Hot pots are the perfect answer for an afternoon winter activity. The interactive dining experience will put you and a friend in a jolly and warm mood. From spicy broths to cheese soups, try one of Hong Kong’s takes on the dish.
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JKJ Pot
If you’re after authentic Hong Kong-style chicken pot, head over to JKJ Pot. A Hong Kong and Sichuan-style restaurant that serves ‘Jer Jer Chicken Pot’, a Cantonese dish at dai pai dongs in Hong Kong, JKJ Pot’s most popular ingredients include beef, shrimp, mushrooms – and of course chicken. This restaurant has recently become very popular within the expat community for its authenticity and premium ingredients.
JKJ Pot, G/F, 23 Hillwood Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, 2470 2668
The Drunken Pot
Head to a contemporary and trendy restaurant within the local Hong Kong scene that hopes to re-invent the hotpot tradition. It features seasonal dishes and its first ever homemade speciality signature meatballs. Subsequently, make your hot pot the most Instagrammable in the city with the drunken chicken, happy penguin or seven colour balls.
The Drunken Pot, 2/F, 8 Observatory Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, 2321 9038 and 27/F, V Point, Tang Lung Street, Causeway Bay, 2321 9038
18f Hot Pot
For people who want to focus on a spicy chicken hot pot, this is the option for you. The all-you-can-eat venue features a spicy broth that is paired with tender chicken for a great dining experience. More importantly, it uses a traditional Sichuan flavour spice to turn the heat up.
18F Hot Pot, 18/F, Emperor Plaza, 55 Chung On Street, Tsuen Wan, 2390 5390
Megan’s Kitchen
This classic Cantonese style restaurant is an innovative addition as it offers vegetarian options. With Beyond Meat and Omnipork dumplings and meatballs, no vegetarian is left out of the typically meat-based dinner. Also, it lets diners pick up to three broths to cook your ingredients in.
Megan’s Kitchen, 5/F, Lucky Centre, 165-171 Wan Chai Road, 2866 8305
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Running Chicken
Here is another chicken-based hot pot but this time featuring cheese rather than spice. Running Chicken’s speciality signature golden cheese chicken pot includes five types of cheese to get perfect flavour and texture. So watch your cheese melt and bubble before dipping your choice of ingredients into it.
Running Chicken, multiple locations across Hong Kong
Xiao Yu Hot Pot
For those who can take the heat, Xiao Yu is for you. Its mala hot pot with nine individual cubes is famous for being a traditional Chongqing style. Moreover, the traditional style is brought into the design of the restaurant with booths and decor to match.
Xiao Yu Hot Pot, multiple locations across Hong Kong
Dong Lai Shun
Try a Michelin-starred hot pot restaurant in The Royal Garden hotel. Founded in Beijing, Dong Lai Shun is famous for authentic lamb hot pot which is a typical Mongolian dish. Make sure to try its signature dishes of the wafer-thin slices of Mongolian mutton or drunken chicken.
Dong Lai Shun, Basement 2, The Royal Garden, 69 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, 2733 2020
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Big Boils Club
This restaurant offers a dining experience filled with tradition and grandeur. Taking style inspiration from the Manchu Palace, hand-carved boilers with dragon patterns and blue and white porcelain will transport you to ancient China. Likewise, its dishes reminiscent of royal court cuisine. Try its specials of spicy crab, snake roll soup or chicken soup boiled for three hours.
Big Boils Club, Shop 116-125, 1/F Marble 33, 33 Marble Road, North Point, 2331 3838
Hot Couple
Hot Couple was founded in 1985, making it one of the leading Taiwanese hot pot restaurants. It has curated a signature spicy broth that has over 20 ingredients. For example, you have the beef bone which is brewed for over 12 hours and tofu is slow-cooked for 48 hours to create this speciality.
Hot Couple, Shop B102, Two Grand Plaza, 625 Nathan Road, Mong Kok, 2625 0199
