Ta Bian Hao is a special way of eating in winter in Guangdong, which is different from the so-called "hot pot", which is eaten sitting down, and "Ta Bian Hao", which is eaten standing up. The hot pot is made with metal utensils. The center burns Sam charcoal, while "hitting the side stove" is a clay stove, although also burns charcoal, but not placed in the center of the pot, with the "fire" and "pot" of eating "sacha beef" are the same as the "fire" and "pot" of eating "sacha beef". It is the same as the "fire" and "pot" of "Shacha Beef". Because the pots of "打边炉" are made of mud, the Cantonese call them "wahuam" (i.e., casserole pots). The chopsticks used in "Ta Bian Hearth" are also made of bamboo and are particularly long, almost twice as long as those normally used.

The hot pot is a simple way to eat chicken, duck, fish and other raw materials with vermicelli, vegetables, tofu and pork, all in the hot pot inside the boiler, eat it while it's hot, the flavor is not as simple as "hit the side of the stove", the complex is also very different.

"Playing side stove" is not simple, must first have enough time; a formal meal "playing side stove" to eat two or three hours is not uncommon, so to be in a good mood, there is an attitude of leisure, otherwise it is not easy to eat out of the flavor. Strictly a "hit the side of the stove", the conditions are quite complex, with a wide range of utensils, ingredients, compared to the Manchu feast is not inferior.

"Hit the side of the stove" of the main raw materials are chicken, fish, meat, shrimp, pork liver, duck liver, chicken kidneys, squid, raw, chicken skin, fishballs, duck vermicelli, eggs and so on. Other raw materials are also used, but it is important to choose those "cooked on fire" to be suitable.

"Hit the side stove" used in the vegetables also have everything, the ordinary more with yellow sprouts, spinach, corns and other main. Although it is not necessary to use the soup to make soup, but the Cantonese also like to use fish bones and shrimp head first, the first simmering soup, the least favorite flavor powder. Cabbage, cabbage, shredded radish, yellow sprouts white, etc., they are mostly used to make soup base, the people to increase the sweet flavor.