Vegetarian Hotpot

Man, it's night and day comparing New Delhi to Shanghai; there is none.

We went out for supper last night to this place about 30 minutes from our apartment by Metro and a little bit of walking; it was a vegetarian hotpot place. Bill and Michele, you two would have love it there. The setting was soothing. It turned out, the hot pot is a buffet style; each of us had a personal small hotpot to cook our food. You picked your food from different stations spred out in the restaurant. On one side, a shelf full of organic vegetables (leaves and roots), uncut; you can cut yourself or request the staff to do so for you. Then on another side of the wall, all fresh fruit including coconuts, a table top full of appetizer dishs with lots of tofu products, edamame, hot sauce, soy sauce. One corner had steam dumplings and steam buns. Another station had self-make pasta; yes, you make your own noodles. Then at another quiet corner of the restaurant, drawers full of different type of teas. Base on what you want for your body/system, you pick the type of tea and brew it yourself. We were in heaven. The soup base was prepared using a combination of mushrooms and Chinese herbs. Sweet and aromatic. Everything was fresh. Staff was helpful in explaining everything. And guess how much the cost for the buffet per person? RMB88. That's about CAD$11.00; better than Four Seas or Peking House huh Rod? ;-)