CookSmart (13th Issue) Page3

Words from the Editor

Nowadays one can find a lot more hot pot food items in different soup bases. Hot pot features local favourites like fatty beef, pork balls, cuttlefish balls, fried bean curd sticks, fried gluten and fried fish skin. As for soup bases, choices are pork-bone soup base, spicy soup base, Japanese miso soup base… To serve, each food item may be dipped in sesame sauce, peanut sauce or sweet soya sauce, all being heavy flavourings. What a treat for the palate! However, a hot pot meal like this can stuff the guts of Hong Kong people with an excessive amount of grease and calories in just one single evening! It is in fact a great joy to gather around a table with friends to do hot pot; whether it’s healthy or not depends on what we choose to eat and how we eat it. This issue features some hot pot tips from a dietitian. Don’t miss it!