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Celebrate Chinese New Year at Liuyishou Hot Pot

With the Chinese New Year happening next month, one renowned hot pot chain is celebrating by offering special Chinese New Year menus.  In collaboration with Vancouver Gourmet Tours, Liuyishou Hot Pot is presenting Liuyishou Hot Pot Week 2018 from February 26 – March 2 at locations in Vancouver, Richmond, Burnaby, Richmond Hill, Toronto, Ottawa, and Edmonton.  Originating from Chongqing, China, Liuyishou Hot Pot specializes in Chongqing style (spicy) hot pot and has over 1,000 locations worldwide.  I was recently invited to a media preview of the Chinese New Year menus.  Here’s a look at what you can expect.

Liuyishou HotPot Burnaby

Disclosure:  All food and drinks in this review were complimentary.  Opinions are my own.

What is Hot Pot? 

For the uninitiated, hot pot is known as a Chinese soup consisting of various raw meats, vegetables, noodles, tofu, seafood and dumplings.  These are dipped into a shared pot with a simmering pot of soup stock and eaten with dipping sauce.

Liuyishou HotPot Burnaby

Choose a Soup Base

The experience starts with choosing a soup base.  Liuyishou’s traditional Chongqing style soup base is prepared with special butter, red hot chili, Sichuan peppercorn, and other exotic herbs and spices.  It’s meant to astonish all your senses with the spiciness, umami flavours and aromas.  If spicy is not for you, Liuyishou also has other bases like Wild Mushroom, Special Pork Rib or Tomato Soup.

Liuyishou HotPot Burnaby

Liuyishou HotPot Burnaby

Make Yourself A Perfect Sauce

Mix your favourite sauces from the Liuyishou’s sauce bar featuring 20+ sauces, fresh herbs and spices.  Cooked food is eaten with your own sauces.

Liuyishou HotPot Burnaby

Liuyishou HotPot Burnaby

Select your Hot Pot Items

For Liuyishou Hot Pot Week 2018menus differ by location so please check the website for details.  The Hot Pot Week Dinner for 2 set is $68 (up to 20% savings) and for 4 is $120 (up to 25% savings).  Beer Pairing by Red Truck Brewery is included in the price at all 3 locations in BC.  Choices include Red Truck Lager, Dark Lager or IPA.  Here’s a look at what you might want to get at your Liuyishou Hot Pot experience.

Marbled Beef

I was impressed with the beautifully marbled beef which was arranged nicely on a platter.

Liuyishou HotPot Burnaby

Liuyishou HotPot Burnaby

Sliced Tender Beef

The tender beef was oh-so-good because of how wonderfully tender it was.  I would love to have this again.

Liuyishou HotPot Burnaby

Luncheon Meat

Liuyishou HotPot Burnaby

Seafood

We tried some assorted seafood including oysters, mussels, cuttlefish, and sole fillets.

Liuyishou HotPot Burnaby

PRO TIP: There is an order to cooking raw food in your pot!  The order is meat, seafood, mushroom, vegetables and noodles.

Liuyishou HotPot Burnaby

House Special Shrimp Paste

I liked how the attention to detail in forming these heart-shaped shrimp paste topped with masago.

Liuyishou HotPot Burnaby

Mixed Mushrooms

Some mushroom options at Liuyishou include enoki, oyster mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, brown and white mushrooms.

Country Deep Fried Pork

These pork pieces has a nice crisp exterior and moist interior.

Liuyishou HotPot Burnaby

Kung Fu Potato

The thin potato slices absorb the soup base wonderfully.  Immerse in the soup base for a bit longer for the flavours to infuse.

Liuyishou HotPot Burnaby

Liuyishou HotPot Burnaby

Glutinous Rice Cake

The rice cake pieces had a beautiful crispy exterior and a tender, glutinous interior.

Liuyishou HotPot Burnaby

Liuyishou HotPot Burnaby

Hand-made Noodles

Noodle lovers can rejoice as Liuyishou offers handmade noodles.  These need to be cooked for 5 minutes for a perfect al dente texture.

Liuyishou HotPot Burnaby

Bing Fen

This special cold dessert jelly was very soothing after a nicely numbing hot pot experience.

Liuyishou HotPot Burnaby

Deep Fried Golden Buns

Everyone loved these deep fried buns which had the perfect golden exterior and light, fluffy texture.  Dip them with condensed milk for maximal enjoyment!

Liuyishou HotPot Burnaby

Overall Impression

In general, I quite enjoyed the quality and wide selection of items offered by Liuyishou Hot Pot.  My top items to reorder are the Marbled Beef, Tender Beef, Mushroom Platter, Deep Fried Golden Buns and Glutinous Rice Cake.  To get tickets for Hot Pot Week 2018, visit www.vangourmettours.com/events/chinese-new-year-events/liuyishou-2018

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pickydiner

Monday 29th of January 2018

Amazing pictures! And great pro tip for cooking with hotpot.