Hot Pot /Steamboat Just For 2 :)

Last weekend, I just don't feel like eating rice , so I told Daddy " Hey, let's have hot pot, we the local here called it the steamboat . And surprisingly he said " Yessss.... " LOL! So, we went out early on Saturday morning to do our marketing and bought our favourite food for the steamboat. Needless to say, yours truly has been set free from the cholesterol diet list, which I put myself on , thus get to enjoy some seafood and favourite arteries clogging kidneys , mud crabs , clams and shrimps. My cholesterol reading came out to be 4.3 perfect for my age :p so I can well afford to indulge in all these sinfully rich food. As my motto for this year is ..." eat in moderation " don't deprive myself of these arteries clogging goodness and die an unhappy woman...LOL!  The most important thing is the chicken broth for the steamboat and the chilli sauce for the cooked ingredients. Since , we both wanted something simple and yet nutritious, so opted for the chicken broth with soloman's seal  ( yuk chok ) and fresh cordyceps and a tablespoon of wolberries. As for my family, another must have item is the garlic oil . The wonderful fragrance of fried garlic truly makes the whole steamboat taste good.  

The clear broth soup in the steamboat pot is placed on a hot plate . This hot plate is useful for steamboat and has been serving us for years . We bought it when the Piggies were young , we used to take them for holidays and we will bring this with us. * shhhh don't tell the hotel management people .......now we used it for steamboat mainly ** Steamboat for just the two of us...the two lovebirds  oldies at home :P   Steamboat just for two can be fun too.....eat and chat of old times and walking down memory lane can be sweet at times.  The best thing about steamboat is the fellowship not just the food before us...that is secondary of course LOL! and for me a time of shooting away with my cam.  Dad cooked and I eat...can ? hehehehe

fresh enokitake and grey and white oyster mushrooms

a must have for steamboat

2 mud crabs, 10 shrimps and half a kilo of clams and

some edible jelly fish

beef balls, fish balls and stuffed tofu from the famous mee stall in Ipoh

and we have pork tenderloin, kidneys , liver and chicken fillets

the shrimps were fresh ...drizzle with the garlic oil....my gosh it was good :)

sweet and the texture was springy !

the crabs was so sweet...yummyummm

the cooked kidneys were delicious....I normally won't indulge in this

but since I have not eaten this for sometime, thought I will indulge

for this once.....* tongue sticking out in guilt

the jelly fish tasted good too.....wobbly and yet springy and so fresh !

and this is my favourite...I ate the whole 1/2 kilo of clams..so sweet

and the clam is meaty too...really satisfied my craving for seafood :p