A local chef learner smells the hotpot soup base during a special cooking course by Chinese chefs at the Wellington Institute of Technology in Wellington, New Zealand, May 13, 2019. /Xinhua Photo
"It is very, very hot," Leishman said. "I'd never tried any food so spicy before but I do love the taste of it. We learned a lot about curry cooking but the taste of spicy is different."
Preparing the food materials and seasonings for the hotpot, Chef Liu taught the learners to understand the way of having hotpot by putting everything together on one spoon.
