Chinese hotpot is one of the greatest meals you can ever have. Basically you have a large boiling pot in front of you (sometimes shared, sometimes individual), and you boil various meats, veggies, seafood etc., then dip them in your tasting tray. This one my wife and I tried in Yanjiao, a suburb of Beijing, and it specializes in seafood.
Here's the pot.
The tea bag has some spices in it.
The hot pot catered to your personal taste via the dipping bowl, where you grab lots of spices and dip whatever you take out of the pot in it.
This place had a lot of live seafood.
Mmmm... so delicious!
I don't know what they are...
Soft-shelled turtles.
Lobsters!
Meat often comes in thin slices so it can cook quickly.
Shrimp are always whole in China it seams.
They cook and turn red!
Ahh so delicious!
Garlic is always a must on the mussels. They don't go in the hotpot, but that's alright!
Basically you have a heater that continually boils a soup (water, some seasonings, maybe a pidan, etc.). You can also add some hot spices to the water, if you like it southern-spicy Chinese style.
It's common for Chinese to drink beer at lunch too.
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