The famous Singapore-born, Hong Kong-based food critic Chua Lam enraged many earlier this month when he said that hotpot was the dish he’d like to see disappear from the face of the earth during an appearance on a talk show in mainland China. According to Chua, hotpot “lacked cultural significance”, requiring little skill in its preparation. Many disagreed with him on social media, some belligerently so, as is the wont of keyboard warriors.
I used to hate hotpot because I...
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