Preface: hot pot is a very characteristic cuisine in China, especially in winter, it is very popular. And now the hot pot also appeared a variety of flavors, they all have a big difference, and the pot base are also very unique. Like Thai hot pot, Taiwanese hot pot, Chinese hot pot, the flavors are all different.

The cooking method of hot pot is also divided into six kinds, oil-cooled pot, warm pot, shabu-shabu, casserole, dry pot, iron plate burning, etc., they all have their own characteristics, and the taste of eating is also different. The taste of Chinese hot pot is relatively light, usually one person with a small hot pot soup base is made in advance, put the favorite shabu-shabu dishes in the pot and cook them to eat. Usually people choose mushrooms, tofu, vegetables and meat, etc., with homemade sauces for dipping and eating, the flavor is also very good.

Nowadays, restaurants will add their own characteristics, and hot pot restaurant is no exception, they will be based on their own characteristics to introduce some signature dishes. Taiwan-style hot pot is the style of Taiwan's special hot pot, to environmental protection, fashion and health-based, the taste is also relatively light, and in Taiwan local ingredients of this hot pot is also very careful. General Taiwanese hot pot restaurant in the ingredients are shipped from Taiwan to the market, such as salted crispy shrimp, golden leopard ginger mother duck and so on are Taiwan's specialties. And Taiwan-style hot pot is generally a person a small pot, so eat up will also be cleaner and more hygienic, to avoid people put chopsticks into the pot to stir back and forth, but also to reduce the contact of some bacteria.

Generally Taiwanese hot pot restaurant in the environment is also very comfortable, combined with the local characteristics of the culture. The difference between Chinese hot pot and Taiwanese hot pot is that Taiwanese hot pot is very particular about ingredients, while Chinese hot pot is more casual in terms of ingredients, so you can mix and match as you like. The soup base is also simpler. Taiwanese hot pot is also based on the Japanese shabu-shabu soup base, combined with Taiwan's dietary characteristics, and made into a Taiwanese hot pot, in the eating method is very popular.