In the past year or so, hotpot restaurants a la China-style have been mushrooming in the Klang Valley like crazy. The locals have been taking to them like ducks to water, it seems, as these restaurants have been packing the crowds. We Malaysians label this as “steamboat” but now “hotpot” is the buzz word and aptly so because these pots are really HOT! Hot as in chilli heat from the numbing Sichuan peppercorns. Chengdu in Sichuan is where all these hotpots are immensely popular. Here, hotpot … [Read more...]