Hotpot

You can eat some pretty weird stuff over here if you want. Last night I had hotpot with some local friends. For those who aren't familiar with this culinary delight, hotpot lets you cook your own food in a big boiling pot of broth. There's an electric hot plate in the middle of the table and that's where your broth sits, bubbling away. We ordered slices of rare beef, shitake mushrooms, dumplings, tofu and prawns. Now. Here's the cool part. The prawns were ALLLIVVEEE!!!!!! Yep, they were had been skewered from head to toe, but were still flapping away on the table!! It does not get any fresher than that. Dunking them in the broth didn't kill them straight away either, they'd continue to wriggle for a bit in the boiling hot water. I felt a bit guilty when I did that. Tasted great though.

Spent most Sunday shoppping, looking for a hard bargin. It's sale season over here - everything is 20 - 50 % off which is a pretty good. I managed to pick up a suit for half price and a pair of shoes which were nice. I'm on the hunt for a mobile phone at the moment. The Samsung E908 has caught my eye. Check it out here:

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