Hot Pot
Sizzling Sichuan food! This favorite meal in Sichuan provence is known as "huo guo" - hot pot. The center of the pot is VERY SPICY! The outside, just a delicious hot broth. You simply dump anything you want to cook into whichever bubbling pot, wait about 2 minutes, and then fish out your cooked goodies. There's an accompanying buffet where you can choose anythingfor your pot, from fish skin (women like it for beautiful skin), duck tongue, sausages, chicken breast, beef, vegies - all sorts, fish/shell fish - all sorts. A meal could take all night!
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