It’s sort of retarded to have hotpot in the heat of Hong Kong summer (ok, this happened way back in July 2009… surprise!!!), but here we are with a big boiling pot of hot and spicy garlic-chilies-and-herbs-filled broth in front of us, our chopsticks in position, ready to dip and wiggle, dip and wiggle all sorts of raw and slimy things in it.
Yeah, what a bunch of retards.
Thank God the airconditioning in Little Sheep makes summer feel like winter.
First, we order a Yin Yang Pot (non-spicy half for the cowards amongst us)
Then we throw in some fresh homemade balls: beef, lamb, fish and shrimp
Then we stick in some prawns
Some sliced fish
And an assortment of scallops and mussels
The End.
NAAAHHHH, we are not THAT retarded.
Of course we gotta have meat. Meat is indispensable. Meat keeps us sane.
Premium lamb slices
Fatty beef slices
Supreme fatty beef slices
Marinated pork fillet
Lamb fillet
Okay, we force ourselves to have some tong ho vegetables (my favorite!) and Chinese lettuce to balance the meal
And a few squares of fresh and frozen tofu for soy protein
Think this.
A simple, church-going, good girl chicken soup.
Now feed that innocent little girl with dried chilies, Szechuan peppers, gogi berries, and a multitude of funky-looking Chinese herbs I don’t even dare to identify.
The good girl soup then mutates into this wild and crazy Lady Gaga brew that is intense, rich, aromatic, spicy, salty, and oozing with attitude.
Really, it is no rocket science. And this is also why Little Sheep does not serve top quality meats. Because whatever you dip into that Lady Gaga pot, will come out insanely and erotically delicious.
I promise you will consume more than you really should.
And no hotpot experience will ever be the same again.
For those of us still hungry after all that boiled flesh (both my hands raised), hello there, roasted lamb ribs!
After such a big meal, desserts are necessary.
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