[Anakin]

looking for a couple to build a repertoire, what sorts of simple soup bases do you guys use

[Jet]

I actually buy those Little Sheep packs from T&T/Chinese Grocery Stores ... the Spicy one is pretty good ... their catch phrase is that you don't need dipping sauce when you use their soup bases ...

[November]

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+ water

[dread604]

All you need is MSG. :D

[fliptuner]

http://www.koamart.com/images/products/2171_enlarged.jpg
+ water

BINGO!!!!

I had such a hard time finding someone at a Chinese grocery store to tell me what to get.

That's the satay sauce you get as a side, isn't it? I bought a can yesterday but haven't opened it yet.

[EmOne]

open up a can of chicken stock, add some daikon, green onions, ginger, fish sauce and some cilantro and your good to go.

and for satay paste, nothing beats this brand

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I just use chicken soup base with water. Works wonders
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[sh0n]

When I go have hot pot at the restaurants I usually order half/half - one spicy soup and the other one regular chicken stock base or the chicken stock base + thousand year old egg + cilantro.

It's actually pretty easy to make.

Make your own stock or buy campbell's chicken stock and add the egg + cilantro.

As for the spicy one I have no clue how to make that one.

If you are feeling lazy just go buy the LKK (Lee Kum Kee) ready made hot pot bases. All you have to do is add water and boil.

I think in the end the hot pot soup base doesn't really matter its the sauce you have (soya, sesame, bull's satay sauce, chili oil, green onion, ginger, cilantro to name a few)

[Jet]

When I go have hot pot at the restaurants I usually order half/half - one spicy soup and the other one regular chicken stock base or the chicken stock base + thousand year old egg + cilantro.


I have a half/half bowl as well as a full bowl here for DIY Hot Pot and the half/half bowls are a bitch to clean, especially if you have those that have the middle barrier that only fold one way ... the other side of the fold can gunk up if you don't clean it properly ... just annoying ... something to think about I guess if you are looking to buying a bowl for Hot Pot ...

DIY Hot Pot = Win :)

[.Renn.Sport]

you can get soup based at chubby lamb

[Anakin]

where do you guys suggest to get the meat and fish balls and sliced meats? got stuff from T&T but not sure if there are cheaper options, living in north burnaby

[November]

BINGO!!!!

I had such a hard time finding someone at a Chinese grocery store to tell me what to get.

That's the satay sauce you get as a side, isn't it? I bought a can yesterday but haven't opened it yet.

Yup, it's satay, or "sa cha jeung"

[Ulic Qel-Droma]

MALA(that's the red shit to the left)
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[StealthFighter]

you can get soup based at chubby lamb

hyde would know all about hot pot.

[Grandmaster TSE]

i go for tom yum soup base
for a more basic, i just go with some chicken stock

[calbeeee]

i usually go to tnt and buy those hot pot soup base
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