Soup base wise we went with the curry laksa and the shrimp flavour. The fridges have all of the usual hot pot items from thinly sliced beef and lamb to prawns and seafood. There's a 90 minute time limit here and your 90 minutes starts from when you receive your soup so regulars know to get their sauces and ingredients straight away. The restaurant has a real following-we were the first to arrive at 5pm but it filled up quickly. The hot pot buffet is $35 per person for a weekend lunch or $38 for dinner or $28 for a weekday lunch. While service is perfunctory it is a great place to try hot pot at an economical price. If you're watching your pennies or just new to hot pot then head to OZ Hot Pot Buffet in the food court of the Mandarin Centre. Memory Tongue: Shop 66, Chatswood Interchange, Podium, Level 3/436 Victoria Ave, Chatswood NSW 2067 Hours: 7 days 11:30am–2pm, 5–10pm Memory Tongue isn't cheap and our spread for two people was just over $200. Laura goes up to make her signature sauce combination and there are also some other interesting sauces like a "meat sauce" which is like a seasoned saucy beef mince that has a lot of flavour to it. While they prepare your hotpot you help yourself to the sauce station which is $4 per person extra. It's absolutely delicious and great for a textural contrast and also to absorb the chilli oil on your tongue.
We also really recommend getting the giant fried glutinous rice ball which is bigger than our heads and similar to a yum cha sesame ball but without the filling. Make sure to order watermelon juice as Chongqing hot pot can get spicy. Our favourites were the shrimp meatballs, mushrooms, sweet potato noodles and the fish balls with fish egg stuffing.
You can go as adventurous as you like with beef aorta, duck blood or gizzards or you can get hand pulled noodles, pork rolls, chicken and prawns. Meat Barbie comes in either pork or wagyu beef and we choose the wagyu beef. Memory Tongue are famous for two things: meat Barbies and the giant sesame rice ball. Both of these soups taste quite similar to each other (next time we will order a milder one but it's hard to tell what the soup is like because there are no pictures of the soup which most hot pot restaurants have). We tried the lychee flavoured spicy soup and the "Soul Catching Spicy soup" that both have the Chongqing hot and numbing Sichuan peppercorns. Located on the second floor of the Chatswood Interchange (just near Gram) it is a spacious upmarket Chinese Chongqing hot pot restaurant with lots of booths.
It makes the BEST hot pot dipping sauce for everything! Mix 3 tablespoons peanut sauce, 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce, 1/2 tablespoon sesame oil, 2 tablespoons of chilli oil (make sure to get 1 tablespoon chilli oil and 1 tablespoon of the chilli flakes at the bottom), 1 tablespoon chopped fresh coriander, 1 tablespoon spring onion, 1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic, 1 tablespoon sesame seeds and 1 teaspoon sugar. Hot pot is all about fishing things out of a soup pot and you may end up getting splashes on your clothing.ĥ - The hot pot sauce station is usually a few dollars more per person but it is worth it.Ħ - The Best Hot Pot Sauce: if you find the hot pot sauce selection daunting take note of this sauce recipe that Laura got from TikTok.
I find that if I leave it in the soup it gets lost.ģ- If your soup runs low ask them to fill it up with hot water.Ĥ - Don't wear your best clothes. We once made the mistake of choosing two spicy ones at a restaurant and while it was delicious we really prefer the contrast between mild and spicy.Ģ - The thinly sliced meats are very quick to cook-often you can just hold them in your chopsticks and dunk them into the boiling soup for 20 seconds or so. I had no shortage of people willing to come along and Mr NQN and Laura were the ideal candidates for this mission as both love hot pot.ġ - We like trying two types of soup bases and like to select a mild and a spicy soup. Hot Pot is popular in many countries especially across Asia and in this story we are trying Chinese, Korean and Hong Kong style hot pot. Winter is hot pot season to me and there's nothing more satisfying than sitting in front of a bubbling cauldron of soup and fishing out something tasty from the broth. Hot pot can also be a hot vessel or small pot holding something deliciously warming. Hot pot originated in Asia and is basically soup in a pot in which you cook a variety of foods. This food tour is brought to you by Willoughby City Council Come along for the ride and discover 5 delicious hot pot restaurants! As the temperature drops and Winter takes a hold what better way to warm up than with some delicious hot pot! We take a hotpot tour of Chatswood travelling around the world trying hot pots from different countries! Some are extravagant and offer surprises and extras while others are cheap and cheerful.
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