Haha it is a different kind of spice though! I don't like that much spice but actually, I really enjoyed the food in Chongqing I kind of miss it now we are back in Beijing. Thanks for watching guys!
Every year in the past I flew to Chongqing at least once just for the authentic hotpot. Unfortunately I didn’t get the chance in 2020 since I was “trapped” in HK for the whole year. Hopefully I could visit the “hottest” city again in 2021. Have a Healthy and Happy New Year Nico!
@@Nicofilms Thanks Nico. You and Jack do incredible work. Also you are so consistent with your uploads which is nice when I get home from work on Mondays and pop onto UA-cam.
@@JohnThomasAbroad Thanks a lot! We try our best, although we did miss a few weeks in December as we had too much work on but hopefully we will be every Monday from now on!
omg i super love you r video after wathcing all three showing my hometown chongqing. and especially this one talking about hotpot. super love it!!!!!!!
I miss having it at Hai Di Lao, mouth-numbing and later in the evening rare end is on fire... GOOD TIMES! Enjoyed your vids in 2020 and looking forward to your 2021's productions. HAPPY NEW YEAR
People in Chongqing, in fact, all people in Schechuan Basin, need the spice to drive off the moist from the environment. They are literally soaked in moisture from the air and they need the spice to counter it. People in Canton, or people in Shanghai, are not that much into spice, because they are in the coastal area and the coastal air is warm and circulating from the wind.
1. happy new year !!! 2. i was in chongqing for a few days after the cruise in 2017 or 2018 . my friend wanted to try hotpot, i was too afraid to try and so we never did. he was a bit disappointed ☹☹☹. love from canada.
Saw your preview then saw your pre-release announcement, I figure if you are not talking about both of your "hotness", you must be talking about Chongqing hotpot!!! I cannot eat all that spicy and hot anymore, but you could order the hotpot in mild soup base! 👍😊🥳
@@Nicofilms She's a liar.Yuanyang style is invented long before when she was born.about 2000 years ago ancient China. she just renamed the style as Yuanyang.
Well, Chongqing Hotpot was the only one where I literally didn't had a bad day afterwards. Only since Chongqing I eat more Hotpot but can't miss the special spice anymore like the pepperoni oil.
We plan to do that this year as it's not easy to get them ready with subtitles but we are hoping to have more time this year to do this. Happy New Year!!
Delicious hot pot! Too bad it is only breakfast time in Texas! No pork tripe? Add some cilantro into the pot. Yummy! The numb and hot dish is great to increase you appetite.
When you go for a hotpot with Chongqing locals, don't say you want to order the Yuanyang Pot, which is divided into half light soup and spicy soup. You will be "despised" and considered as a bummer. lol But actually for most of the Chinese in other regions that can't bear with much spicy, Yuanyang Pot is our "savior". And I finally for the first time know from what the lady said that Yuanyang Pot is inspired by the clean and muddy rivers, instead of out of the care of non-spicy person.
Tourists can not understand why people in Schechuan Basin are so crazy about spice. That is because they only visit the area for couple weeks at most. If you were to live in the area for months or years, and you are soaked in the high moisture environment, you can not live for a day without spice that keep you sweaty and drive the moisture out from your body. You will feel tired or frustrating, like staying in the steamy wet bathroom for a very very very long time.
Such an amazing and beautiful video. Nico sis. I really appreciate your hardwork. Happy New Year. May this year brings lot's of ❤️ and happiness. ... China one of the safest country in the world. In my opinion Chongqing is famous for its own historical society. ....
FYI, No doubt that the Sichuan hotpot style was originated from chongqing(used to be a part of Sichuan province ) area by the boat dragging workers along the Long River However, the idea of hotpot was brought to the south of Mongolia by Mongolian during the Mongolian invasion to the Song Dynasty back in 13 century , rumors say they always brought their goats during trips, and killed them , sliced and boiled in a pot for meals , u can still find boiling sliced goat meat hot pot restaurants in Beijing (a lot) or the coppery goat/beef meat hotpot restaurants in qinghai or shanxi provides nowadays which were heavily influenced by that, and,, THAT, that is the originally form of the hot pot, there were containers to boil food back in thousands of years ago but not the same of this kind of eating style occasions( u can still find the franchise restaurant called Little Mongolian fat Sheep hotpot restaurants in Shanghai California or New York) also btw, a lot of Sichuan people dna test has 10~70 Mongolian dna, while they have the mariority Han race documented or they dont know, fyi and there was no spicy peppers in asia till the qing dynasty imported from americas, and this spicy style of Sichuan hotpot was formed as the story ur telling in the video, thanks to the Grand voyage and ur sharing
Thank for sharing this! Yes, I'm sorry, I should have said the origin of Chongqing hotpot started by this legend. We are hoping to do another film all about the different styles across the country to show how varied they all are.
@@josephhill2868 most Chinese even nowadays don't even fully understand the difference between Chongqing and Chengdu. It makes sense they said its Chengdu because Chongqing used to be part of Sichuan and ppl always think of Chengdu as the representative of Sichuan culture.
Sigh, left hometown to North America makes me think Holy Molly my city is so huge lol, this city so called one of the biggest city I'm currently in, you could prob count how many restaurant are there, like couple hundreds? Lol
Haha oh I found the grid one hot but the double one was ok. I love vegetables in it but they are so much hotter to taste as they absorb the spice so much. I haven't had little fish in it only these fish balls which were tasty, I'll have to look out for them next time.
As Mexicans we have to say Chongqing is pure fire🔥🔥🔥 Still recovering from those hot pot days with ichongqing. Love the editing!!
Haha it is a different kind of spice though! I don't like that much spice but actually, I really enjoyed the food in Chongqing I kind of miss it now we are back in Beijing. Thanks for watching guys!
I thought Mexican eat really hot food ?
@Hans Weissmann it is from SiChuan pepper. It is the same family with lemon and oranges
@Hans Weissmann Hahaha!
what about hotpot taco
I am glad that I found this channel.
I'm glad you found it too! Welcome!
Wow the way you edit the video is really professional, I like the transitions 🎉
Thank you very much! I'm pleased you liked it!
Very educational and entertaining video. Like the way you go into the history.
Every year in the past I flew to Chongqing at least once just for the authentic hotpot. Unfortunately I didn’t get the chance in 2020 since I was “trapped” in HK for the whole year. Hopefully I could visit the “hottest” city again in 2021. Have a Healthy and Happy New Year Nico!
Hopefully you will get a chance soon!! Happy New Year I hope 2021 is a lot better for us all!
What an incredible experience to meet and eat with the Queen of HotPot!! I love that you tried so many things. Exceptional video as always!
Yes it was very surreal and amazing! Thanks a lot! I love how you are always one of the first to watch and comment, I appreciate it!
@@Nicofilms Thanks Nico. You and Jack do incredible work. Also you are so consistent with your uploads which is nice when I get home from work on Mondays and pop onto UA-cam.
@@JohnThomasAbroad Thanks a lot! We try our best, although we did miss a few weeks in December as we had too much work on but hopefully we will be every Monday from now on!
omg i super love you r video after wathcing all three showing my hometown chongqing. and especially this one talking about hotpot. super love it!!!!!!!
We just had hot pot for dinner in sydney and then saw your post!happy new year Nico and Jack!😊👍🍻🇦🇺🥳
Haha you must have known! How yummy! Happy New Year!
Great Video!!! Make me want eat hot pot too!!! Congrats for the edit too!!!
Thanks a lot!! Haha what is the hotpot like in Shenzhen?
Getting an interview with the Hotpot Queen was a nice catch. Never thought I will hear a westerner say “I prefer the stomach”. :D
Haha Chongqing changed me! Thanks it was certainly an honour to meet her!
The script, editing, footage and the hostess is PROFESSIONAL ~!
Thank you so much this really means a lot!
hot pot content is the best content 🔥
Spectacular edition! You deserve more viewers, keep it up!
Thank you very much! Please feel free to share it we appreciate all the help we can get!
i am a chingqing girl living in Europe, appreciate your videos ;)
Glad you like them! We had a wonderful time there, we still have more videos to come!
This looks so goood
i really dont understand why such well edited vlog have such less subscribers
Aww thank you very much, I don't understand either 😭 Please feel free to share we appreciate all the help we can get!
I'll tell you why, if you denigrate China like the BBC, UA-cam will take you more seriously
I miss having it at Hai Di Lao, mouth-numbing and later in the evening rare end is on fire... GOOD TIMES! Enjoyed your vids in 2020 and looking forward to your 2021's productions. HAPPY NEW YEAR
Haha yes that is hotpot for you! Thanks a lot! Lots of exciting things to come this year.
great video as always Nico!!! I must visit Chongqing some day!!!
You should its a great city!
People in Chongqing, in fact, all people in Schechuan Basin, need the spice to drive off the moist from the environment. They are literally soaked in moisture from the air and they need the spice to counter it. People in Canton, or people in Shanghai, are not that much into spice, because they are in the coastal area and the coastal air is warm and circulating from the wind.
You deserve more views and will get them! Keep up the grt work!
Thanks a lot!
Looking forward to this.
Hope you like it!
Hotpot is a Chinese food that you'll loved when you come to China; awesome video Nico and have a happy new year as well!
Thank you very much I'm pleased you enjoyed it! What I love is the atmosphere around hotpot it is such a social event.
Happy New Year! Love from Essex xxx
Happy New Year!! Thanks for watching!
high quality video! really enjoyed it! Thanks Nico!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much!
Did'nt know there were so many types of hotpot in China. Definately will go try all of them in future.
Thanks Nico. Happy new year 2021.
There are so many! We are thinking about doing a history of hotpot to show all the different types in different cities.
@@Nicofilms That would be nice! A sort of preview before we ever get there. Looking forward to your posts as usual.
Happy new year 2021 Again.
@@davepsk7334 it might be a few months away but sometime this year haha Thanks a lot! HNY to you too!
@@Nicofilms heheh...take your time. We'll still be here waiting
This video was great Nico! Really dig the editing and the work that went into this. Great job!
Thanks a lot I'm pleased you enjoyed it! and a sneaky cameo from yourself 😉
1. happy new year !!!
2. i was in chongqing for a few days after the cruise in 2017 or 2018 . my friend wanted to try hotpot, i was too afraid to try and so we never did. he was a bit disappointed ☹☹☹. love from canada.
Oh no, so you've never tried?? You need to come back and try it! If you get the double pot it's really not that spicy.
妈呀，流口水了。
God, mouth is watering.
haha go and eat hotpot!
Day 1: mouth on fire 🔥 Day 2: butt on fire 🔥😭
Hahahahah
Soon u get used to it.
Saw your preview then saw your pre-release announcement, I figure if you are not talking about both of your "hotness", you must be talking about Chongqing hotpot!!! I cannot eat all that spicy and hot anymore, but you could order the hotpot in mild soup base! 👍😊🥳
Haha thanks for the compliment but yes we are talking about the dish! Yeah Chongqing hotpot is like no other!
Can't believe after experiencing "yuanyang" style hotpot for many years, finnally I get to know its inventor from your video.
Yes apparently so! She said she invented the one with the small bowl in the middle as well. It was quite the honour to meet her!
@@Nicofilms She's a liar.Yuanyang style is invented long before when she was born.about 2000 years ago ancient China. she just renamed the style as Yuanyang.
@@imtsolwow This doesn't surprise me at all haha
Didn't get to Chongqing but did try plenty of hotpot in Chengdu. That sichuan peppercorn sure makes it a distinctive dining experience!
Next time you will have to go it is an awesome city!
That's the CQ hotpot way of spicy. Unlike Indian or Tex-Mex, this one doesn't hurt entrance that much, but it does the exit a lot.
Well, Chongqing Hotpot was the only one where I literally didn't had a bad day afterwards. Only since Chongqing I eat more Hotpot but can't miss the special spice anymore like the pepperoni oil.
haha really? Lucky you! It really is something special! Watching these videos back really make me miss the food!
@@Nicofilms There are now mainly three flavors/spices which have a place in my shelf 😄🍲
Love your video, a good video maker.
Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
So looking forward to seeing this
See you tonight!
Nico I think you should upload your videos to xigua and bilibili. Happy new year and gongxifacai!
We plan to do that this year as it's not easy to get them ready with subtitles but we are hoping to have more time this year to do this. Happy New Year!!
Can't wait to visit there...
I can't wait to go back already!
Wow Nico, you really a foodie guide. 🤣
Haha you know I love food!
I'm from Sichuan, and people always argue over whose hotpot is better, lol
Haha yes it is a big debate!
Amazing video guys! I'm pretty happy to be a vegetarian, don't think I would appreciate all the meat alternatives haha.
Thank you so much! Although the veggies get super spicy in that broth!
Delicious hot pot! Too bad it is only breakfast time in Texas! No pork tripe? Add some cilantro into the pot. Yummy! The numb and hot dish is great to increase you appetite.
Haha it is certainly a unique taste!!
When you go for a hotpot with Chongqing locals, don't say you want to order the Yuanyang Pot, which is divided into half light soup and spicy soup. You will be "despised" and considered as a bummer. lol But actually for most of the Chinese in other regions that can't bear with much spicy, Yuanyang Pot is our "savior". And I finally for the first time know from what the lady said that Yuanyang Pot is inspired by the clean and muddy rivers, instead of out of the care of non-spicy person.
Tourists can not understand why people in Schechuan Basin are so crazy about spice. That is because they only visit the area for couple weeks at most. If you were to live in the area for months or years, and you are soaked in the high moisture environment, you can not live for a day without spice that keep you sweaty and drive the moisture out from your body. You will feel tired or frustrating, like staying in the steamy wet bathroom for a very very very long time.
Such an amazing and beautiful video. Nico sis. I really appreciate your hardwork. Happy New Year.
May this year brings lot's of ❤️ and happiness.
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China one of the safest country in the world. In my opinion Chongqing is famous for its own historical society.
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Thank you very much we appreciate it! Happy New Year I hope 2021 is better for us all!
“The home of hot pot”, I love it.
It sure is!
I have to eat hotpot right now!
Do it!!!
FYI,
No doubt that the Sichuan hotpot style was originated from chongqing(used to be a part of Sichuan province ) area by the boat dragging workers along the Long River
However, the idea of hotpot was brought to the south of Mongolia by Mongolian during the Mongolian invasion to the Song Dynasty back in 13 century , rumors say they always brought their goats during trips, and killed them , sliced and boiled in a pot for meals , u can still find boiling sliced goat meat hot pot restaurants in Beijing (a lot) or the coppery goat/beef meat hotpot restaurants in qinghai or shanxi provides nowadays which were heavily influenced by that, and,, THAT, that is the originally form of the hot pot, there were containers to boil food back in thousands of years ago but not the same of this kind of eating style occasions( u can still find the franchise restaurant called Little Mongolian fat Sheep hotpot restaurants in Shanghai California or New York) also btw, a lot of Sichuan people dna test has 10~70 Mongolian dna, while they have the mariority Han race documented or they dont know, fyi
and there was no spicy peppers in asia till the qing dynasty imported from americas, and this spicy style of Sichuan hotpot was formed as the story ur telling in the video, thanks to the Grand voyage and ur sharing
Thank for sharing this! Yes, I'm sorry, I should have said the origin of Chongqing hotpot started by this legend. We are hoping to do another film all about the different styles across the country to show how varied they all are.
I did waite this videos for weeks..haha
Haha here it comes! See you soon!
hotpot is best for winter
I agree, but the people of Chongqing like it all day everyday haha
wow，how exciting！
See you tonight!
exactly，hotpot in Chongqing is a way of life!
Sure is!
Nico, Since when CQ has been becoming home of hotpot.. I thought hotpot from my city Chengdu.
Likewise. My Chinese friends all say Chengdu is the true home
It has always been Chongqing though. Chengdu's hotpot was from Chongqing. It's all in history book 🙄
@@josephhill2868 most Chinese even nowadays don't even fully understand the difference between Chongqing and Chengdu. It makes sense they said its Chengdu because Chongqing used to be part of Sichuan and ppl always think of Chengdu as the representative of Sichuan culture.
@@cloudsu9096 Nice thanks for the true insight 👍
Love hotpot, I can have it everyday.
Ever since my tolerance for spicy food increase, all my meals needs to be spicy.
Haha well I think you are one of the lucky ones!
I myself enjoy the little pot of my own more than the big pot for everyone 😋😋😋
I'd not had the individual pot before so it was nice to try both. I like the social aspect of the big pot though.
Your reaction of brain is so cute.🥺
I was a bit shocked at the texture I assumed it would be chewier for some reason haha
recommend DongZiLi old hotpot and Nan hotpot in Chongqing
Still need to do Xiao Mian and Chao shou. Those are Chongqing.
Sigh, left hometown to North America makes me think Holy Molly my city is so huge lol, this city so called one of the biggest city I'm currently in, you could prob count how many restaurant are there, like couple hundreds? Lol
Haha I think people underestimate the size of some of the cities here in China. They are crazy big!
Love hotpot
It's such a fun thing to do with friends!
The potatoes and the little frozen fish are my favorite! Strangely, I don't find it that hot? I've had Indian food that was hotter.
Haha oh I found the grid one hot but the double one was ok. I love vegetables in it but they are so much hotter to taste as they absorb the spice so much. I haven't had little fish in it only these fish balls which were tasty, I'll have to look out for them next time.
这不是小天鹅的老板娘何永智女士么~
Sure is!
@@Nicofilms 没想到居然请到她了哈哈，节目越来越好了!!👍👍
@@OlchOlch Thanks a lot!
You really know a lot about Chinese culture, something like a native haha.
Haha thank you, I try my best but I'm sure I get a lot of things wrong.
Native Chongqinger is here.can you eat so spicy food?
To watch Nico's feast of fury or Bruce Lee's fist of fury?
Mine is only 10 minutes so won't take long haha
I just had a hot pot in a few hours before!!!!!
Haha I saw!!
I'm surprised that you have the courage to try the pure spicy one. It's gonna burn your stomach! Haha
Haha I was worried but it wasn't as bad as I thought I think they took it easy as we were foreign.
like it 👍
I think it is wise to first acclimate one’s body to higher levels of Capsaicin before trying those spicy dishes.
Haha yes good idea I feel my tolerance has increased since living in China.
You missed and should have visited the world largest hot pot restaurant in Chongqing in the middle of hill.
Oh no! Well, there is always next time!
昨晚吃太辣了， 今早菊花残😭
真实
I saw your chinese friends, so i am just wondering how about your chinese is now.
My Chinese is very basic but I'm trying to do a little bit everyday.
难受，我竟然好久没吃火锅了
Haha yeah it doesn't feel good the next day.
500 likes? Can't be right!
來學習英語了 haha
这老太太😂
And easily accommodates vegans. It’s the intense heat that is a bit hard. I spent quite a few days there.
山城
Nico, you are a designer. I think you can do a better thumbnail for this video.
What exactly would you do differently?
@@Nicofilms You are an attractive girl. No offense but you need to stop using wired photos that make you look old
@@sethaaron510 HAHAHA I think my expression really captures the fear of trying something so spicy.
Haha , western culture love make face more , it’s funny though
Chengdu dishes are pretty similar to Chongqing ones as well as much more various
Hopefully we will get a chance to go to Chengdu this year.
I’ve heard the “chongqing versions” of all dishes are always spicier and oilier than in chengdu
@@cornelius3583 Yep you're right, Chengdu dishes are more moderate in terms of spice compared to Chongqing ones
@@Nicofilms So when do you plan to get to Chengdu? I can recommend you some must-visit sightseeing spots.
@@Nicofilms my view is different,I recommend you to go to a city named zigong,that’s the authentic flavor of sichuan
this super hot hotpot isn't healthy at all, once in while is ok, but not everyday. bad for ur thorat