Hot pot, or Chinese samovar (chin. Huǒguō 火锅), is an ancient Chinese dish, like a pot in which it is cooked, also called Hot pot, Mongolian fondue Hot Pot, shabu-Shabu.
Chinese hot Pot samovar is a cultural historic and culinary heritage of China, and about him you can tell a lot. When exactly did this dish are unknown; according to various estimates, it exists for over 2000 years.
It is in China with the nomads of the Mongolian steppes. In ancient times it was just the pot, which made broth with various spices, and then dipped it in thinly sliced pieces of meat, mainly lamb, but all sorts of edibles that are at hand, noodles, vegetables, mushrooms, tofu, etc. thinly sliced Why? Yes, because in the desert the fuel, that is wood (or other flammable materials), - the deficit, so to save fuel the meat is thinly sliced so it cooked very quickly.
In China to eat hot Pot is not just an excuse to eat hot and spicy food, but also to spend time in the company of friends, colleagues, relatives. Has this samovar.