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Let me explain hot pot in one sentence. Hot pot is a traditional meal with a group of people seating at a table equipped with a bowl of boiling soup. I started my hot pot UYE since last Winter Olympic Games. It's not difficult to prepare. But it can be humbug to shop and expensive to make it at home. Thanks to 75 BBQ & Hot Pot Buffet in Houston Chinatown. They made it easier for people like you and me to indulge a feast without costing a fortune. When you arrive at my  Year of the Dog UYE @ 75+85 ChinatownCrawl Sequel , let me find your table. Tell wait staff what you would like to drink and proceed to the buffet line. If this is your first time to this restaurant, be sure to watch the videos on the items at the buffet line  https://youtu.be/WGZkyPlZSgo and  sauce bar   https://youtu.be/sI0koJDkMuk . Sauce Bar It can be crowded when everyone is at the buffet line. You can start with a bowl to mix your dipping sauce at the sauce bar. There will be some...

The story about Jing 5 is posted on a mural outside of restaurant. But it's all in Chinese. I've decided to translate the entire text for your convenience, instead include it in my review . It's better than sitting outside looking at the wall and use Google Translate app tor translate word by word. You can find a mission statement posted on the interior of walls. “Wang Songlin’s First Jingwu Duck Neck Store” was established in 1991. It was located at the corner of Jingwu Street in famous Hankou. The store operates under the philosophy of first in quality, first in sanitation and first in reputation. It obtained a chain-business model and built a unique food factory base and sales network. There are over 200 stores, Wang Songlin’s “Jingwu's First Store” was the first to participate in the 8th Annual China Food Fair in 2002. It became China Food Fair’s designated supplier. “Jingwu First Store” received a registered trademark in 2003. It was awarded for Food Qua...

Lai Lai Dumpling House is one of my favorite restaurant from the northern cuisine choice. Since the new owner took over in 2016, I have been more interested to try their new specialties. For one, I have to try all of the items on  the Breakfast Menu . I don't think any wait staff is able to explain what they are in English. So, here. Let me help them to help you pick one to try. All in Chinese. Read below before ordering. Here is the translation. 煎餅果子 $3.50 savory crepe 煎 蛋   $0.60 Fried egg 油條   $1.50 Chinese Donut 茶蛋   $0.60 Tea egg 豆腐腦   $1.99 Northern style tofu soup 豆漿   $1.50 Sweeten Soy Milk, hot 大米粥 $1.50 Millet Porridge  油炸糕   $1.25 Fried rice cake with red bean  鍋巴菜   $3.50 Pancrust soup 大蔥油餅   $3.50 Chives pancake 雞湯餛飩   $3.50 Wonton in chicken broth 牛肉夾餅   $2.50 Beef slice sandwich 鹹菜   $1.50 Appetizer Side dis...

Ladies and gentlemen, I'm proud to announce this year's Asian Heritage Month UYE in Houston. It's my pleasure to introduce the growing popular UYE year after year, besides my Lunar New Year celebration. In the past 2 years, we've dined at Thai/Chinese @ Thai Jin  in 2014 and Vietnamese @ Pho Binh 59  in 2015. I want to bring Asian Heritage to Chinatown this year. I want to showcase a few of my favorite businesses with my Chinatown Crawl UYE model - Dine, Dessert & Shop on one day. Do you know any of these regional food types in Houston? Dine - The main focus of the evening is eat authentic noodle soup at  Strings Noodle . You get to watch how the hand-pulled noodles are made in front of your eyes.  Shop - we are climbing a few steps above Strings to shop at  Fit Japanese Store .  Dessert - we are going to Six Ping Bakery next door. After that, I'll guide you to find tapioca drink among 10 bubble tea joints at Dun Huang Plaza. ...

My Mr Magoo look Do you like my UYE's? These Unofficial Yelp Events are uniquely designed. I welcome your feedback. As usual, I incorporate cultural events and local businesses to interact with the guests. There is always trinkets offering at my UYE. 2016 is going to be a busy year for me. I'd like to plan my UYE far in advance. It is very time consuming to send invitations on Yelp. So, please pay attention to your friends' feeds on mobile app, Talk posts or Events page for the latest announcement. Remember, it takes 2 to have an UYE. If no one replied "I'm in", the event is likely to be cancelled. I need your support to promote my events by your "Sounds Cool" votes. Date Name Purpose Sun, 1/31 Year of the Monkey UYE Celebrating Lunar New Year at Jinya Ramen on Louisiana (moved due to schedule) Early March Cross+Cities UYE – Dallas Edition Similar to my Austin Edition March ...

This is my 2nd annual UYE to celebrate the Lunar New Year with my Yelper friends at San Dong Noodle House . In 2014, we met at Little Sheep Mongolian BBQ for the Year of the Horse celebration. I decided not to write a review on my own UYE (thanks to Erin). Instead, I use blog to share my Yelpy experience. ------------ A small group of 9 people filled lots of fun in 2 restaurants This was my 2nd year to share the Chinese culture with my yelp friends to celebrate lunar new year with an UYE. The format was simple. Let's meet at San Dong Noodle house and have some noodles and dumplings. Then, we move on to Parisian bakery for dessert. Thanks to Mark W. for  helping me at the last  minute and Tracey S. chiming in. Not all Chinese people have same cultural customs during lunar new year. We also learned Vietnamese cultural from Eddie S. and Pauline T. I'm sorry Samantha. I failed to check the proper utensil during my planing. I felt so bad that you were struggling ...

It brought to my attention as my coworker had an unexplained sinus headache, while Western medicines won't help. I thought to share my Ancient Chinese secret with Almond Frost to relieve his symptoms. I found some good selections at a couple of grocery stores in SW Houston - Jusgo Supermarket and Dynasty Supermarket . Since there isn't any properly translated wikipedia doc available, I thought to translated it myself. (Google Translator failed badly). Remember, this is not to replace anything that your doctors ordered. -------------- Almond Paste or Almond Tea 杏仁茶 as known as "Almond Frost 杏仁霜" is a beverage made by almond. Because it's thinner than thick soup or porridge, it's called "tea." Hong Kong edition The teahouses and the residents in Hong Kong usually call the almond frost as the apricot frost. The reason for “the frost” is because of thickness compared to the milk's consistency. But the different company produces different po...