moments of Jose's life

Hotpot in Yau Ma Tei

Yesterday was one of the most exceptional experiences in this long cold winter. Thanks to Chi Hang who took me and 3 others to Yau Ma Tei for having "old HK local grassroot style" hotpot. The gimmick for the place is cooking by hot charcoals rather than the usual butane gas stove. Definitely it's the wildest thing I did within this month.

Dressing in very formal business suite, I sat on a shabby stool on the road side in open air simmering my food on a filthy short table (just right for the high charcoal stove). Other customers in tables around us all dressed casually, chatting in foul languages and smoking heavily. We, though standing out very different among other tables, enjoyed ourselves catching up and eating. Under the dim lighting, blurred by the steam, filled with air of charcoal smell and cigarette smoke, we could switch off our criticism on hygiene & decoration for the time being and turn the spotlight onto the food and the contents of our conversation.

I liked Anita's figuring different personalities to different hotpot styles e.g. hotpot at road side, hotpot at home and hotpot in restaurant 小肥羊. And she described just perfectly when matching the new Isaac fellowship committee members' style to hotpots' : "Chi Hang" of road side, "Maude" of home, and "Mankin" of 小肥羊. So funny!

What an enjoyable night! Thank God for the friendship we shared in the fellowship.

張貼者：Jo Fung @ 晚上11:15