Every year, my mom and I go out for Christmas dinner, usually a set menu type of deal. But I wanted something a little more comforting this year, and more warming because I've had a runny nose and nasal congestion since Sunday. And what could be more warming than hot pot?
Ready-to-serve dishes: Cucumber salad, lettuce stem salad, and marinated duck tongues
Premium item: Abalone
Napa cabbage, lettuce stems, king oyster mushrooms, and enoki mushrooms
Beef tripe, beef tendon, fish and beef balls, winter melon, daikon, and lotus root
Premium item: Tender beef
Angus beef, beef brisket, beef sirloin, New Zealand lamb, pork belly, and basa fillet
Cooking in mushroom and pork bone broth
Dessert: Fresh-cut papaya, oriental melon, honeydew, and watermelon
On top of their regular menu, they also had a Christmas-exclusive buffet-style spread around the main centre booth, which included ready-to-eat foods like marinated quail eggs, braised tofu, and stewed beef tendon; raw items already separated into dishes that you could pick up instead of ordering from the tablet; a huge variety of all-you-can-drink canned pop; as well as an assortment of cakes, Melona bars, and fruits for dessert. This was awesome. Kinda wish they had this all year round, but I know it's a lot to maintain and it makes the restaurant way more hectic than it needs to be since so many more people are getting up to roam. Still, the food was excellent, the service was excellent, and therefore, Christmas was excellent.
Hope everyone had a similarly delicious and merry Christmas!
Xiang Zi Hot Pot
Uptown Market Shopping Centre
3989 Highway 7
Markham, ON L3R 5M6
(905) 305-9888
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