I’m a hot-pot novice, but anything that gets a big group of friends and soon-to-be friends round a table slurping and munching and spilling and chatting has got to be a good thing right? So when an invite came from Going With My Gut to join a hot potty crew for dinner, I was never going to refuse.
And it was everything that I hoped it would be. Tasty, interesting, fun and full of lots of new things. The restaurant, Little Lamb, was cozy and – thanks goodness – air conditioned. Eating spicy hot and aromatic hotpot is, well, HOT work.
We chatted, we dunked, we ate and ate and ate as plate after plate of food was ferried to our table. Snow crab, tofu knots, fish tofu and thick and slippery Mongolian noodles were all highlights. That’s not to say everything else wasn’t tasty, because it sure was.
Instead of yabbering on any more, I’ll just show you the some of that joyful procession of plates and say if you get the chance to go to Little Lamb, do so. For £20 a head you get a real feast:
Snow crab all broken up and ready to dunk
A row of prawns
Slender slices of lamb
Tofu knots
Boiling roiling baking broth
Cumin covered skewers
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Was a great feast wasn’t it?
Would recommend table of 4 so that everyone can reach the pot easily. 2 is fine but 4 allows you to order better variety of items to dip in!
Damn looks great. I’ve tried to eat here a few times, but it is always full and with people waiting …. One day, one day ….
You should come to hong kong for some real hot pot! this seems nice but you get alot more for your “buck” in HK. That said, lovely review and photos as per usual.
Nyumnyumnyumnyum! And now I want to go back. Like right now.
Wen
I love Little Lamb! BTW – did you guys order the Fuzhou fishballs as part of your feast?
@Kavey – you are right, multiples of four for hotpot is a good idea, same as multiples of three for dum sum
@Mzungu – it was pretty tasty (although I have no real hotpot experience to compare it too) and very enjoyable. I would book and try to get a table downstairs (it has aircon)
@Campari – I was there a couple of days ago! But didn’t try the hotpot
Had some amazing dimsum in Dim Tai Fung, seafood in Underbridge Spicy Crab, shrimp roe noodles in Sham Shui Po and steamed fish at Fat Mama’s. Not bad for two nights!
@Going with my Gut – yes and YES! Nyum indeed
@Mr Noodles – I can;t remember, although we did have some fish balls so maybe. The fish tofu was one of my faves, along with the Mongolian noodles.