Only on New Year's Eve at night, does the atmosphere truly come alive.
The TV plays jubilant programs as a backdrop. In the dining room, the hot pot sizzles, the spicy aroma making everyone sweat.
Oliver Bloom places plate after plate of fatty beef and lamb slices into the pot. The pot is on full boil, and the meat cooks instantly. He first picks out a big helping for Elise Don.
Elise puffs on it, satisfied after one bite, and lets out a long sigh, feeling as if her soul has left her body.
When it comes to eating hot pot, Oliver is more like a northerner, deeply in love with meat and not too fond of duck intestines or artery slices. Besides these, the handmade noodles by Aunt Jade are another dish he's enamored with tonight.
Elise keeps praising, "See, isn't it delicious? My Aunt Jade is amazing, isn't she?"
She sighed, "When it comes to excitement, hot pot is unbeatable. Otherwise, it's just the two of us this Chinese New Year, and it would be so quiet."
