through China, I have 15 hours in China, I was gonna just get a hotel and sleep but now you guys made me decide to skip the hotel part and just get a hot pot, I hope the spicy broth (base) doesn’t screw up with my stomach during the flight
You guys are so nice to watch when ur having a really really bad day. Your happy and eating awesome food. Damn guys your awesome and food looks awesome. Thanks for lifting my spirits for a bit
My way of eating hotpot is exactly the same as Mike's lol! The spicy hot pot, piled on cilantro, dumping foods, tofu lover, mushy potatoes, chopstick on corns....... it's kinda creepy of the fact to have so many same habits as one person when it comes to foods with such great versatility. (' >')
Just spent a year in Jiangsu province (Kunshan) and was introduced to hotpot by my students and i thought it was awesome, (Interestingly one student added peanut butter to his sauce) ill be going back in a few weeks so im binge watching all episodes!! So Thanks guys for making this and many other videos
Aloha! I am currently living in the Poconos Pa. I spent 10 years in Hawaii...thank you for educating the mainland to the beautiful deliciousness that is span and rice (And if you add eggs it's breakfast)
Question: Is hot pot any good for vegetarians? It seems that there's a lot offered aside from just meat, like veggies and tofu. Would you recommend trying it if you don't eat the meat(or fish)?
Not at a restaurant bc the broth is always meat based. you can do hotpot at home very easily. use veggie broth as your base and prep all your veggies. i like tofu, bean sprouts, any/all mushrooms, carrots, celery, sweet potatoes, golden potatoes, corn, vegan sausage if you like that, jalapenos, spinach, kale, onions, dried dates... reallly any of your fave veggies will work. and rice noodles of course. ive done this for vegan hotpot night. it was awesome.
ShotgunLlama hot pot bases can be complicated but they can also be simple. At home I usually just use a few cloves of garlic, two whole stalks of spring onion or scallion, don't cut it up put the whole thing in there so you don't accidentally take it out, a handful of dried mushrooms (fresh also will do) and a slice or two of ginger. It's a very mild Soup base and you can add chilli flakes and chilli oil or whatever to spice it up if you like but if you don't like spice a mild base is enough, because the important flavours are in the dipping sauce. At home I use one of those stand alone convention stoves at the dinner table, and it is super simple. For dipping sauce, you can find sesame sauce and salty preserved chives in the condiment section of any Asian grocery
OMG. Mike eats just like my dad! Same food choices, same techniques, same sauce, same verbose-ness (jkjk). My bets are that Dan edited the video; there's so much "Mike dumping food in the the hot pot" commentary. lol
You guys are killing me! I LOVE hotpot! My family does not follow your method, but I love it anyway. Me? I am a westerner with four trips to Chongqing and a fifth coming up. Whatever is before me, I eat. I love it. BTW, my wife is from Chongqing.
The way Mike eats is so similar to me! Haha! Ultra spicy and dumping everything in at once and having the variety of sauces and just trying out as much as possible!
Thank you so much for sharing the great tips. I'm very shy when trying new things, and your wonderful informative, funny and charming vids are fantastic to take with me. xoxo
I went to I-Cook in Flushing yesterday and made Mike's sauce! VINEGAR! Wow, I ate so much and everything was awesome. I should've taken more video footage!
malaysabolehpsy SAME But my father calls it hot pot maybe cause he lived half his life in New Zealand and wants me to go there in my middle school age So that's why I don't agree with the OTGW Asian parents like asks me to learn piano
There are no hotpot restaurants where I live, but I’ve wanted to try it for a long time. I’m planning on making my own at home and this video has actually been really helpful walking me through how the whole experience is supposed to work, so thanks for that!
Nice video ，since I'm from Sichuan so I have to add some detail about Sichuan hotpot. Sichuan hotpot usually don't use sesame sauce ，they just use oil sauce with minced garlic and cilantro and scallion. And cow stomach (there are two kinds of cow stomach ，flat stomach 毛肚and thousand layer of stomach千层肚. as you know，cow has four stomach lol ) and throat of cow or pig 黄喉 and goose gut or duck gut鹅肠or鸭肠，I know it sounds weird and it's the most popular dish ordered in Sichuan. They usually don't order sliced beef or pork，I think that's more like a north maybe original from Mongolia way to eat hotpot. Both are good ，but Sichuan hotpot is much more spicy.
Hotpot is currently very popular in the big cities here in the U.K. that have a Chinatown district such as London or Manchester. My Chinese friends who own a restaurant introduced me to hotpot a few years ago, I love it. But spam... oh man, I grew up eating that stuff as a cheap alternative to ham. And then my Chinese friends introduced me to spam in hotpot and other dishes and I've grown to love it again. The chef at their restaurant does an awesome spam fried rice, just awesome. He also does chow mein with spam which is also pretty good, but the rice is better! Great video guys, thanks,
In Birmingham, which also has a large China town (Wing Yip, one of the big suppliers originated in Birmingham I believe), Dim Sum is the main food I feel. Very Cantonese, less places that serve hot pot.
IAmTheBecket I think Dim Sum is always a popular choice in Chinatown areas, if you can get good Dim Sum. I live in Lincolnshire so it's hard to get. Tried it in Nottingham and my friends didn't rate it, said Manchester is better! You should try hotpot if you haven't, it's delicious.
I love the way Mike eats. So hearty and with so much gusto. 吃得好爽! Its especially horrible to hotpot with someone who eats daintily and go like nono thats too much im too full already after like 10 minutes. I want to eat hotpot with mike!!
I’m going to get hot pot for the first time next week, and I’m so pumped. I’m a picky eater but this time I’m gonna suck it up and try some stuff like mushrooms and spinach and lamb, it all looks so good. Great video!
have u tried cooking cooked rice in ur hotpot to make porridge? after ur almost done with your meal, take out most of the food in there and have half of the pot filled with soup, then add rice in, followed by some spring onions, crack the egg in and stir. its realllly good
3:46 I was literally frightened when you added one spoon of chives... over here people only add like... several drops...😂 And btw the "traditional sauce" in the video is actually more common in northern China and with non-spicy hotpot soup, whereas in Sichuan and Chongqing people prefer sesame sauce much more.
I'm surprised that, when Dan mentioned adding Spam, you didn't start singing, "The Spam Song." "Spam, Spam, Spam and Rice and Spam . . . I HATE SPAM!!!" ;-)
foods I eat all the time in asia: dumplings (especially chocalate dumplings at this awesome place in Asia) , hotpot, snow flake moon cakes, turtle shell, and dragons beard candy. I love drinking boba or 'bubble tea' .
Hello! I have a question about dining when it comes to hotpots. Do restaurants that serve hotpot have more tables than usual? It seems (perhaps just to me) that hotpot would take a long time to eat. Is it common to dine for a long time when eating it? Are there usually smaller pots, or is does it tend to be a group-based meal? Thank you! Hope to try some in the future.
Great video. :) I wish that I had watched it before having my first hot pot buffet experience yesterday. At least now, when my husband and I go back, I'll have more confidence and an even better experience.
I have to thank you for this video. I grew up eating dim sum in Chinatown in NYC as a kid with my Mom's college friend who was from China, we called her Aunt Annie, and so my love for authentic Chinese food started at a very young age, but hot pot was new to me. I wanted to try it so bad after the Chengdu episode with Andrew Zimmern, and this video really assisted me in what had ended up being my favorite foods and sauce combo! Corn and eggs are my favorite, I mostly follow Mike's sauce. I made my Mom and sister have it as well and they love it!
I actually referenced Mike Chen's style when I ate at Haidilao Hot Pot. I ordered tripe and frog I believe with no noodles or rice. I tried to replicate his sauce selection but, didn't watch the video beforehand. Had a great experience. Had to use my left hand to eat due to my other being tired. Great thing I'm ambidextrous. Thanks Mike!
Er... Pretty sure beef slices don't take that long to cook. You pretty much just swirl it around in the pot until it turns all grey. Also, you peel the shell off of the shrimp? I just eat the whole thing minus the head and the tail. P.S. My sauce: Soy Sauce with raw egg mixed in and maybe some red vinegar and sesame. Nothing else. ^_^
After watching this video, I went to a hot pot today to try it out. It was pretty awesome. Came up with a good sauce I like to think, sesame, sesame oil, black vinegar, garlic and some dark chowdery stuff I forget the name of. Wish there more varieties of this around Orlando though, there's only 2.
@David Butt @Chris 1 They meant never leave your chopstick staight right upsided. However, you can use your chopsticks to get foods, as Chinese people do it all the time. Just don't leave striaght up when your doing something else.
In Thailand we have something similar it's called Moo Katta and it's a buffet and you get whatever you want. And it isn't all soup it has a BBQ thingy ma bobber in the middle and you pour sauce around it. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!
Hey guys.... Mike I watched your first hot pot video and you always have a warning, not to watch any food video including hot pot videos on a empty stomach.........well, I just broke that warning now my stomach is hurting from watching this video.....because it wants hot pot :( but I was wondering besides the food and sauces, what is your favorite flavor of the hot pot, besides the meat flavors and the mushrooms? and also if I come down to NJ to visit my grandma, I will most definitely look you guys up for a hot pot experience ^_^ I used to live 5-10 minutes away from here the twin towers used to stand, and stayed in NJ for 4 years, my grandma and grandpa still lives there, and I would love it if I can join you with hot pot as well as join me to go to Mitzawia the Asian market I grew up to love for 3 years, and try to go there as much as I can when I can get time to see what have change, and how everything is going.......and I don't mind if Yi and Mia will join as well because there is a lot of things there for you guys to look and try and even buy it if you like it very much ^_^ Love your videos and can't wait for the next one ^_^
^_^ Your Welcome, and also..........sorry XXDD it was in the morning I saw your video so that's why.....I didn't want to miss any of your videos ^_^ now -.-" I so wish I didn't watched it but I am happy to see your new video with Yi....say hi to Yi and Mia when you can for me. ^_^ *gives a BIG hug for everyone*
Malaysia Satay Sauce is delicious and another mixture sauce is delicious My Recepi: 1. Malaysia Sambal Belacan Paste, Japanese Sukiyaki Chilli Sauce, add seasoning 1. Fried Garlic & Oil 2. Light Soy Sauce (Japanese Sushi) 3. Chopped green onion & Parsley mix 4. Water for desire thickness
If Mikey doesn't stop loading those pots you'll have to be sipping the soup up off the table! Why would you want to eat something that is going to hurt your stomach???
My Sauce: Lots of: Scallions Chopped Chillies Cilantro Some Black Vinegar A bot of: Sesame sauce Black beans Usually my sauce looks a bit like a salad. Though I often add some of the boiling soup in the sauce, so the flavors come out of the ingredients in the sauce.
Everytime I order food in an asian restaurant indian or chinese, it's everywhere the same: the waiter tries to convince me that I don't want this dish because it's ''too spicey.'' But that is so mean! I can handle it! I love hot and spicey meals :(
Nathalie Sagt Actually they type of spice food found in Asian are way hot than in North America, and most Westerners can't handle that kind of heat. When people tell you that, it's because it's based from experience, and like 90% of the time when a Westerner says that "love spicy food" they really can't handle the type of spicy that Asian foods use. Not to say every Westerner can't handle it, but a majority can't.
+Ma5jay5dontxdoxthat a lot can't handle both sorts of heat! Some of my friends would order ice to go with their tea or their pho... And hot foods like that. I love the heat though.
Nati Whatever I ordered a level 4 Japanese curry once in Jakarta, the waiter (Indonesian) warns me it's too spicy and I say I can handle it, I really can't. I was with 3 other people, we had 4 curries and 16 drinks. The waiter who warned us where laughing at us
Off the Great Wall I'm not close to either. lol. They're on the mainland and I'm off on an island on the far east coast. BUT, if I see a place where it's available, I'm going to give it a try, for sure.
You can do it anytime at home! Just get one of those heaters, a pot, make a nice broth, and buy the meats and vegetable that you would like you put it in. You'll also need soy sauce and hot sauce mixture as a dipping sauce.
Good. Lord. I thought I wasn't hungry anymore tonight. Incredible. I found a place in VA Beach that I think does hot pot...gotta check it out. Thanks guys, all the best.
I once went to a raw ingredient buffet hotpot/barbecue duo restaurant in Taipei & it was fantastic! Since there were 4 or 5 of us so we were able to split the bill & get tons of variety. Also, you didn't mention it, but my favorite is yutou 芋头 which I know is cheap, but it cooks up really tender & adds depth & sweetness to the soup. The added grilling was especially great b/c w/ a large group, you didn't have to fight over the pot, not to mention the grilled fatty pork was great contrast!
You guys are hilarious...and very informative! I'm ready to hit the streets in my small town of Victoria BC Canada. Thank you. Knowing how to eat Asian food would make people want to try it, and you've taken care of hot pot. Thank you.
There are few things that I respectfully disagree with Mike how to eat hotpot. 1. Sauce is not that important to my opinion because if the soup is right, sauce is not needed. Personally, the sauce (mix whatever you want as in this video) may ruin the taste of lamb or beef when cooked properly (not overcooked like Mike) 2. You don't dump everything into the pot, specially beef and lamb! As the lady points it out "too crowded". The point of eating hotpot is to take your time and enjoy the food. 3. You don't need to drink yogurt before or after you eat hotpot; it really depends on your body. For people who has stomach issues such ulcer, gastritis, reflux..then try not to eat spicy soup base; you just need the regular soup (non spicy) 4. Not all hotpot's soup is acidic as Mike says. It all depends what is the soup. 5. Poaching egg is the best method of eating hotpot because it is cooked in flavorful soup, not to cook the whole egg as Mike does because the ingredients of soup can't penetrate the egg's shell.
Just because someone has acid reflux, or a weak stomach, does not mean they should be stripped of flavor. I love spicy foods, as do my kids. I often get heartburn just from Pop, but I can eat spicy food just fine.
In theory for non-traditional homemade budget hot pots, can one use any thin sliced meats or other meat shavings (e.g. sharwarma) in place of the ultra-wafer-thin slices of raw meat typically used in hot pots? Willing to tolerate a slightly longer cooking time for the thin sliced meats by going via the non-traditional route, since it is impossible to get ultra-thin sliced raw meats in my area.
So, it's basically like the Vietnamese version of Pho where you cook everything by yourself. Kind of like the Melting Pot or Korean BBQ without the grill or rice.
This is THE best beginner hot pot video. This is the one I tell people to watch before the 1st time they go.
Yi: moderation is key
Also Yi: *proceeds to use almost every ingredient for the sauce
She is
Darling. I think what she's intending to get across is, Just a little bit of everything😏
Asian food is a gift from God. So beautiful!
*Peruvian
Sarita G what?
All food is.. you ever try Lebanese food?
@@tusarita22 have you heard of Mom's food
As are Asian people.
There's a 4th way to eat an egg at hotpot. I learned and experienced it with my Korean friend. At the end of your meal you leave about an inch to 2 inches of broth. You ask for rice with a little sesame oil and dried seaweed flakes on top. You dump that in, crack the egg in and stir quickly. The heat is off at this point, btw. Let it sit for a min after you've stirred and OMG, it's the best!!!!!! Try it!
CrystalG NYC shoot that's how we eat it here🙌🙌 best way to end the meal
dump the egg in the rice or the broth?
Egg drop soup with rice YUM!!!
@@_Myrhlboth
I eat noodles at the VERY END of the hot pot, because after all the things you put in the hot pot, the flavor of the soup in the hot pot is amazing, its really really flavorful! And Mike’s not lying, don’t eat it at first, otherwise you’ll be full, and it doesn’t have much flavors. :)
StanleyTheGamer, it’s probably like ramen then
My favorite. Good strategy 👍
why would i pay to cook my own food?
Because i dont have to clean up afterwards!! Cooking the food is so fun!!! The cleaning is the problem!! 😁😁😆
Yes! And becaude you are using the ingredients....that's just a stupid question..
It's still a restaurant. U juz cook ur own food. Leave when ur done they have busboys to clean ur table....
also no prep
Kevin Playz thats basically cooking
In my family, if I cook, then you clean. That’s how it’s always been with my family. Seems logical and fair with all my sisters. In my friend’s family, if you cook, then you clean because you made the mess. She’s always cooking and cleaning for her whole family and none of her siblings help her. I told her to go read “The Little Red Hen.”
While Dan explained... Mike dump all the good to his side.. Classic mike
Even though this is an older video you helped me with my first experience at eating hot pot. We have a new hot pot restaurant here in south Florida and it was awesome! From the sauce to the cooking order and all of the wonderful, delicious items to cook and enjoy. Thank you for all of your wonderful videos!
"tell them the chives look really gross but they're good"
Mike: "yeah the chives look like someone vomited grass".... -__- LOL
Horrible video to watch when you're craving for hot pot.
I KNOW RIGHT!!!
possumshake ikr
Sooo f****** true man!
hahahah i know lol
They make me want to eat!!!
I now feel like i can conquer the hot pot world.
Alicia McGee do it!
Don't stab your chopsticks thou
I just had hot pot for the first time a few weeks ago and have been craving it everyday since! I have an older friend who is chinese (she’s basically like a second mother to me) and she came over to my house and showed me how to cook and eat it! It was honestly one of the best meals I’ve ever had. It’s crazy how much of a bonding experience it was to! Very grateful for that day and to my dear friend XīHuì. ☺️
If you're able to find Taiwanese Sausage (香肠), DUMP IT IN. It's life changing. I swear. It takes in all the goodness from the soup, and sweetens the soup while still keeping some sweetness. It's just phenomenal when you bite into it.
The only thing you need to make sure is to cook it thoroughly (it taste better the longer you let it sit in the soup anyway) or else you'll bite into something raw and unpleasant
Jinger Yeoh ok you convinced me, I'm gonna bring my own next time - Mike
Off the Great Wall Let me know if the experience is as awesome for you too! (And I forgot to mention; it's best if the 香肠 is the rounded/fish-ball-shaped kind instead of the hot-dog kind.)
Jinger Yeoh wait a minute....never seen ball shaped before
Off the Great Wall Really? I think it's really easy for us to find in the Malaysian market though.. Maybe you should Google it and see if you can find it in your area!
does it really taste diff than the long ones?
I've never had hot pot, but it looks awesome.
same
Dont. It stinks.
@@tamanna394 wrong
It's great
Dan: "it's like an egg bomb right there."
炸彈(蛋). Get it? LOL.
long time no see......yummyakitori....
Haha,dan is chinese for egg.😆
YummYakitori HAHAHAHA!!!
Wow
*goes to school after chinese new year*
Teacher: "oh what did you do?"
Me: "oh I had a hotpot"
Teacher: "oh. What is a hotpot?"
Hey Guys, The place we went to is called Baidu in Flushing :-)
Check out www.meetup.com/Asian-Food-and-Other-Awesome-Food-Adventures-Meet-Up
for opportunities to eat with us
I wish there was a place to have hotpot where I live. I live in boringville and they don't know what good food is around here. m :(
I went there once..when I visited New York for vacation....
Ruby Chen did u like it?
It is better than chinatownn and mahattan in my opinion.
I'm eating hotpot for Christmas. This video came at the perfect time.
I thought Mike’s sauce bowl was going overflow on his hands before he finished getting sauces ! I bet he had to walk slow to the table 🤣
To anyone who’s skeptical it’s super yummy and no weird tasting at all. There’s so many options and sauces you can really make it your own! Thanks for the video, really informative!!
Yi, Dan & Mike, Years since this video has been posted, I find these young people so authentic and so likable.
I do 2 parts sesame
1 part hoisin sauce
1 part bean curd
And cilantro
It's sweet but slightly sour and savoury
Love this tutorial can’t wait to try my first hotpot experience! I like the poached egg version because I was always told it’s taboo to put a hard shell egg in the same boiled water that will eventually be your broth.
Poor camera guy. He's stuck there watching you three eat a ton of delicious food. All for the greater good...
"You'd never jump into a sauna!" Haha.
Haha, I'm thinking the same.
He could've eaten before :D
Mike has a strategy for everything. lol
I’m traveling to my hometown through China, I have 15 hours in China, I was gonna just get a hotel and sleep but now you guys made me decide to skip the hotel part and just get a hot pot, I hope the spicy broth (base) doesn’t screw up with my stomach during the flight
How did it go?
mikes being efficient he knows there's 3 people and is planning ahead
You guys are so nice to watch when ur having a really really bad day. Your happy and eating awesome food. Damn guys your awesome and food looks awesome. Thanks for lifting my spirits for a bit
One of my friend is a dumper and we don't like to eat with her hahahaha
I'm a dumper and I have a family full of dumpers
What’s a dumper
Hobonuut Yes a dumper
Dumpers rule. You're just boring
My way of eating hotpot is exactly the same as Mike's lol! The spicy hot pot, piled on cilantro, dumping foods, tofu lover, mushy potatoes, chopstick on corns....... it's kinda creepy of the fact to have so many same habits as one person when it comes to foods with such great versatility. (' >')
monica yuan yay! you eat smart!
I'm almost like Mike without the Cilantro and Mushroom Tofu I don't but I'll eat as long as it's beefy and spicy
Mike is like every guy in my family...
-uncle
-dad
-grandpa
-cousin
Just spent a year in Jiangsu province (Kunshan) and was introduced to hotpot by my students and i thought it was awesome, (Interestingly one student added peanut butter to his sauce) ill be going back in a few weeks so im binge watching all episodes!! So Thanks guys for making this and many other videos
Aloha! I am currently living in the Poconos Pa. I spent 10 years in Hawaii...thank you for educating the mainland to the beautiful deliciousness that is span and rice (And if you add eggs it's breakfast)
Probably the only one who has NEVER been to a Hotpot XD
FierceCat 28 Nope. I’m here too. I desperately wanna have it.
I haven't, there aren't any around here.
You’re not alone
I haven't and probably never will. Don't travel
I didn't even know what it was until mikes videos lol. Now i can't wait to try one!
Question: Is hot pot any good for vegetarians? It seems that there's a lot offered aside from just meat, like veggies and tofu. Would you recommend trying it if you don't eat the meat(or fish)?
Not at a restaurant bc the broth is always meat based. you can do hotpot at home very easily. use veggie broth as your base and prep all your veggies. i like tofu, bean sprouts, any/all mushrooms, carrots, celery, sweet potatoes, golden potatoes, corn, vegan sausage if you like that, jalapenos, spinach, kale, onions, dried dates... reallly any of your fave veggies will work. and rice noodles of course. ive done this for vegan hotpot night. it was awesome.
Some places have miso based soups so you can do that and they generally have a wide variety of veggies and noodies
ShotgunLlama hot pot bases can be complicated but they can also be simple. At home I usually just use a few cloves of garlic, two whole stalks of spring onion or scallion, don't cut it up put the whole thing in there so you don't accidentally take it out, a handful of dried mushrooms (fresh also will do) and a slice or two of ginger. It's a very mild Soup base and you can add chilli flakes and chilli oil or whatever to spice it up if you like but if you don't like spice a mild base is enough, because the important flavours are in the dipping sauce. At home I use one of those stand alone convention stoves at the dinner table, and it is super simple. For dipping sauce, you can find sesame sauce and salty preserved chives in the condiment section of any Asian grocery
hot pot is great for vegetarians.
Shotg
OMG. Mike eats just like my dad! Same food choices, same techniques, same sauce, same verbose-ness (jkjk). My bets are that Dan edited the video; there's so much "Mike dumping food in the the hot pot" commentary. lol
Francis Shue your dad is smart
You guys are killing me! I LOVE hotpot! My family does not follow your method, but I love it anyway. Me? I am a westerner with four trips to Chongqing and a fifth coming up. Whatever is before me, I eat. I love it. BTW, my wife is from Chongqing.
The camera man must be so hungry watching them eat😂🌽🌶🌶🍳🍤🍜🍚
Katy Wilburn he eats behind the scene
The camera man eats last that when the soup is most flavorful.
There's a camera man? I thought they just mounted it on the opposite chairs
Sergio Quintero they had a camera man
Katy Wilburn
The way Mike eats is so similar to me! Haha! Ultra spicy and dumping everything in at once and having the variety of sauces and just trying out as much as possible!
Thank you so much for sharing the great tips. I'm very shy when trying new things, and your wonderful informative, funny and charming vids are fantastic to take with me. xoxo
I'm a Hawaiian-Chinese mix and I'm happy to see you eating spam in hot pot. The reference to Hawaiians eating spam with rice is accurate. Thanks guys
I went to I-Cook in Flushing yesterday and made Mike's sauce! VINEGAR! Wow, I ate so much and everything was awesome. I should've taken more video footage!
Mike is an expert. He knows what you should get for hotpot.
Malaysian and I can tell you we have lots of hot pot here. We call it steamboat.
I'm Malaysian and I say steamboat too
malaysabolehpsy SAME
But my father calls it hot pot maybe cause he lived half his life in New Zealand and wants me to go there in my middle school age
So that's why I don't agree with the OTGW Asian parents like asks me to learn piano
Same
There are no hotpot restaurants where I live, but I’ve wanted to try it for a long time. I’m planning on making my own at home and this video has actually been really helpful walking me through how the whole experience is supposed to work, so thanks for that!
Nice video ，since I'm from Sichuan so I have to add some detail about Sichuan hotpot. Sichuan hotpot usually don't use sesame sauce ，they just use oil sauce with minced garlic and cilantro and scallion. And cow stomach (there are two kinds of cow stomach ，flat stomach 毛肚and thousand layer of stomach千层肚. as you know，cow has four stomach lol ) and throat of cow or pig 黄喉 and goose gut or duck gut鹅肠or鸭肠，I know it sounds weird and it's the most popular dish ordered in Sichuan. They usually don't order sliced beef or pork，I think that's more like a north maybe original from Mongolia way to eat hotpot. Both are good ，but Sichuan hotpot is much more spicy.
Hotpot is currently very popular in the big cities here in the U.K. that have a Chinatown district such as London or Manchester. My Chinese friends who own a restaurant introduced me to hotpot a few years ago, I love it. But spam... oh man, I grew up eating that stuff as a cheap alternative to ham. And then my Chinese friends introduced me to spam in hotpot and other dishes and I've grown to love it again. The chef at their restaurant does an awesome spam fried rice, just awesome. He also does chow mein with spam which is also pretty good, but the rice is better! Great video guys, thanks,
In Birmingham, which also has a large China town (Wing Yip, one of the big suppliers originated in Birmingham I believe), Dim Sum is the main food I feel. Very Cantonese, less places that serve hot pot.
IAmTheBecket I think Dim Sum is always a popular choice in Chinatown areas, if you can get good Dim Sum. I live in Lincolnshire so it's hard to get. Tried it in Nottingham and my friends didn't rate it, said Manchester is better!
You should try hotpot if you haven't, it's delicious.
It's cute how Mikey says "eat". He says "Yeet"💜💜💜💜
Im from Sichuan, actually our traditional dipping sauce is sesame oil+salt+minced garlic+(oyster sauce/coriander/spring onions)
I love the way Mike eats. So hearty and with so much gusto. 吃得好爽! Its especially horrible to hotpot with someone who eats daintily and go like nono thats too much im too full already after like 10 minutes.
I want to eat hotpot with mike!!
Alleyne Carlinda Wirawan I agree! Yes you can eat with me :-)
I wanna eat with Mike too!!! His hotpot style is sooo my style! Extra extra EXTRA spicy...same sauce too..and I like to dump XD ahhahaha
moreBANANAS Duh nice! that's the right way to do it!
I’m going to get hot pot for the first time next week, and I’m so pumped. I’m a picky eater but this time I’m gonna suck it up and try some stuff like mushrooms and spinach and lamb, it all looks so good. Great video!
My Asian friend brought me to one of these my reaction was just FEED MEHHHHHH FEEEEEDDDD MEEEEHHHH because I had no idea what was going on
have u tried cooking cooked rice in ur hotpot to make porridge? after ur almost done with your meal, take out most of the food in there and have half of the pot filled with soup, then add rice in, followed by some spring onions, crack the egg in and stir. its realllly good
3:46 I was literally frightened when you added one spoon of chives... over here people only add like... several drops...😂
And btw the "traditional sauce" in the video is actually more common in northern China and with non-spicy hotpot soup, whereas in Sichuan and Chongqing people prefer sesame sauce much more.
This is my first time seeing mikey so young lol! I love Mikey on his 2 new channels!
I'm surprised that, when Dan mentioned adding Spam, you didn't start singing, "The Spam Song."
"Spam, Spam, Spam and Rice and Spam . . . I HATE SPAM!!!" ;-)
Nick Hentschel never heard the spam song
Off the Great Wall Look it up under "Monty Python."
It's their greatest sketch, the one that gave "Internet spam" its name.
I'm an Indian but I live in China. My favourite Chinese dish is hotpot❤️❤️. Making your own sauce is the best thing I love about hotpot
I want to eat it!!! I love soup and I love Korean BBQ I bet I will loooove this! Thank you guys for introducing me to the hotpot!
Bianca Ferguson you would love it :-)
foods I eat all the time in asia: dumplings (especially chocalate dumplings at this awesome place in Asia) , hotpot, snow flake moon cakes, turtle shell, and dragons beard candy. I love drinking boba or 'bubble tea' .
Mike, I'm with you. You're enjoying it the most regardless of what they're saying.
Sugar :) not too much
And then fucking pour a lot
RepOnRep Nation a lot isn't too much. Too much is half the shaker.
Hello! I have a question about dining when it comes to hotpots.
Do restaurants that serve hotpot have more tables than usual? It seems (perhaps just to me) that hotpot would take a long time to eat.
Is it common to dine for a long time when eating it? Are there usually smaller pots, or is does it tend to be a group-based meal? Thank you! Hope to try some in the future.
3:52 look at Dan's face lol 😂😂😂😂😂
Great video. :) I wish that I had watched it before having my first hot pot buffet experience yesterday.
At least now, when my husband and I go back, I'll have more confidence and an even better experience.
I love hot pot me and my husband try it. we still need to learn how to cook the food, but it was a fun experience.
I have to thank you for this video. I grew up eating dim sum in Chinatown in NYC as a kid with my Mom's college friend who was from China, we called her Aunt Annie, and so my love for authentic Chinese food started at a very young age, but hot pot was new to me. I wanted to try it so bad after the Chengdu episode with Andrew Zimmern, and this video really assisted me in what had ended up being my favorite foods and sauce combo! Corn and eggs are my favorite, I mostly follow Mike's sauce. I made my Mom and sister have it as well and they love it!
Yi had a serious sauce recipe, that's a complicated sauce!
I’m going to hotpot for the first time tomorrow!! I’m so excited 🥺❤️
I'm STARVING! I wasn't hungry until I watched this.
I laughed a lot, learned, & thoroughly enjoyed the film. Thanks, OTGW family! 🙂
I’m Lowkey the dumper to lmaoo. I would dump all the beef in so that I wouldn’t have to wait for my food. 😂
I actually referenced Mike Chen's style when I ate at Haidilao Hot Pot. I ordered tripe and frog I believe with no noodles or rice. I tried to replicate his sauce selection but, didn't watch the video beforehand. Had a great experience. Had to use my left hand to eat due to my other being tired. Great thing I'm ambidextrous.
Thanks Mike!
Er... Pretty sure beef slices don't take that long to cook. You pretty much just swirl it around in the pot until it turns all grey. Also, you peel the shell off of the shrimp? I just eat the whole thing minus the head and the tail.
P.S. My sauce: Soy Sauce with raw egg mixed in and maybe some red vinegar and sesame. Nothing else. ^_^
Agree,beef slices just take about 20 seconds to cook.
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There is actually a really tasty part of the head in shrimp... So you're kinda missing out on the good parts
I always do that with Salt and Pepper shrimp, but I only take off the head and not the tail ;)
He likes his more done
After watching this video, I went to a hot pot today to try it out. It was pretty awesome. Came up with a good sauce I like to think, sesame, sesame oil, black vinegar, garlic and some dark chowdery stuff I forget the name of. Wish there more varieties of this around Orlando though, there's only 2.
Love how in your other video you say "NEVER stick your chopsticks into your food".. and in this video, it's "Stick your chopsticks into the food." lol
David Butt I know they make so much stuff up in this video. Talking rubbish aren’t they
@David Butt @Chris 1 They meant never leave your chopstick staight right upsided. However, you can use your chopsticks to get foods, as Chinese people do it all the time. Just don't leave striaght up when your doing something else.
In Thailand we have something similar it's called Moo Katta and it's a buffet and you get whatever you want. And it isn't all soup it has a BBQ thingy ma bobber in the middle and you pour sauce around it. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!
Hey guys.... Mike I watched your first hot pot video and you always have a warning, not to watch any food video including hot pot videos on a empty stomach.........well, I just broke that warning now my stomach is hurting from watching this video.....because it wants hot pot :( but I was wondering besides the food and sauces, what is your favorite flavor of the hot pot, besides the meat flavors and the mushrooms? and also if I come down to NJ to visit my grandma, I will most definitely look you guys up for a hot pot experience ^_^ I used to live 5-10 minutes away from here the twin towers used to stand, and stayed in NJ for 4 years, my grandma and grandpa still lives there, and I would love it if I can join you with hot pot as well as join me to go to Mitzawia the Asian market I grew up to love for 3 years, and try to go there as much as I can when I can get time to see what have change, and how everything is going.......and I don't mind if Yi and Mia will join as well because there is a lot of things there for you guys to look and try and even buy it if you like it very much ^_^ Love your videos and can't wait for the next one ^_^
Jessica Fair Thanks Jessica!
^_^ Your Welcome, and also..........sorry XXDD it was in the morning I saw your video so that's why.....I didn't want to miss any of your videos ^_^ now -.-" I so wish I didn't watched it but I am happy to see your new video with Yi....say hi to Yi and Mia when you can for me. ^_^ *gives a BIG hug for everyone*
Malaysia Satay Sauce is delicious and another mixture sauce is delicious My Recepi: 1. Malaysia Sambal Belacan Paste, Japanese Sukiyaki Chilli Sauce, add seasoning 1. Fried Garlic & Oil 2. Light Soy Sauce (Japanese Sushi) 3. Chopped green onion & Parsley mix 4. Water for desire thickness
If Mikey doesn't stop loading those pots you'll have to be sipping the soup up off the table! Why would you want to eat something that is going to hurt your stomach???
Hard to explain...so spicy it hurts, but so delicious you can't stop. It's addictive and very unhealthy (lots of sodium) but o.m.g it is so good.
My Sauce:
Lots of:
Scallions
Chopped Chillies
Cilantro
Some
Black Vinegar
A bot of:
Sesame sauce
Black beans
Usually my sauce looks a bit like a salad.
Though I often add some of the boiling soup in the sauce, so the flavors come out of the ingredients in the sauce.
One thing about us Asians, we sure know how to freaking EAT! lol!
Never heard of a hotpot but it looks incredible and delicious. Thanks for showing how it’s done. You’ve made me super hungry.
Everytime I order food in an asian restaurant indian or chinese, it's everywhere the same: the waiter tries to convince me that I don't want this dish because it's ''too spicey.'' But that is so mean! I can handle it! I love hot and spicey meals :(
Nathalie Sagt Actually they type of spice food found in Asian are way hot than in North America, and most Westerners can't handle that kind of heat. When people tell you that, it's because it's based from experience, and like 90% of the time when a Westerner says that "love spicy food" they really can't handle the type of spicy that Asian foods use. Not to say every Westerner can't handle it, but a majority can't.
+Ma5jay5dontxdoxthat a lot can't handle both sorts of heat! Some of my friends would order ice to go with their tea or their pho... And hot foods like that. I love the heat though.
*spicy
Nati Whatever I ordered a level 4 Japanese curry once in Jakarta, the waiter (Indonesian) warns me it's too spicy and I say I can handle it, I really can't. I was with 3 other people, we had 4 curries and 16 drinks. The waiter who warned us where laughing at us
So it depends where you are. If you're in indonesia or Sichuan please listen to the waiter
my friend in university was from hong kong and we had hotpot. he put lamb and beef with cabbage and some other stuff, it was delicious
So, confession time! I've never had hotpot... insane, I know! But this looks amazing. I'd gladly give it a try if I ever had the opportunity.
Anna Rose OMG! Gotta try it! Where are you from?
Newfoundland, Canada. I actually only started hearing about hotpot talking to friends I met online. I'm not sure we even have them here. lol.
Anna Rose go to either toronto or vancouver...don't know if you are near either places
Off the Great Wall I'm not close to either. lol. They're on the mainland and I'm off on an island on the far east coast.
BUT, if I see a place where it's available, I'm going to give it a try, for sure.
You can do it anytime at home! Just get one of those heaters, a pot, make a nice broth, and buy the meats and vegetable that you would like you put it in. You'll also need soy sauce and hot sauce mixture as a dipping sauce.
Good. Lord. I thought I wasn't hungry anymore tonight. Incredible. I found a place in VA Beach that I think does hot pot...gotta check it out. Thanks guys, all the best.
omg I want hotpot now.
Blah Smith follow your heart!
I once went to a raw ingredient buffet hotpot/barbecue duo restaurant in Taipei & it was fantastic! Since there were 4 or 5 of us so we were able to split the bill & get tons of variety. Also, you didn't mention it, but my favorite is yutou 芋头 which I know is cheap, but it cooks up really tender & adds depth & sweetness to the soup. The added grilling was especially great b/c w/ a large group, you didn't have to fight over the pot, not to mention the grilled fatty pork was great contrast!
You forgot the pork belly. You've now made me want to find somewhere I can go try it. I like fatty meat, as well and the hotpot looks delicious.
You guys are hilarious...and very informative! I'm ready to hit the streets in my small town of Victoria BC Canada. Thank you. Knowing how to eat Asian food would make people want to try it, and you've taken care of hot pot. Thank you.
I love when Jet Li and Jackie Chan collab ❤️
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Lmfaooo
Its so nice that you guys know so much about your culture!
There are few things that I respectfully disagree with Mike how to eat hotpot.
1. Sauce is not that important to my opinion because if the soup is right, sauce is not needed. Personally, the sauce (mix whatever you want as in this video) may ruin the taste of lamb or beef when cooked properly (not overcooked like Mike)
2. You don't dump everything into the pot, specially beef and lamb! As the lady points it out "too crowded". The point of eating hotpot is to take your time and enjoy the food.
3. You don't need to drink yogurt before or after you eat hotpot; it really depends on your body. For people who has stomach issues such ulcer, gastritis, reflux..then try not to eat spicy soup base; you just need the regular soup (non spicy)
4. Not all hotpot's soup is acidic as Mike says. It all depends what is the soup.
5. Poaching egg is the best method of eating hotpot because it is cooked in flavorful soup, not to cook the whole egg as Mike does because the ingredients of soup can't penetrate the egg's shell.
In some part of china the soup is pure water,so sauce is very important.
Shut up
Just because someone has acid reflux, or a weak stomach, does not mean they should be stripped of flavor. I love spicy foods, as do my kids. I often get heartburn just from Pop, but I can eat spicy food just fine.
Dieu Lu a
When he puts the potato in so early, it makes the broth starchy
She said moderation then proceeds to add everything in the sauce 🤣🤣
I never heard of hot pot until I saw your channel & now I definitely want to eat it! It looks Delicious!
My husband is from Chengdu, China. We keep our sauce very simple. Sesame oil, vinegar, cilantro, and garlic. Sichuan hot pot is the best!!
Emily Hinds i live in Chengdu ,😁
omg all these years I thought tripe was a fish!
I dont always go to Hotpot places but when i do.........they run out of meat.
In theory for non-traditional homemade budget hot pots, can one use any thin sliced meats or other meat shavings (e.g. sharwarma) in place of the ultra-wafer-thin slices of raw meat typically used in hot pots?
Willing to tolerate a slightly longer cooking time for the thin sliced meats by going via the non-traditional route, since it is impossible to get ultra-thin sliced raw meats in my area.
that food looks like amazing
Thank you for sharing...i have recently put hot pot on my to-do list and this helps out tremendously ❤
So, it's basically like the Vietnamese version of Pho where you cook everything by yourself. Kind of like the Melting Pot or Korean BBQ without the grill or rice.
adepoju22 wrong. this is chinese version of korean bbq
@@mikhail6884 That's literally what she just said.