Anna, in the red sweater, invited the students in the Intermediate English class to her house (she rents a room at this house and her landlady, in the bright blue top next to Anna, joined us for the party)for a "hot pot" party on New Year's Eve. As the pictures show, there were two large pots filled with water each divided into two sections on butane burners on the table. Note the serving dishes holding shrimp, beef, chicken, pork, fish balls, dumplings, turnips, cabbage, spinach, bean sprouts etc. This is how it worked. Using tongs, you drop whatever food you want to eat into the boiling water closest to you. When it is cooked (the dumplings rise to the top when done), you use your own personal wire scoop to retrieve it and put it on your plate. The individual bowls are for the sauce you have mixed for your own food. The Chinese barbeque sauce is HOT!!! I know! They provided chopped garlic, green onions, fish sauce, barbeque sauce and soy sauce to mix for your own personal sauce. It really was very tasty and the quantity of food was amazing. Yi Chen was to my left and Anna was to my right next to Tom and they BOTH kept filling my plate. I told them I was full, to little avail. Tom was smart. He left some food on his plate and they quit filling his. I ate until I had the hiccups and then they all had remedies to suggest. How they love to take care of their teachers. They are so kind to us.
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