Haidilao Hot Pot has won more than ten titles and honors such as “Advanced Enterprise”, “Consumer satisfaction unit” and “Famous Hot Pot” in Sichuan, Shanxi, Henan and other provinces in China.

Hot pot, also called “Huo Guo” in Mandarin, is one of China's authentic cuisines and popular food for both young and old. Hot pot is a cooking method in which a pot is used as an apparatus to boil water or soup with a heat source to cook various types of food.

While some may say its a Korean invention, records show that it started in China. Hot pot is a Chinese cooking method where different types of food stuffs and ingredients are placed in a large pot of simmering soup broth at the dinner table.

How to buy meat for hot pot? My parents prefer leaner cuts of meat like beef flank and lean pork chops, but you can also opt for more fatty cuts like beef brisket, ribeye, and etc. There's really no wrong way to go.