CRAZY SPICY Chinese HOT POT at Hai Di Lao on Nanjing Road | Shanghai, China

Back in April of 2019, I took my second trip to the country of China. I headed to Shanghai to do a one-day job with an awesome company and built a three-city itinerary around it to give me ten whole days to explore! I hit up Shanghai as well as the cities of Suzhou and Hangzhou. I can’t wait to share my latest Chinese adventures with you!
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After arriving in Shanghai earlier in the day, I headed out on my first evening with my friend Nea to eat some spicy Szechwan hot pot on Nanjing Road, the most famous road in the city. Come along with us on our fiery Chinese food adventure!
We arrived at Hai Di Lao, which is next to the metro exit. It’s on the fifth floor of a huge shopping mall. I thought the restaurant looked packed, but Nea didn’t think so!
We had an hour-long wait ahead of us, so we sat in their waiting area and had some sour plum juice and popcorn while we waited. The popcorn was really good and reminded me of cereal. I also ordered a strong Chinese amber lager. It was really good and only 10 yen, so around $1.40 U.S.
We waited about 15 minutes and were taken to our booth. You can order up to four different dishes, which cook over the grill set into your table. They even gave me an apron. We chose our hot pot soups from the menu since this branch didn’t have a buffet. There are lots of meat options including beef, pork, lamb, and more. I was so excited!
Our soups and meats came, along with lots of veggies. We still had noodles coming, too. Each soup had a different level of spice. I couldn’t wait to try them all. The meats cook in only two minutes!
I went for a spicy one, which wasn’t too spicy. Next was the crazy spicy one, which was super hot. My tongue felt like it exploded! Then I tried some mushrooms, which almost felt like tofu. It was so good! There were so many different flavors to choose from with the different meats, vegetables, and soups. The lightest one had no spice, while the hottest was like an inferno!
The tomato one was also spicy. I tried some delicious lamb and more mushrooms, which I loved. Then I tried the beef, which was super tender, and more spicy sauce. But now everything was spicy!
The mini cabbage was a little hot with a tomato base. Then I went with crunchy mushrooms with the least spicy sauce, as well as fermented bamboo. The tomato one was the spiciest! It was so hot! It makes your lips tingle!
The spice was so intense, I had to go back for some more beer!
Then we watched the noodle master pull noodles right in front of us. He whipped them around in huge arcs and yet they never touched the floor! It was so cool! They take two minutes to cook.
Then it was time to try the noodles! They were so hot, so I had to let them cool off a bit. The tomato base absorbed into the noodles and made it taste so good!
I avoided the ultimate spice and went for some meat and veggies in the rest of the sauces. It was super delicious and a little fatty. The best thing about hot pot is the way everything absorbs the sauce. And the best thing is, it only cost about $50 U.S.
After overeating, Nea and I headed back out onto Nanjing Road to explore this amazing pedestrian street. There are massive shopping malls, lots of skyscrapers, and restaurants. I even spotted a display for Avengers: Endgame that featured Lego faces and a huge Thanos statue with his sword!
The lights were slowly turning off as I explored the area after Nea headed off, but I’d see her again the next day. The language barrier here is real, so I suggest hiring a guide or finding an English-speaking friend when you come to China.
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CRAZY SPICY Chinese HOT POT at Hai Di Lao on Nanjing Road | Shanghai, China
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[@Davidsbeenhere]

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[@yadavparivaar_]

Hiii

[@DonutsReview]

WOAH man....2min for what? Those thin meats go in for about 2-4 seconds depending if it's beef or lamb. Did you guys really leave them in there for 2 min? LOL

[@weizhang2834]

The first time I ate haidilao around 3am in Beijing in 2003 . In that time not so much expensive like 5dollor/ per person and every student can afford it

[@marcoobando9112]

Another classic by David

[@randomchina6982]

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[@xuantingchen2506]

Dude, you should get some sauce!!! I'm getting nearly brain-damaged watching you eating stuff directly from the pot LOL.

[@user-ct4mu7jj5p]

hahaha 😂

[@jplin68]

Xuanting Chen True. Help to cool down the food and taste better.

[@yugong2902]

吃火锅，不带蘸料，真是一个没有灵魂的家伙！

[@p_eppermint]

Do you have a recommended mix?

[@xuantingchen2506]

@@p_eppermint For a spicy pot, sesame oil + mashed garlic will be superior. You can also add cilantro or scallion as you wish. For non-spicy ones, my preference is seafood sauce + peanut sauce + little bit sesame oil + chilli oil + cilantro/scallion.

[@bounce1721]

You forgot to mix your own dipping sauces from the sauce bar. There are like a dozen to choose from. Do try it next time!

[@user-cv5dq8tb4g]

THE CATALYST 不应该呀 海底捞员工竟然没提醒去拿火锅酱料 ，有火锅酱料才好吃

[@randomchina6982]

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[@nihaonea]

Thank you for the lovely meal! Wow everyone is saying we forgot to get the sauce buffet 😅 Definitely won't forget the sauce next time 😅

[@yuhao8905]

😂😂😂

[@kamerykofficial]

It’s crazy coming back watching this & seeing how much you’ve built your spice tolerance! I love rewatching your videos & your journey growing as a foodie! ☺️

[@carmenarian]

Yummmm that looked so delicious. Your videos put me in the feeling that I'm there and enjoying it all as well. Fun travels always 💫

[@TheHokkaidogaijin]

What a beautiful modern city with a rich culture. This series is going to be Amazing!

[@randomchina6982]

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[@mounikachandrasekhar2589]

Just loved to see Shangai

[@bokzdantv3360]

Mouth watering the food look so yummy so clean everything is perfect david

[@bipanchychoudhury1906]

Hii David 😁.....I'll say dat u r a lucky or I can say a fortunate person who travelled not onli d world but also tasted and showed us the various types of food that are totally beyond imagination for some people to think of 👌👌....u r always my favvv, as I say always in d comment box 🤪...love frm 🇮🇳

[@randomchina6982]

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[@LukeDamant]

Ahh bro that spice looks lethal! I am trying to adjust to the food here in INDIA 🇮🇳 and it is very hard! Spicey foods just don’t work well for me! 😂👍

[@Davidsbeenhere]

jajaja yea this is numbing :)

[@binaskichtenj8726]

Beautiful guide

[@fireraccoon6398]

WONDERFUL place!!! Such great hot pot

[@no1ycxie]

the fruit and cold dishes in the sauce area is free. There are more than 20 kinds of sauces (garlic, soil sauce etc) in the sauce area. It is better to dip the food in the mixed sauce.

[@dahunzkharsyntiew1612]

Looks delicious david😋 love your vlogs as always, love from Meghalaya😃

[@randomchina6982]

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[@aquariuscaesar2858]

David, you should dip the meat in the soup for 30 seconds and can enjoy it. No more than 30 seconds, it'll be tough. You should dip the boiled meat in the hotpot dipping sauce to get the full experience of hotpot.

[@Davidsbeenhere]

thanks for the tip! I will keep that in mind for next time :)

[@yanglu9555]

Caesar, you beat me to it, I was going to tell him the same thing. But eating hot pot suppose to be hot, spicy, and numbing that's the experience. But the best way to cool the spicy taste for people is to ask for some rice.

[@badass8175]

As a Chinese I would like to say: you are a hot pot master.

[@p_eppermint]

Can you recommend what to put in the dipping sauce?

[@satanshameer690]

Actually you have to make a sauce from selected ingredients for dipping the cooked items

[@randomchina6982]

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[@randomchina6982]

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[@MillennialTravelConfessions]

Ahhh we loved our hot pot in Shanghai! This brings back good memories 😍

[@Davidsbeenhere]

the best!

[@randomchina6982]

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[@atulhyd]

Wow! I was there in April too. Stayed at Nanjing Road. What a wonderful place!

[@randomchina6982]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXarZ4SpnLB7Z5o China HotPot types

[@tinanana1003]

David,i try this Hot Pot,Hai Di Lao in K.l,the food soo delicious.Newly opened in KL 2,thanks 4 sharing.👍👍

[@dewi9235]

Seems delicious!

[@xberttraveler2032]

Haidilao is awesome. I always go there. I also love xiabu xiabu.

[@hagongda123]

too expensive

[@wcw23085]

Your videos are amazing bro

[@elizabeth16598ee]

I didnt see you had clear braces on before .Best way to go on those. Food is amazing and so good. Beef is so tender and yummy.. Awesome experience :) ♥

[@hqiu6828]

You two are probably the only table that eat hot pot without dipping sauce! LMFAO!

[@paopaowell]

this video made me hungry man

[@maniacyro5167]

Cooking the meat in hotpot for 2 minutes is blasphemous. For me personally more than 10 seconds the meat is uneatable.

[@rajibozahentertainment]

I saw a new design restaurant. I even can't imagine about that. 😂

[@sungsyotto]

If you plan to go to Hai Di Lao again, you should get the dipping sauces which usually are displayed near the entrance. They have a variety of flavors and sauces that you can DIY and pick as many as you want based on your own preference. It can help reduce the spiciness and add additional flavor to the food.

[@randomchina6982]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXarZ4SpnLB7Z5o China HotPot types

[@CS-bl2sz]

Yammy~!

[@armandorodz6927]

:-) LOL every soup was hot! you had to eat everything spicy...you guys!... solved with a beer!

[@ericliume]

You totally missed the sauce bar. You need to make a bowl or two of sauces for yourself. Then after boiling the mean or vegi, you can dip them in the savory sauce you made.

[@rog9278]

Great video! But I think it's important for people to know this: Please don't put the meat in the boiling hotpot for more than 30 seconds (actually I would say 20 seconds is sufficient)... unless you are making some sort of jerky. This applies to all the thinly sliced hotpot meat dishes.

[@jayavardhanguntupalli8912]

Big fan..

[@dangweinie7041]

In my opinion,chinese food is really good

[@DonJ1973]

Fun video. Nea seems cool. But, you should have recorded her speaking Mandarin. I like Nanjing Road. It's a fun place to hang out and there's so many. I mean so many options for food. That hot pot looks killer.

[@bearcd5313]

We Chinese dip the boiled lamb into sauce. The restaurant offer a lot of sause you can chose.

[@sagonk7355]

可能外国人不知道酱的重要性吧，有些餐馆调味碟也要收费的

[@gardini100]

China sure are on a boost , must say it looks fantastic

[@jiataofan5227]

You need to get some sauce man! It would cool down the food a little bit and make it more tasty! Or it may burn your mouth hahaha like your video!

[@neskhalifafbb]

Wow didn't know you did a haidilao review

[@bhagavatulasumana]

I love China, ppl are very hardworking👍

[@anilb619]

Shanghai is so futuristic it reminds me of Tokyo :)

[@Davidsbeenhere]

yes it is :)

[@kenyup5424]

I wish it did,however Japan is better than China TBH

[@user-rt3jp1dc1k]

Welcome to China, but please don't steal China's 5G technology, artificial intelligence and big data technology! Davidsbeenhere

[@zeflute4586]

@@user-rt3jp1dc1k As a Chinese I wanna say: don't be a drama queen!

[@atomwong]

@@user-rt3jp1dc1k 你是傻逼吗？

[@junxiaosi1280]

Your friend in Shanghai is so beautiful.

[@user-pn7ni6cc6q]

Haha, you forgot the sauces. There are free fruits and Liangcai, something like Chinese salad too. Don’t forget the sauces next time, they are so delicious.

[@debjyotidutta6287]

every genuine travel vloggers who does good job has some signature it is travelling contents may be lil more or less but concentrates on it and always has those times of epic series of one or more series ,,,,,,,,,,,

[@michyan82]

Is it me or did you guys forget to make your own hot pot sauce to dip the food in? that's the best part!

[@ravik007ggn]

I did that the first time I went to Haidilao. Big mistake. I had a Sichuanese guy in front of me and he was eating like it was nothing.

[@y0ngl1n97]

hotpot so good

[@AsifTML2]

David giving shout out to his Dad... 😉👍

[@zongmianli9072]

Thanks for sharing your great experience in China! --- from a chinese stomach missing Sichuan food in the West.

[@qyan88]

The dip sauce is the key. Will be much better with it

[@cityexplorerultra7027]

Hi David, thank you for the video. What month is this? it look like it is cold weather? I am going to Shanghai in July this month, I wonder what is the temperature look like now?

[@alex19790822]

It would be hot in July, probably like 35-40 C. hope it helps

[@TiffanyDing]

this place is a fun chain hot pot! i've been to the one in taiwan... they have some in the us too! you should go to taiwan btw!!! if you're ever there let me know!!! but ahhh!!! not too spicy, just mala! hope you eat a lot of mala food in china!!! you should go to sichuan places!

[@jeetgogoi3280]

i m ur big fan😘

[@JohnSmith-nl5gv]

There are Hai Di Lao restaurants in California too.

[@hullopillow4853]

If you mixed up the spicy soup with the tomato-based one ?

[@rickjac6909]

You missed the best part. You could mix your own dipping sauce and that's their selling point. Those are free. Go try it next time~

[@doleydoley3499]

Love from assam

[@lilywang3221]

hotpot is the best🤪

[@zichuanwang6669]

haidilao，yeah

[@AllenYang-zf9qk]

Dancing noodles is so crazy even I’m Chinese

[@phengov943]

No NZ beef, aussie beef okay too. Non spicy version, usually eat hot pot at home is much cheaper 😃

[@AussieAngeS]

Omg $1.40 for a beer? Wow you could get drunk with a 10 of those for sure, what a great restaurant, I know that Chinese people usually have very spicy hot pots and I wouldn’t be able to handle the chillies they use in their dishes. Everything looks amazing though 😍

[@yeshikayeptho4375]

It's the same price in India too

[@pranjalbarman489]

1000th view..

[@hrishikeshboro3481]

Hey David.. Is there any chance that we'll be seeing pandas in your vlogs?? 😁😁😁 I kinda want to see them in your videos. Plus did you go to the country side? How's the rural lifestyle of China🤔🤔

[@daniellxia]

I think this is a food channel so probably you don't want to see panda here 😜

[@yryanq]

i thought u were supposed to use dipping sauce which is a kind of sesame or peanut paste to make the food less hot and more flavorful

[@hc2294]

真香

[@josephinedar4525]

David, when will you be going back to India?? Have enjoyed your times in India so much.

[@leeneeloo3739]

David, how would you describe the spicy hotness between India and here? I'm curious how india's spiciness was beareable but not shanghai.

[@Davidsbeenhere]

this is more numbing that is hotter :)

[@winter0317]

没有味碟也吃的这么开心

[@funianluo6883]

必备芝麻酱

[@gyin9098]

Global harbor is the biggest mall in Shanghai, you can visit it.

[@junwu3373]

Hi di Lao is famous of their services, anything you ask they will do for you, because they have a team for design all services for guests. As I know, free manicure, snacks and drinks, games etc. some services I used: glass cleaning, cell phone cleaning, shoes cleaning

[@lobsangdorjee7578]

David please try Sichuan Dan Dan Noodles.. Chengdu is place to explores Chinese food

[@waukipauki]

Hello David does the restaurant have also the menu in english

[@haroonaziz4809]

Chines currency is Yuan not Yen

[@AllenYang-zf9qk]

haroon aziz actually Yuan is same with Yen ,they are same Chinese character just pronunciation is different.

[@danisfong8497]

海底捞服务员也不提醒一下老外搞个蘸碟什么。看着好心疼，浪费一顿火锅。😀

[@zeyunxu8762]

哈哈，我还以为本来就没有蘸料

[@dekechemist]

the spicy stain around David's mouth amused me so much lol

[@randomchina6982]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXarZ4SpnLB7Z5o China HotPot types

[@kotnakerry3819]

NEA is cute.

[@dearcoolz]

Where is the dipping source?

[@phengov943]

Add the spice in the dipping sauce only that is the way I like it.

[@Davidsbeenhere]

yes sir :)

[@phengov943]

@@Davidsbeenhere no its okay to eat your way as you had flavoured soup, I have hot pot at home just using boiling water so need to dip it for some extra flavour. Not used to spicy hot not, but cambodian version we use satay soup mix for the spicy soup hot pot.

[@angelsaxena2453]

Girl is very pretty 💓

[@kwyuiii]

Hot pot omgg

[@EscapistIndian]

Good food good

[@KCWeng-pl1lc]

David if you are open to experiences we can go enjoy some night life at KTVs and see the other magnificent side of Shanghai. Wonder how it would come out in your vlog. :D

[@StarsAroundTheMoon]

I can't comprehend ppl eating hotpot without sauce >.

[@HK.01988]

Please show us some Oz food!!

[@GameLover-cm5nx]

Jo man Mai Aya utha ke kha liya😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Fibroadenoma2]

Aww the meats are only take about 5-10 seconds!! Except chicken and pork, those are about 20-half a minute

[@user-gt5gz6hk9d]

为什么没有蘸酱料呀?

[@Lofimusic7005]

I'm missing they way u used to say oh!!! Ohhh!!! It's spicy ummmm!!! The tomato chatni is so good, chapati, puri, sabzi, smashed potato curry 🤣 Come to India again and explore more foods and places.

[@ramnath9598]

China tai bo mar india ni sy

[@rishishankarr3917]

Spooky thumbnail. Here's David......

[@khangnick77]

You need your side sauces David........

[@DonJ1973]

It's too bad that Collin, from Collin Abroadcast, doesn't live in China anymore. You two would have been a hoot doing a team-up video for Shanghai and China.

[@wendymudkins668]

Hi David big fan watch all your videos I like that you don't do just the food you take the time to visit shrines and wildlife parks thankyou for the journies to places I can't go to hi from the uk

[@kas2388]

damnn broo his friend is really beautiful

[@user-ew2hn8zv1r]

没点料，干吃，我真是服了。

[@rohanmaharana]

Hey David. Which one's better kingfisher strong or haidilao.. 😂??

[@Davidsbeenhere]

Kingfisher :)

[@yeshikayeptho4375]

@@Davidsbeenhere oh yeah

[@rogerhan2566]

where is your hotpot sauce~~？Blend your own hotpot sauce which is necessary experience

[@user-lu1ex1gv8e]

沾些芝麻酱会更好吃

[@junwu3373]

Where is your sauce for dipping?haha

[@user-hv8fw1hb1n]

To be honest, I salivated.