The Location: Hong Kong represents a collision between almost-unrestricted capitalism and fascinating Chinese tradition. Together with the city’s popularity amongst Asian tourists, its major stopover status and its financial importance, Hong Kong is one of the most interesting destinations in the world. Hong Kong’s lifeblood is its big, diverse hospitality industry. This city loves hosting major events, whether they are related to business, trade, art, music, history, festivals, culture, sports or else. The most densely populated and busiest place in the world is, supposedly, the Mong Kok district in West Kowloon. This is where things get a little less flashily cosmopolitan and a little more Chinese. The eateries compete not just for guests but also for bragging rights in service quality, and quantity of food. In the heart of Mong Kok in one of the easily accessible commercial buildings on Nathan Road (nearby MTR exit E1) you can find a vibrant modern Chinese Hot Pot restaurant “Chong Hing Hot Pot & Buffet” that loves to push the edge, merging tradition and new experiences with dining and drinking by offering traditional Chinese Hot Pot at a lump sum rate for “all-you-can-eat & drink”. The restaurant has been known for its good value for money for years and has many loyal customers and keeps attracting new ones.
The Place: When you enter “Chong Hing Hot Pot & Buffet” you will step into a large, bright and neoteric room equipped with sturdy but recent furniture representing a blend of Chinese tradition; you will immediately get hit by shiny happy people that are loudly munching away in this lively and steaming hot atmosphere. The restaurant was designed to provide an open and also a structured outlook; at the edges, booths for four people were built surrounded by mirrors that shed extra light into the room; in the main dining area, which is located in the middle of the large room, you can find round tables with seating fit for eight people; the design has been carefully chosen to facilitate communication among family and friends seated around these tables, and also makes it easy for staff to spot when additional supplies are required.
The Food & Beverage: The restaurant offers ten different soup bases which were all home-made. We decided to go for the spicy Chicken broth base which was rich in taste and smelled irresistibly. The soup was both feisty and colorful due to all the spices, vegetables and meat that had been added to it, and its taste got even more refined as the liquid slowly but surely simmered away.
The restaurant offers 84 different ingredients to choose from consisting of different meats, fish and seafood - both fresh and frozen, staple foods including potatoes, noodles, or rice, vegetables, and other foods such as tofu, bean curd skin, all kinds of balls such as fish, cheese, shrimp, not to forget pastes such as shrimp or octopus to intensify the taste. The choice is vast and everyone can find what they like.
Hot Pot, which is also known as Chinese Fondue, is a very traditional way of eating, and is used a lot for family gatherings. Hot Pot is the most social and communicative way I have come across to have food with one another, especially when there is only one on-table cooker involved, as it was the case at “Chong Hing Hot Pot & Buffet”. Different foods require different cooking times, nevertheless people tend to overcook their foods which definitely ensures that bacteria and parasites are killed but usually as such nutrients and fresh taste are lost too. Most people going for Hot Pot constantly boil their food at 100 degrees Celsius, as in fact, our alimentary canal can only endure temperatures of up to 65 degrees Celsius. For more information, the “Chong Hing Hot Pot & Buffet”-staff can be reached out to and provide more information.
In order to intensify the taste of our delicious own-food-creation at “Chong Hing Hot Pot & Buffet”, we were able to create our own dipping sauces including ingredients such as sesame oil/paste, soy, chilies, garlic, charlottes, and many more.
The Price: “Chong Hing Hot Pot & Buffet” offers food and beverage for everyone’s taste. For epic 140HK$ you may eat and drink without restriction for a duration of 2 hours. It came as no surprise to me to see many youngsters at “Chong Hing Hot Pot & Buffet” due to its fabulous lump sum offer. 2 hours of entertainment has been set as a general norm in Hong Kong and in other parts of Asia for lump sum dining experiences to allow for more efficient planning and also to ensure that guests do not get their noses too wet. At “Chong Hing Hot Pot & Buffet” we did not feel any pressure to speed up on our orders as staff reacted fast to our requests and thus food was supplied almost instantly; in addition to that, inventories were sufficient with regards to both food and drink, no matter how much we ordered of one single item even at a later stage in time. In case we would have wanted to extend our time at the restaurant, I am sure we could have found a mutually convenient solution with the staff to do so.
To conclude this experience, Hot Pot is always one among my favorites no matter whether it is a hot summer or a cold winter as this way of cooking and eating thoroughly facilitates communication and is even more social than any other foods I can think of, besides tasting awesome. My experience at “Chong Hing Hot Pot & Buffet” was pleasant and positive – the food was good, the variety was vast, the atmosphere was vibrant, the place itself was cozy and inviting, the staff was nice, and the value for money was great. Thank you for this perfectly satisfactory socializing and dining experience, we shall be back!
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