Hutong Hotpot, Haymarket

I recently attended the 3rd anniversary of the Food Critics and Bloggers Association which was hosted at Hutong Hotpot. Hutong Hotpot is located in Haymarket on dixon st. 

We are treated to a number of side dishes to begin with at Hutong Hotpot including greens and peanuts and mustard covered cabbage. The mustard cabbage surprises me which the strong hot english mustard flavours.

The staff at Hutong Hotpot have varied English speaking skills. There's a huge pot that sits in the middle of the table with two sides. There's a chilli broth side and a non-chilli side which works for our table of foodies. Once the broth is simmering, we start putting pieces of meat, noodles and various mushrooms from the basket.

It's been a long time since I've been to hot pot and the others on the table haven't had hot pot before. FCBA have also brought a supply of Prost Beer which is an Indonesian lager beer. The beer goes well with the hotpot. We also put spoonfuls of minced meat into the hot pot. So far the chilli side is quite popular which the noodles, meat and mushrooms disappearing quite quickly.

We start chatting away and continue eating. We are treated to more quality cuts of meat which a nice fat to meat ratio. We also have some dessert and cakes to enjoy which were made by Vicki Meintjes. 

It's awesome that FCBA have made it to 3 years and the foodie community is strong. Overall I had a nice time with my foodie friends at Hutong Hot pot.