When the days are cold, China turns to hot pot for warmth and comfort. Hot pot restaurants are plentiful and are filled with family and friends cooking meat and vegetables over a simmering pot of stock. A memorable experience. Their tasty broths and variety of ingredients keep people coming back.

Since Pizza Hut wants to draw customers the way hot pot places do they came up with an ingenious idea, Hot Pot Pizza. Do you see how the cheesy crust forms the pot and the shrimp is the meat floating in the broth? Small side dishes echo appetizers served alongside the main dish.

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Brilliant idea Pizza Hut but I’m going for the real thing. A sizzling pizza can’t compare with the warmth of sitting around a table, sliding fish balls and tofu into steaming stock, in the company of friends.

The cold days have been plentiful so I’m meeting a friend tonight, for hot pot.