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“It was a hot pot and it made a lot of sense. It was very intentional. We’re coming together again and not eating in isolated bubbles. We’re all sharing from the same plate again.”

Kota used to like the tan tan hot pot, which contained meats and vegetables.

"My dream job was to work in investment banking," says Sun Zhan as he prepares to start his shift as a waiter in a hot pot restaurant in the southern city of Nanjing.

I wrote about this in my book, an experience of eating hot pot with my old college friend and his family.

Doesn’t matter if it’s caramel, some sort of roux or queso, I’m always hunched over a hot pot stirring my wrist off, testing and adding until it tastes perfect.