I've been making fun of the dire weather warnings for the ARCTIC BLAST all week, but I have to confess, it really did get pretty dang cold! I thought I moved to Texas to get away from phrases like "wind chill," dammit!
In any case, the cold weather was a nice excuse to fire up the camp stove and eat hot pot (huo guo), also known as shabu shabu. I have very fond childhood memories of sitting around the stovetop on our kitchen island and eating this on cold, wintry nights. I actually did a post about it last year on my other blog, but here are a few pics from tonight's dinner.
Tonight's version included eye of round, shell-on shrimp, fish & shrimp balls, napa cabbage, spinach, fried tofu, enoki & shitake mushrooms, and daikon radish. I also had mung bean thread noodles soaked and ready to go, but we were so full by the end that no one could eat any.
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