Last Friday after work we went with my colleagues to Chinatown in Chicago to eat hot pot! This dinner was organized for Patricia, one of our colleagues in Eindhoven who has also been working here in Chicago for eight months. It was a kind of farewell party for her...we are very sad she is leaving next week back to Holland.
El hot pot consiste en hervir tu propia comida en una olla grande que se situa en el centro de la mesa. Nos repartimos en dos mesas y en cada una habia dos ollas, divididas a su vez en dos partes, una con caldo picante y otro normal.
Nos trajeron varias bandejas con comida, carne de cerdo y cordero, gambas, pescado, bolas de gambas, bolas de pescado, tripas de ternera, calamares, noodles y verduras.
Una vez que la comida esta en la mesa, cada uno coge lo que quiere con sus palillos y lo echa en la olla, una vez cocido, se come :)
Hot pot consists on boil your own food in a big pot that is in the center of the table. We had two tables and in the center of each one there were two pots. Each pot was divided in two parts, a spicy one and a non-spicy one.
We also had two trays with all kind of things, pork and lamb meat, shrimp, ground fish balls, ground shrimp balls, beef stomach, squid, noodles and vegetables.
Once the food is on the table, each one can cook whatever feels like ant take it with the chopsticks :)
La verdad es que fue muy divertido, especialmente para algunos de mis companeros que estaban muy emocionados con el hot pot, jeje!
Me gusto mucho como actividad social, de grupo, etc, pero siendo muy sincera, la comida no me gusto mucho...
La experiencia fue muy positiva en cuanto al grupo, las risas y el relax y me unire en las siguientes ocasiones aunque no me guste mucho la comida.
Aqui os dejo fotos del evento :))
The truth is that is was a lot of fun, especially for some of my colleagues who were really excited about the hot pot :). The experience was positive and social and I liked doing group activities, laughing and relaxing. I'll join for future hot pots again, even though I didn't like much the food...sorry!
Here you can see some of the pictures I took :))
Bandeas de comida. Trays with food
Las ollas con el caldo. The hot pots
Cogiendo la comida con los palillos. Taking the food with the chopsticks
Cogiendo la gamba por los bigotes. Fishing the shrimp by its moustache
Adam y Andrew con los noodles interminables. Adam and Andrew with the endless noodles
Atecion al mantel, lleno de comida de todas clases. Look at the table, so dirty!!!
Aqui estoy intentando coger los noodles. Eran demasiado largos y el sabor no me gusto mucho...de ahi mi car.
Here I'm trying to take the noodles, they were toooooo long. I didn't like much the flavor, so you can see it in my facial expression :)
Las ollas con el caldo. The hot pots
Cogiendo la comida con los palillos. Taking the food with the chopsticks
Cogiendo la gamba por los bigotes. Fishing the shrimp by its moustache
Adam y Andrew con los noodles interminables. Adam and Andrew with the endless noodles
Atecion al mantel, lleno de comida de todas clases. Look at the table, so dirty!!!
Aqui estoy intentando coger los noodles. Eran demasiado largos y el sabor no me gusto mucho...de ahi mi car.
Here I'm trying to take the noodles, they were toooooo long. I didn't like much the flavor, so you can see it in my facial expression :)
No se si Thomas se unira de nuevo debido a un pequeno percance que tuvo el otro dia, jeje! se trago una guindilla o algo extra, ultra picante y por un momento crei que le daba algo y no podia respirar. Todos los que me conoceis sabeis que estoy completamente traumatizada con gente que se atraganta, asi que imaginaos lo que esto fue para mi...pero bueno, seguimos vivos!!
I don't know if Thomas will join again. He experienced a small inconvenience the other day, hehe! he swallowed an ultra spicy chili and he almost stops breathing...everyone who knows me knows I'm terrified when people choke, so this was not a very nice moment. Anyway, we are still alive!!
I don't know if Thomas will join again. He experienced a small inconvenience the other day, hehe! he swallowed an ultra spicy chili and he almost stops breathing...everyone who knows me knows I'm terrified when people choke, so this was not a very nice moment. Anyway, we are still alive!!