Chongqing - The China Chongqing Hot Pot Food Festival started the foodie carnival on October 25. As the symbol of Chongqing food, the broth recipe is particularly important to the smell and taste of hot pot. However, there was a performance of cooking hot pot broth in front of the public on the morning of October 26, to present the process of how to cook hot pot. At the show, there were lots of hot pot chefs to cook the broth on-site – making soup, fried chilies and peppers, seasoning the soup, and more. Visitors can find chefs or creators of almost every well-known hot pot restaurant in Chongqing, releasing their recipes to us.
“When frying ingredients and condiments, the duration and degree of heating are crucial of making hot pot broth.” said a chef, “It is because after a long time of frying, these ingredients and condiments will be bitter and this bitter taste will destroy the delicious flavor of hot pot.”
When frying ingredients and condiments, the duration and degree of heating is crucial of making hot pot broth
Hot pot, as the precious food passing from ancestors, is a lifestyle or even a tradition of Chongqing. The Chongqing Hot Pot Association keeps trying to promote hot pot to common families. Nonetheless, after the foodie carnival, it seems that it’s not that hard and mysterious to find what makes hot pot so delicious and common people can cook the broth at home. In addition to reaching every day families, the association is trying to expand the hot pot market to the world.
The show of cooking hot pot broth
“One Belt One Road is the best supporter to promote our hot pot to the world.” Said He Yongzhi, the chairwoman of Chongqing Hot Pot Association. The hot pot industry is going to be more industrialized so that the standard of the taste is similar. Therefore, the success rate of opening a hot pot restaurant is improving. “In the past, hot pot restaurants only opened in the Chinese quarter while many foreigners start to fall in love with hot pot everywhere,” said He, “We are trying to share hot pot all around the world. Hot pot is a kind of food with memory, which makes you miss it so much after getting it once.”
The group photo of several chefs of hot pot restaurants, who gave the show on site
Striving to become the symbol of Chinese food, hot pot makers also continue to try to promote it in different but new methods except to improve the taste of hot pot. For example, the association used TikTok and other social media to promote the foodie carnival this year. Using the special memory of the taste, hot pot lovers make great efforts to promote the delicious food of hometown, which is the memory of hometown.
“We believe that hot pot will be more popular all over the world in the future,” said He Yongzhi.