Does everyone enjoy the extra hour
that we have for today????? I do, so happy that I can sleep one more hour. ^_^
The daylight saving time is over so that means the summer is over too. The
weather in San Francisco is also getting colder and foggy in the night. This is
the best timing to have a hot pot in the night. Today, I am going to recommend a
place for Chinese hot pot that I always go to. The name of restaurant “Little
Fire Pot” is the direct translate from Chinese that means little hot pot. The best
part of this restaurant is that you DON’T have to share a big pot with all you
friend, instead you get to have your own pot and your own flavor of soup. Moreover, there are bars in the restaurant, so
it is a good time to enjoy your hot pot and watch games in a warm circumstance.
The menu is very special too that
will SURPRISED you. Beside all the things about hot pot, they also sell
traditional Chinese dishes such as onion pancake, dumplings, and Chinese
curry. For people who are not a fan of
hot pot, they have many things beside hot pot. For the hot pot side, they have
set meal that cost $23 and ALL YOU CAN EAT for $26. The set meal is big enough
to make a young man to be full. For me, I always eat twice for a single set
meal. I order All You Can eat once, but still do not eat much than before, but
there are more choices in all you can eat, such as sea foods and fish ball. Now,
let me introduce the menu!!!!
-Set menu
includes choice of soup, choice of meat, choice of broth, and choice, and
choice of starch.
-All you
can eat includes meat, vegetables, tofu, noodle, rice, and sauce
This is what we order for today~~~~~~~~
Starting
from the sauce……….
Satay Sauce
Herb Condiments (garlic, green onion, and ginger)
Egg
Add all
the herb condiments in to the satay sauce and then plus a little bit of soy
sauce. I like to add a yolk (put egg white in another bowl) in my sauce to make
it juicier. Save the egg white for last to put in to the hot pot. This is what
we do in Chinese culture but not many people can accept that so I suggest another
way. After the mixture, add a spoon od soup to mix with the sauce so it is not too dry.
After this, the sauce is READY for hot pot!!!!!
Mongolian- Sichuan Hot Pot
One
of my favorite hot pot!!! I always order this >< The soup is made from
many herbs so it is very suitable for people who like herb. However, the soup
is already salty so there is no need to use the sauce, just add a little bit.
After cooking all the vegetables and meat, the soup will become very delicious.
I can always drink so many bowls.
Vegetables for Mongolian Hot Pot
This
plate include beef dumpling, fu-Zhou fishball, fish tofu, tendonball,
lobsterball, caviar fishball, porkball, bamboo pith, napa, tung-ho, mushroom, frozen
tofu, beancurd, dalkon, bamboo pitch, imit crab, and tripe. WOW, lot of things
in there, that’s why i always cannot finish all of them. I like fishball and
fish tofu, they taste good and soft. I recommend to cook all the balls first,
because it takes a little bit more time for them to be well down ^^.
Tokyo- Taipei shabu-shabu
Very
different form Mongolian hot pot. As you can see the soup is crystal and clear
with soup-stock. This is traditional soup that we have in other shabu shabu
place. It is very suitable for people who do not like to eat salty food. You
get to enjoy the original flavor of all the food and the combination with the
sauce that we make in the beginning.
Vegetables for Tokyo & Taipei hot pot
This
plate includes shrimp paste, mocha cake, Japanese fishcake, Fu-Zhou ball, hot
pot dumplings, Taiwan porkball, napa, spinach, shiitake, corn, tomato, taro,
kabocha pumpkin, tofu, yam thread. There is a slightly different with the
Mongolian hot pot. Must try shrimp paste, it is very smooth and soft that make
your mouth full of shrimp. Also, it is not common to see mocha cake, and the
mocha cake they have does has mocha inside so I like it very much. The Japanese fish cake and hot pot dumplings
are very traditional things and they taste okay.
Beef (Angus Short Rib )
All
of us order the short rib because it is the best beef. It is not too fat or
skinny. It is also very thin which is perfect for shabu shabu. Don’t overcook
it, just place it in the soup for a few seconds and then put it in the sauce.
After that, perfect and ready to eat^^
Rice with Meat Sauce
This
is MUST TRY dish!!!!!!!! Even though it is a hot pot restaurant, this dish is
better than their hot pot. Just see it or smell it, you will want to eat it
immediately. The meat sauce is made from streaky pork but it is not oily at
all. That’s why I love this rice with meat sauce, because I get to taste the
perfect combination of rice and fat pork but not oil or disgusting at all. For
people who are scared of the oil of pork fat, don’t worry at all, this rice
with meat sauce is your best choice!
Overall,
it is a good place to go when you are lazy to cook or feel like having a hot
pot. There is a parking lot right beside it, so need to spend time to find a
spot. It is definitely a good choice in a cold winter.
- Personal Rate: ★★★★☆
- Address: 215 Lake Merced Blvd Daly City, CA 94015
- Phone: 650) 992-0888
- Hours: Mon-Tue 4 pm - 10 pm, Wed, Sun 4 pm - 12 am, Thu-Fri 4 pm - 2 am, Sat 12 pm - 2 am
By Alice 11/05/12
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