Listening to the pouring rain outside while eating a steaming hot pot on a day so cold it made you shiver—it was a pleasure for both body and soul!
'Just thinking about it makes my mouth water.'
An Jin sliced the chunks of mutton Mi Yin had already prepared into thin pieces.
The fresh mutton had a fine, almost translucent grain, streaked with red. She rolled up the slices and arranged them neatly on a bamboo platter, adding two small green leaves on the side for garnish.
'Classy. Sophisticated.'
Once the pot was hot, she brushed a layer of fruit oil onto the bottom of the large stone pot. She then added the seasoning base—prepared earlier by mashing chili peppers and other spices—into the boiling oil to stir-fry. Once it was fragrant, she poured in half a pot of water.
PSSHSHH.
The aroma of the flash-fried spices filled the air.
The hot pot broth, roiling with red chili oil, let off billows of white steam.
