CHONGQING HOTPOT : It's not just a food, it's a lifestyle

[@Yok_Knnn]

这个KZbin博主会延伸话题，有自己的观点，区别于别的外国博主，很棒！希望更多人发现这个宝藏女孩！

[@razorwu7369]

是真的 了解文化了再探索 做出有深度的vlog就很赞

[@SaltydogNC]

You are going to be famous. Great content and great personality.

[@chefc3023]

i like how unlike a lot of chinese vloggers, amy actually hangs out with the locals.

[@michaelgeracie9228]

Moving to China soon and love watching your videos! Can't wait to see your channel blow up.

[@BlondieinChina]

Thanks so much Michael!!!! I hope you have a great time in China!

[@happyface1985]

Welcome to China Michael, have a good time and explore the ancient but modern culture of China.

[@2200zy]

actually i prefer beijing hotpot. i feel chongqing food doesnt keep the original taste of the material because they ususally put too much oil and seasoning.

[@howardwang9816]

1. Learn to squat 2. Bring some toilet paper in case you need to use the restroom.

[@TheXanian]

@@2200zy Beijing hotpot is also quite delicious, l love their lamb and their sesame sauce.

[@soledad9527]

Believe me, Chongqing has the best proctology doctors in the world

[@felixneleo2868]

Liang Yuandong 有画面了

[@_Forsaker]

笑出声~~~

[@lordofking2311]

菊花怒放

[@PP-vf1kx]

Liang Yuandong... Or Your Last Name Isn’t Dong?

[@_Forsaker]

@@PP-vf1kx chinese last name is at first，so his last name is Liang

[@chunyangshen1411]

我是北方人，在重庆上了四年大学，重庆已经烙在我生命中。现在也特别特别想念火锅。我爱我大重庆！！

[@kangcheng-d4o]

现在在哪里工作😢

[@reduced1674]

Good work! You're such a gem! you make Aussies look good! so kind :)

[@pavementpounder7502]

Had hotpot when I went to Chongqing 12 years ago. Love the peppercorns, haha. Now Sichuan cuisine is everywhere here in Melbourne, including spicy hotpot.

[@BlondieinChina]

so good to see authentic chinese food coming to western cities! I had a great chongqing hotpot 2 days ago in sydney!

[@pavementpounder7502]

@@BlondieinChina have you been to Melbourne lately? It's becoming a big Chinatown haha.

[@yuorange1759]

蜀香坊 near China Town Melbourne is just super. Went there once and loved it. Its like a buffet, big range of food and charged by headcount.

[@ravik007ggn]

@@BlondieinChina Honestly, am happy with Westernised Chinese food as well. 😅

[@Ylihappy]

@@pavementpounder7502 哈哈，that is right, more and more authentic Chinese restaurants opened in recently years in Melbourne and more Melbournian love the food and can enjoy the real spicy food. Lot people asked me where you go for Chinese food, a good one, I want to go the one Chinese people love to go because they make real Chinese food 😁😋

[@mirandalay]

love the stuff you’re putting out Amy! I’m from Australia so all of your video are so intriguing to watch. Keep up the great work and please make more university/food/travel/culture related vids 😊

[@BlondieinChina]

Thank you SO much Miranda! My next video (uploaded tomorrow morning) will be food related! Hope you like it!

[@darkknight3274]

go to china~~~~enjoy the trip.

[@sophiazhu8656]

I am Chinese and I even learned something from your vlog. Now I know why the hotpot in chongqing has 9 sections! Great content and hope you have lots of fun eating in china.

[@pinklady7184]

If I ever win lottery jackpot, I will travel to China and try out all the dishes there. Our own dishes in Ireland lack spices, so that we Irish are big on Chinese & Indian dishes, especially those with spices.

[@ZKZ123]

Amy is on a roll and she cannot be stopped!!! 😋 I'm so jealous of you! Why am I watching this at 11pm!?!? Btw very fitting title, it is a Chongqing lifestyle. You get it!

[@BlondieinChina]

解放军在美俱乐部 hahahahaha I’m so glad you like my videos!!! They are definitely super fun to film and edit

[@pasik8884]

Second view, second like, First comment😁 Your channel is great, I love your vlogs.

[@BlondieinChina]

Thank you so much Pasindu!!!! Appreciate your support

[@cuctuluu1020]

Love your smile and keep up with your youtube exploring the 3000 years old history of China. God bless you and wish you luck all the way .

[@光明的祈祷A]

四川重庆的肛肠医院好像也比较有名。。

[@CHINABEATBOX]

哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈或或或或或或

[@moonlee1416]

对对对，你想笑死人吗？

[@fxdmqgykddlkm9569]

哈哈哈哈哈哈哈 笑死我了

[@dengyuchen]

是的呢，宝贝，想体验一下吗

[@maxsize]

没错，华西肛肠科是全国最吼的

[@pngo1818]

I see your channel reaching one million subs very quickly! Great content and personality 💜

[@citizenofdaworld7582]

Omg I just love the way the stomach tasted in your facial expressions it was breathe taking

[@alexshawcn]

my mother in law told me 30 yrs ago, she visited Chongqing and ate the hotpot in a very diff style. a large hotpot been seperated by metal grids, and each one just dipped from one of the grids(they are basically strangers), so from the mordern sanitation point of view, it was not so clean in the sense. But she remembered the great experience for 30 years.

[@jessyca9833]

You deserve so much more views, I love all of your videos. Thanks Amy :)

[@sylvesterfong9275]

Greetings from Perth, Australia. Love watching your videos. You have a great delightful personality and also a happy supportive family. Wish you success with your channel. Blessings.

[@chiupolini]

One reason why the hot pot in Chongqing is so popular is the climate. In summer Chongqing is not only hot, but extremely humid. I was there several times and on one occasion I felt I was in a steamer. What happened next was my girlfriend brought me to a hotpot shop and the chili and peppercorn made me sweat like hell after the meal. Miraculously when I walked out to the street again, I felt kind of cool. The stuffiness was all gone. You would love Chongqing hotpot in Chongqing, if not elsewhere.

[@vilester]

Great content! Everyone of your videos puts a smile on my face.

[@davidzeng1]

Great job for the video, I love how you made all subtitles with both Chinese and English, it lets me learn how to say some of the words I never knew how to say before, such as pig aorta (黄喉). Keep it up!!

[@happyface1985]

I like your videos, basically I watched them all. Short but straight to the point! By the way, Chong Qing is basin structure, we call it mountain city, it’s all circled by mountains, so its climate is very humidity. That’s why Chong Qing people likes to eat spicy numb hot pot to remove the humidity in their bodies. Glad you are in love with China. 谢谢你爱中国！谢谢你分享！加油！

[@BlondieinChina]

谢谢你的支持！and thanks for that info!

[@happyface1985]

Btw, your Chinese is very good, impressive! 大家都要学习你带着热情去学习和感受这个世界！你是正能量！

[@zeyuliu2321]

Another reason that why Chongqing people like hotpot very much is that, due to the geographic location of Chongqing, which is surrounded by a lot of mountains and rivers, the climate is very humid. People need hot and spicy food to release much sweat to feel better. Personally I come from a rather dry place in the north and my body did not feel good when I firstly arrived there, and I even had some allergic reactions on my skin. But once I started to eat hotpot and other spicy food as local Chongqing people do, I felt much better.

[@cutejoos]

You are a great vlogger! Very entertaining, funny and REAL!!!

[@benlandry5]

Omg! Your so charismatic, how do you not have 1 million views

[@BlondieinChina]

awww ben you made my day

[@MilagrosG974]

Ben Landry coz he is showing real face of China 🤪🤪 KZbin doesn’t recomedent the video which show something good about China!!! 😂😂

[@LY-bi6sv]

I heard the KZbin censorship center of Chinese content locates in Taiwan, I guess that explains everything. LOL.

[@luhe1407]

I will go back to Chongqing from the UK after about 20 days. I miss my hometown very badly after watching your video. But I really enjoy your style when you were filming. Good for you, Amy!

[@lauh32]

Chongqing looks so interesting! i want to visit and try hot pot someday ~

[@qinmartin6944]

When I feel sad or low, I come here to find your smile.

[@louiswu6300]

That why everyone should spread positive not negative. Bless you, tough time makes you stronger.

[@nanocarbonx]

Always love watching these videos. Keep up the good work!

[@BlondieinChina]

lightdemon23 thank you so much! Your comment made my day!!!

[@davids2925]

So much positivity in your videos, love it!

[@davidxiong4888]

OMG you're so brave. Even I cannot imagine the style of eating like you did. I would burn my mouth huh huh. I'm local but I always only order 微辣 too. Nice work! 巴实!

[@MPG-ub5ke]

Interestingly, as a converse to Chongqing, you'll find cuisine of Southern China especially Guangzhou region (Hong Kong etc) has very mild flavours because they generally had better access to fresh produce, by virtue of the tropical climate.

[@wongkengmun1103]

Cantonese cooking concept relies on the freshness of the ingredients to bring out it's natural flavours, hence it is a totally different style

[@fayefarese2781]

As always, I enjoy watching your videos. Keep up the excellent work! Very educational and informative...

[@光明的祈祷A]

北方火锅的酸菜，冻豆腐配上腐乳芝麻酱也很好吃😋

[@vrealzhou]

Ice milk is the best drink to reduce spicy feeling. You can order that next time.

[@TheKkpop1]

You have very good insight of people, history, language, foods, places & cultures of China than many overseas Chinese.

[@madj4542]

Omg, you putting the stomach back in the hotpot after 8 seconds was hilarious!

[@BlondieinChina]

I just couldn't believe it would be fully cooked in only 8 seconds! I definitely didn't want to get sick off my first cow stomach hahah

[@madj4542]

@@BlondieinChina I'm vegetarian, but even if I wasn't, I'd have dipped that thing back in there for a whole minute!!

[@cyc20976]

@@BlondieinChina I don't think the cow stomach is raw, its already pre cooked/steamed, just only need to warm it and let the spicy soup flavor it, thats why 8 seconds were enough.

[@于荣涛]

​@@cyc20976 I am sorry but you missed the point here. The stomach is raw, and it can be cooked really fast just like a few seconds. The longer time the cooking time, the worse the texture it has. S

[@dt8101]

@@BlondieinChina when you see Mao Du starts to curl, it is ready... Once it's over cooked, it is hard to bite.

[@jliang70]

I had an opportunity a few years ago trying a style of Sichuan hotpot and it is called clear soup hotpot. God !! It was as hot as anything I have tried. The soup base had no dry chilli, no visible chilli seeds, no peppercorn, not a trace of chilli oil.

[@lanzortiz3199]

I like how you put together all your videos, better than most youtuber.

[@josneuteboom9873]

Hey Amy, like your travelblogs very much. The city of Chengdu is also very welknown from their 'Sichuan Hotpot'. In fact the general name is called 'Sichuan Hotpot' also the Congqing varity. Keep on traveling

[@phyju5059]

Jos Neuteboom well ChongQing was the capital of sichuan, so theres no difference

[@robindeng1159]

@@phyju5059 Sorry, the information you know is wrong. Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan Province. Chongqing is an independent municipality and was separated from Sichuan Province in 1997.

[@RespectOthers1]

I definitely saw the familiar dedication and the usual good content in this interesting video. ''Excuse me, can we please have an additional table...it's for Amy's cold drinks, ice bucket, cooling fan and one or two fire extinguishers!'' :D

[@BlondieinChina]

hahahahah thank you!!! Yes, I need that extra table. My mouth was on FIRE for 3 days... although I found that water almost makes it worse... the only thing that seems to work is ice cream or milk, but being lactose intolerant, that is NOT a a good option for me haha

[@Sunteven]

下次记得点维怡豆奶

[@conorgilles81]

Just looking at that food set my colon on fire.

[@BlondieinChina]

bahahahhahhahah

[@yong-t7w]

Sure will, and you’ll have a very spicy morning the next day.

[@pengfu8608]

@NoPain NoGain Spicy stuff is additive and in a good way.....It is super interesting that it tricks your brain that you are in pain, thus releases dopamine and endorphin, which make us happy and decreases stress.

[@feifelix5626]

Hi you look so nice always smile,friendly,i love your videos,thank you for your sharing

[@BlondieinChina]

Thank you!

[@hao6247]

Awesome video, thanks Amy! Your video really shows the authentic taste of Chinese food and lifestyle. BTW, my favorite is “chuanchuan”, I love your explanation of the name.

[@zhenyuxu765]

You are so adorable Blondie! Just so enjoyable your videos ! Great works you have done!

[@lovebyciel9478]

for anyone that doesn't understand chinese, the top comment says, Sichuang Chongqing anorectal hospital are also well known.(you know when ppl eat too spicy stuff)

[@Suite_annamite]

@5:04: I speak Vietnamese, where the character "串" is rendered "xiên", but it designates not only "skewer" but also "fork".

[@tonyding8465]

cool. Vietnam was part of China.

[@karltian8074]

吃过潮汕鲜牛肉火锅吗？估计你会超喜欢

[@boydlu2443]

不喜欢

[@kkwg1990]

那个需要非常新鲜的黄牛肉才好吃，得找对店

[@chuyaochen1829]

@@kkwg1990 现在好吃的潮汕火锅用的都是内蒙古的牛。

[@zitao5991]

超爱！

[@da7da407]

i like

[@emshenwong9251]

this is my hometown, watching your video that always thinking of my home thank you so much introducing my home I will back

[@darrellwong4097]

That’s a great video Blondie! We’re going to find a Chongqing style restaurant in Auckland and try it..... thanks for great video! I’d love to try it in Chongqing itself!

[@mymalesecret]

Chongqing is such a great place. Spent the past year there and it was wonderful 💖

[@arcwang]

I love watching your vlogs. So informative and you always smiling. Hope you have more audience someday! Jaiyou! Fr Philippines.

[@ada_play_games8310]

其实火锅在每个地方都有他们特色。比如我就特别喜欢北京火锅，北京人一般称其为“老北京涮羊肉”，当然实际上几乎什么都能涮。 汤要清淡的多，一般就是扔进去个葱白，姜片，红枣之类的煮开了就行了。羊肉是老板手切的。锅一般是铜锅，导热好，锅中间有一个烟囱。 老北京涮肉还可以涮酸菜，配豆腐乳或者芝麻酱，很好吃。对于不擅长吃辣的人来说也更友好一些。

[@haitianlan9901]

Another explanation of the 9 sections is in early days customers may share the same pot on a table even they are not from the same group, so they use different sections

[@Lionheart732]

Love your energy and content!

[@BlondieinChina]

Thanks so much Willkin!

[@williamdeng1870]

You are one of best independent artist. Keep working hard!

[@hesh2892]

would love to find out all the ingredients in that soup. once i bought a jar of chinese mushroom pickle type. it was super delicious but too strong for my already strong indian taste !! yknow how spicy indian food is. anyway, i wrote to the manufacturer and told him to make it less strong ..but he wrote back saying it was good as it is 😊

[@billyDIDI]

Really good personality! Enjoy the video!

[@さくらら-f5h]

你好可爱，看的都想去重庆吃火锅了

[@BlondieinChina]

张华 太好吃了！

[@Ylihappy]

@@BlondieinChina 哇，中文好好👍

[@patroprabeen9]

I miss hot pot a lot.I love spicy hotpot having lotus stem,minced shrimp,fish balls & octopus meat balls.

[@haojiji8236]

尝尝山西南部的土火锅，西北应该都有，那种用木炭或者柴火做燃料的铸铁火锅有的是陶的，以前过年才能吃上，很多年过去了，念念不忘啊！

[@王大可-d8d]

旱火锅 不下菜的 一锅烩

[@max_dsouth9]

This is another great video! And I loved it when you said Chongqing hotpot is not your specialty hahaha

[@calvinj3586]

Currently studying in Chongqing, and yeah hotpot is a must here. I LOVE HOTPOT!!!

[@calvinj3586]

@NoPain NoGain For now it's not too hot nor too cold. But never expect to experience this type of weather here in summer(like June to September), the temperature will go up to 40 degrees celsius on some extremely hot days and make you feel like you're being burnt...... but it's fine cuz they have AC everywhere, just take your sunscreen and it'll be alright. XD

[@simranchawla6]

Amazing video yet again, Amy! ❤️😍 Do you think vegetarians can also enjoy hotpot or is it just good with meat? 🙈

[@BlondieinChina]

omg vegetarians can DEFINITELY enjoy hotpot. I should have showed a menu, because there are so many delicious vegetable options: mushrooms of all shapes and sizes, leafy greens, potato, yams, etc... as well as so many noodle and tofu options! Between you and me, I actually prefer to order vego when I do hotpot haha

[@simranchawla6]

@@BlondieinChina oh that sounds amazing! I have always been worried about vegetarian options in famous chinese dishes especially hotpot and I am so relieved now. Thank you so much, Amy! ❤️❤️❤️ You are doing an amazing amazing job 🤗😘

[@BlondieinChina]

@@simranchawla6 I guess the only thing you'd have to be worried about is the soup that might have traces of meat from other people who are dipping meat into it. But you can always get the hotpot that is split down the middle! Happy hotpot eating to you!

[@simranchawla6]

@@BlondieinChina oh alright. I will take care of that. Thank you for all the information ❤️

[@biubiubiubiuoh2230]

Simran Chawla One of the reasons why hot pot is great is because any food can be put into hot pot. We also have special vegetarian soup base. As for vegetarians coming to China, there is no need to worry about food at all, because China has more than 1000 years of experience in vegetarianism. It is highly recommended to try vegetarian restaurants. They can even make tofu taste like meat.

[@xiaolongli1898]

I love your video! so much energy.

[@fireflyhaze4938]

In the West, we really have largely stopped eating offal, except perhaps some liver dishes. My mother told me horror stories of being forced to eat tripe as a child and it made me very hesitant to try it... However, it seems like offal is still a big part of Chinese cuisine!

[@zhoubuzai]

同样是在国家最贫困的时候不得不吃的，在民众富裕起来后西方停止了吃内脏，东方的贫困时间更久，特别是大饥荒时期。之后而中国把这种习惯留存下来，形成一种文化。吃内脏最担忧的是奇怪的内脏气味，而中国有去掉气味的一系列方法。

[@huanghan6954]

我真的太喜欢你了！谢谢你带大家了解中国！！

[@abaacross2379]

For maodu(stomach),u should remember the word 七上八下.So one sec in hot pot and the next sec out.After 8 times u can taste a tender and well-cooked maodu.

[@wingcmdr]

Taking one for the cause, with all of that spice! Great video.

[@BlondieinChina]

omg my stomach literally took WEEKS to recover from those 3 days of eating haha. WORTH IT!

[@JunWisewar]

5 hotpots in 2 days? You're living in heaven haha Keep up with the good contents, 加油

[@huixinting8291]

I’m in Canada now, and the most thing I miss about is hotpot in China

[@sidundead13]

Love hotpot :) peppercorn is a bit fragrant also.

[@richardchew6474]

Nice vid and one of the better ones for sure ! Not been here for ages and your editing skills and content have improved a lot , well done ! Will you be staying in China for a few more years before settling back at Australia ? Great work and keep it up !

[@BlondieinChina]

Thanks Richard!! I'm not sure at this stage, just going with the flow and doing what makes me happy! which for now is making videos and travelling china :)

[@xueyanhu537]

作为一个湖北人，我能吃辣，但我确实不太能接受重庆火锅，因为火锅的辣味和麻味过于出色，以至于掩盖住了那些本身就具有出彩风味的食材的味道。大学毕业后，我在广东呆了五年，逐渐接受了那些以汤底作为食材风味陪衬的清汤火锅，中国不止只有重庆火锅，也应该尝试一下不同风味的其他火锅，他们不一定有重庆火锅有名，但同样出色，这就是中国的魅力！

[@davidxiong4888]

同感，我就是Amy另一个视频很辣到去买药那一集所在的南岸区的居民。我也觉得粤菜好吃，能用少量作料和制作做出那么好的味道，但在四川基本上就是两个极端，一种能吃粤菜的感受的(我和我爸),然后就是根本没兴趣吃（我们叫白味儿，就是感觉没得味道，比如我妈）。我家里婆婆爷爷都是湖北人，糯米圆子咸鱼烧肉也跟四川人做的圆子是不同的，湖北菜家里的长辈做出来感受也确实没有川菜那么直接。都是个个人口味问题吧。

[@sanderbrigadier1318]

Moving to China soon (if things get better with the virus) and Im definitely going to try chuan chuan.

[@ML-zq5nc]

Just discovered your channel and it is soooo good! Love your content!

[@colinliu11]

Beautiful lady and delicious food. Greeting from a Chinese in Canada.

[@BlondieinChina]

Greetings to the chinese in Canada! Thanks for watching my vids

[@derrickdu3104]

Thanks for introducing the most fantastic food in my hometown. Most of part I agree but I never heard that we have "Shenkou duck intestine".

[@hellocomrade9967]

牛肚的话 火锅水沸腾后建议还是十五秒哈哈哈八秒有点短对于我来说 我四川的

[@郭彦坤]

哈哈哈，不入味吗？放过这些不能吃辣的人吧

[@fujiying]

十五秒就煮老了，太硬不好吃了。还是七八秒脆的好吃。

[@Aaronschinaguide]

This is Chuan Chuan. Hot pot is without the wooden sticks. Tastes great though.

[@namelesswarrior4760]

So adventurous and funny! You're a true aussie!

[@ankitanandy6076]

There is no problem hotpot cannot solve... otherwise the second hotpot will... this statement was absolutely mindblowing

[@summmmmmable]

I didn’t realize she can speak so well in mandarin! God job

[@sikuok7001]

欣賞你 一個外國人能吃這麼多火鍋 太棒了

[@hannahz8030]

haha sichuan hotpot is also popular

[@qizhang5129]

试过麻辣香锅吗，就是炒的火锅，fried hotpot,

[@BlondieinChina]

我也试过！好好吃！也炒鸡辣

[@江湖百晓生-l5s]

Blondie in China 不要相信重庆人说的微辣

[@RichardvanderVeen]

I really want to go to Chongqing some time in the future and eat amazing hotpot there. Big fan of the ma la.

[@jasonchen4910]

Underrated and undersubscribed channel

[@jepolch]

I love spicy food and I really enjoyed this video. During the coronavirus lockdown I rediscovered cooking.

[@BlondieinChina]

Oooh yeah I've been cooking a lot in lockdown too!

[@henryr1367]

I miss eating hot pot. I lived in Chongqing for over 1 year. I miss the truly spicy food!

[@BlondieinChina]

It's so addictive! The more spice I eat, the more I want!

[@mred6227]

The proper term for it is not "stomach" but "tripe" even though it forms part of the stomach of the cow. Just like fish "maw" is often referred to as fish "stomach" but it's actual the swim bladder. Enjoy watching your enthusiasm for new experiences, keep it up.

[@yukeli1255]

By the way, here is a suggestion for ppl to have hotpot for first time: if you are not a chili guy(who like spicy food really), you can order some soy milk to relief the pain of spicy teate (brand like 维E)

[@Runningbowels]

China looks amazing. The food looks amazing.

[@calebrandolph7035]

I literally love ur channel

[@shawnkung1688]

looks happy and professional

[@flyerzy]

Indulge in the food there, but it is best not to eat too much, eating a lot of these spices is more harmful to the stomach. The winter climate in Sichuan Province is relatively humid and cold, so local people will eat hot pot to sweat and detoxify.

[@grey6320]

And now Im staying at Brisbane watching an Austrlian girl having my favorite hometown food then get jealous.....

[@jianxiaoshi6555]

LOL me too , but i am in Adelaide! Miss hometown!

[@kiyu414]

Same Feeling about struggling the spicy...... I think most people from guang tong area want and love the spicy taste but never can get over the struggling. I wish i am 四川人

[@wggwang]

另外，这片子提到重庆有名的火锅店，我可以明确的告诉各位外地朋友，重庆火锅店是以地理位置分的，每个区都有非常有名的火锅店，绝不纯在所谓重庆最有名这个事情，比如渝中区老的晓宇火锅，临江门洞子火锅，江北的大虎火锅，沙坪坝的大龙火锅等，另外那个串串，那个老板显然是为了宣传生意的需要，重庆人都知道串串和火锅不一样的，串串绝对不等于火锅，以前串串属于重庆人半夜吃夜宵才去的地方，和火锅有价格和口味上的差别，而现在因为前几年串串的盛行，造成很多外地人误解，其实本身串串和火锅在重庆人心里完全是不一样的存在。