Everyone loves a nursery rhyme. I guess that is why the owner of this hotpot restaurant decided to name it “Little Lamb” instead of “Little Fat Sheep” as the Chinese name directly translates to.
Little Fat Sheep is more suited to describe me. After all, I am born under the sheep sign, and I am little.
You thought I was gonna say fat, didn’t you???
Nutritional Non-Spicy Soup – contains a lot of garlic and nutritious Chinese medicine,
so you don’t feel too guilty about gorging on all that meat.
Mongolian Lamb – an ok quality lamb sliced paper thin for faster cooking and
a more tender feel
Sweet Corn – not sweet at all and very hard even after we boil them forever
“Little Lamb” Shrimp Ball – with real shrimps inside!
Mushroom Dumpling
Fresh Tofu
Golden Mushroom – an indispensable ingredient for hotpot
Fried Tofu Skin
Tong Ho – although not everyone appreciates its unique floral taste, garland chrysanthemum is my favorite hotpot vegetable
Watercress
And for our dessert,
Costa Brava Ube Cake we bought from Rockwell’s Bakers Fair
Despite the fact that my sister Jamie and I are already 24 and 30, our parents still treat us like little babies. And so tonight, like little babies, we order only shrimp balls, vegetables, and meat from a lamb’s more conventional body part.
Next time we’ll be adults and order something more adventurous.
Items 205 and 206. Gulp.
Mom, Jamie, Me, Dad
Little Lamb Hotpot: La Marina, South Drive, Area 2, Rizal Park, Ermita, Manila, Philippines. Tel. +632-4878198
