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| - Business meeting agenda published by my colleagues:
1. Visit office A
2. Meet with Retailer B
3. Hot Pot
4. Visit Distribution Center
5. Go to the hotel
Using my extensive knowledge gained by watching Sesame Street, I figured out what was not like the others on my agenda - Hot Pot!
I'd never heard of this concept, so many things raced through my mind.
Maybe drugs? - nope, not with those work people : (
I finally had to ask, and my colleagues replied its a soup place. So, why is this on my agenda? Could it really be that good to plan our meetings around it? I can now say YES!
The decor of the restaurant is much like many of the Chinese restaurants you find in the States. After taking some time looking at the menu I think I had figured things out. Basically this is Mongolian BBQ, except its soup. Sounds kind of boring, but it wasn't. First off for some ridiculous price of about $8 you get two servings of meat and all the soup and sides (noodles, vegetables, tofu, etc) to put in the soup. The soup and sides are all-u-can-eat.
The meat and sides were all good, however it is all about the crazy hot soup base, and the concoction of sauces you can make to add to your soup. Since my colleagues were veterans of this process they told me to get the soup bowl that is split in two. One side had the spicy soup the other was a regular broth. They also helped me create a tasty combination of sauces to add to the soup.
Did I happen to mention that all of this cooking is happening right in front of you at your table? Between all the steam and spice I worked up a nice sweat which helps keep you warm on those cold days in Canada, eh!
After stuffing myself, like I usually do when someone challenges me to eat all I can, I headed for the bathroom. No, for once its not what you think. I went to to try to get off the multiple oily soup stains off my shirt. Watch out for those rogue noodles!!! Its a b* to get those stains out, but well worth it.
Next month's agenda:
1. Blah Blah
2. Blah
3. Hot Pot
4. Blah Blah
5. Blah
I now get it!
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