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WORLD FARE: Nine shades of hot at Shu Dao

May 29, 2018 mgardiner

Chinese hot pot in San Diego used to mean a trip to Little Sheep Mongolian. Today we have multiple Taiwanese places, a Chonqing spot, ones with personal pots and many with communal pots. With ShuDao Hotpot (4690 Convoy St.), we have an authentic Sichuan place (and it’s not even … [Read more...]

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WORLD FARE: Red Cate is the hot pot spot

January 4, 2018 mgardiner

As the calendar turns, there’s a hint of cold in the air (or at least the 619’s rather lame concept of cold). That’s when soups begin to sound like a good idea (even if the weather isn’t all that cold in the first place). Red Cate (3860 Convoy St.), the Convoy’s newest hot pot … [Read more...]

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WORLD FARE: Great hotpot at Sister Ma’s Kitchen (or whatever it’s called)

January 26, 2017 mgardiner

There is an elemental and sensual pleasure in cooking meat tabletop in a bubbling cauldron of broth. And when that broth is of the Sichuan variety there’s a bit of adventure to go along with it. Anthony Bourdain discovered that in the Chengdu episode of his CNN program Parts … [Read more...]

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WORLD FARE: Passion boils over at Boiling Passion

August 31, 2016 mgardiner

The idea of the boiling communal cauldron as cooking vessel is only as new as humans. It is also international. From Chinese "hotpot," to Japanese nabemono dishes and Singapore "steamboat" all the way to Swiss fondue, the idea of cooking meat in a boiling cauldron is ancient and … [Read more...]

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