It's so spicy I cried like a baby. Hong La Jiao Steamboat.

Hello readers! From the title you can already tell that this time I'm gonna write about food, steamboat in particular. I've always been a huge fan of steamboat. Any type of steamboat, just name it. Either Thai, Chinese, Malaysian, Mongolian or even Korean steamboat, I love them all. I've tried all kinds, but this time, it's a different experience. You can google "Szechuan Steamboat" or "Szechuan Hot Pot" and you can see the images that pop up are really 'red and angry'. You can tell that it's damn spicy. So I've known about Szechuan Steamboat for a while now, some even call it Mongolian Steamboat. It's not as easy to find as Korean Steamboat I think, even if there is, some maybe taste not as good as the other. My experience in Penang was, by far, the best Szechuan I've ever had. Not to mention, probably the spiciest too. I found this restaurant from google. The name was Hong La Jiao Steamboat, located at Jalan Burma, Georgetown. It's a proper restaurant with air condition and everything, and it is advisable that you call them to make a reservation before hand, or else you will have to face a long queue just to get a table. They have these Chinese Emperor or Dynasty Theme decorations, I'm not sure but it looks the same as I used to see in the tv, which was interesting, even the workers were wearing the brown uniforms of the patriot or army, maybe. But they were all dressed in Traditional Chinese clothes for sure and I liked it. Anyway, the menu came and we (myself, ND and a friend) already know what to order. The Szechuan Hot Pot, of course and we paired it with Szechuan Fried Beef.

You can choose to either go for one type of soup for the whole pot, or you can also pair one soup with another type of soup or dish. Usually, people in their right minds will go for Szechuan, pair it with a normal herbal soup, but since we aren't those people, we went for spicy and spicy. Even the waiter asked us few times if we're sure we want them both to be spicy? And then you can choose from million of choices of ala carte  menu of meat and vegetables that you want in your Hot Pot. Please bear in mind that this is a non-halal restaurant, so they do serve pork in their menu. But since me and ND didn't do pork, we ordered beef and fish, together with other vegetables and tofus.

I really like their choices of condiments, they are properly labelled so you know what you are going for, and you have a whole table of them. Hey it's free refill too.

When the food arrived, we started with the Szechuan Beef while waiting for the Steamboat to cook. It was awesome. Spicy and delicious. Could be better if we've had them with rice, but we are not really the fan of rice, or in other words, we're trying to cut down carbs (Lame). And then we tried the Szechuan Steamboat. Oh my God it was crazy spicy. They were very generous in terms of the flavour that we kinda regret we didn't go for a milder option. But the funny thing was, even though it was too spicy we just can't stop eating! It was so good we're willing to cry rather than stop. We know the after effect is not gonna be so pleasant but the hell with it. We managed to finish all the food, and I am so happy that everything was so delicious. No wonder they are always full with customers even though I don't think many people can handle the level of spiciness. The total bill was about RM 160, for three hungry people, it's reasonable enough. We went for ice cream afterwards to cool down ourselves a bit before taking turn going to the toilet. But overall, it was a great experience and worth sharing. We were all very satisfied and I'm glad that I've found this place will definitely bring my whole family here someday. Let's cry together.

See you in the next thread.

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