Standout restaurants in the main hotpot categories:
Trendy
Megan's Kitchen, 5/F Lucky Centre, 165-171 Wan Chai Rd, Wan Chai, tel: 1866 8305 A culture-crossing range of colour, texture and flavours. The 16 broths on offer range from the traditional to the quirky and extravagant, including English oxtail soup, Sichuan super hot chilli and escargot soup, and a tom yum kung cappuccino broth that looks and tastes like its Thai and Italian namesakes.
East-meets-West
Hotpot Instinct, G/F, 52 Tang Lung St, Causeway Bay, tel: 2573 2844. Try a range of East-meets-West hotpot options, albeit less colourful than those at Megan's. Featured items include thick, hand-cut slices of tender beef, black truffle squid balls, shrimp balls stuffed with a gooey, buttery cheese, and live prawns getting tipsy in a glass of wine. Featured broths such as the golden seafood soup come with large helping of clams, shrimp, tiny abalone and crab.
Traditional Cantonese
Budaoweng Hotpot Cuisine, 23/F, iSquare, 63 Nathan Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui, tel: 2152 1166; Shop 1101, 11/F Times Square, Causeway Bay, tel: 3102 9363
