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Welcome back, my huge fans. Today I want bring you to a very troditional Chinese hot pot restraunt, “Little Sheep”.

History

“Little Sheep” was the most popular hot pot restaurant in China. The first “Little Sheep” was set up in Neimenggu Province, China, in 1999. The province teems with premium lamb, which is very tender and juicy. Today, there are almost 750 chain restaurants in the world, including China, United States, Japan and Canada. Therefore, it is a very representative and traditional Chinese hot pot.

Luckily, I find a “Little Sheep” hot pot in San Diego, located in Chlairemont Mesa Blvd.

Let’s check it out!

Outside

San Diego “ Little Sheep” restaurant has been managed for 8 years but it is still hot. You always need a reservation, except you want to wait for 30 or 60 minutes. We come at Tuesday and guess what? It’s all-you-can-eat time but it is not like crazy busy. The location is not crowded and you can find a parking space easily. When I walk into the restaurant, the environment is very clean and cool, which is surprised me because most of hot pot restaurant looks greasy. What’s more, the atmosphere tastes spicy! No kidding, I am so looking forward to it.

Menu

The menu is very clearly, with both Chinese and English. When people eat hot pot, they usually order a lot but most of time, they can finish all of them. I call it “Magic of hot pot” so if you want to lose your weight, hot pot may not on your menu.

Can’t wait to show you what I got!

Hot Pot

I always order Yin-Yang (half&half) Pot so I can try both of original and spicy soup. The spicy pot is not very hot and I ask for add more chili. The original pot is just so aromatic. You can see from the picture that has many secret spices in the soup.

Lamb Shoulder. Very tender! Put it in the soup for 20 seconds and dip with your own sauce, which I will talk about later. I feel the meat is melting in my mouth!

Premium Rib Eye. One of my favorite meat, it’s more tender and juicy. I can finish the whole plate by myself.

Crab Meat. Very soft, just make sure it is well done to eat.

Fish Ball with Roe. You must try this one! One of my favorite dish, take a bite of the fish ball and the roe can stream out of it. Tastes very delicious.

Fresh Tofu. If you want to eat healthy, Tofu is your best choice. It has many proteins and it is also very yummy!

Egg Dumpling. Compared with regular dumpling, it has more flavors because of eggs, also very tender and soft.

Beef Ball, handmade beef ball, it is very palatable and tasty but just a little savory.

Sauce

a. Sesame Sauce b. Garlic Sauce

c. Caraway d. Chili Oil

That is the best part, because you can tailor make your own sauces and add so many more dimensions of flavor to your meal. Personally, I like sesame sauce with some garlic powder, caraway and most importantly Chili Oil! It will help your sauce tastes more herbaceous and tasty.

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Solid, never walk out disappointed. The food is always fresh. The tastes are just appetizing and flavoring. I am so full and satisfied. Like I said before, the magic of hot pot: people always eat much more than they used to.

The service is also very good. The entire staffs from A to Z are truly amazing. They keep asking me,” Do you want to order more meat?” which is wonderful because you will not be embarrassed if you want to eat a lot like me. The service is also very fast and easy to flag down waiters. It cost me $65 for the meal, including tips. It is affordable for most of people who want to try the hot pot and plan to eat a lot. What’s more, I eat so much that I can’t even walking fast after I stand from bench. However, I would give it five stars if they can offer more kinds of meat, like Wagy beef or Sirloin. Compared with Little Sheep in LA, it needs to add more categories.

I also have a short conversation with Lori, Xue who is the manager of the restaurant. She has engaged in “Little Sheep” for 5 years. She told me that each hot pot is filled with a steaming aromatic broth that’s decorated with an assortment of fresh ingredients and that’s one of the secrets that “Little Sheep” can be very popular in San Diego or United States as a Chinese food. There is an old Chinese saying“ Right crop for right land”, which means you have to adjust measures to local conditions and that’s the other secret of the succeed of “ Little Sheep”. Lori told me that they created many dishes, which are very different from Chinese edition. For example, they use beef belly to replace pork belly because beef is more popular in US; besides, they offer “Happy Hour” and “ Lunch Special” which does not exist in China.

All in all, “Little Sheep” is a very good restaurant; especially, it is fun to take friends who never try traditional hot pot. No matter the service and the food are very solid and you will not regret to try it!

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