08-20-2023 Harford Magazine - Flipbook - Page 14
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BY JASON FONTELIEU Harford Magazine
To create a hot pot bowl, customers select from a variety of broths and meats and seafood like lobster tail. PHOTOS BY KENNETH K. LAM
Super bowl
Try endless combinations at build-your-own Huo Guo hot pot restaurant in Bel Air
At Huo Guo, Bel Air’s newest hot pot restaurant, customers can
try endless combinations of food to build their own hot pot, a Chinese soup-based meal.
Huo Guo, which means “hot pot” in Chinese, is an all-you-can-eat
restaurant where you can build and cook your own meal.
Henry Lin, Huo Guo’s owner, launched the eatery in March
because he saw a need to fill a void among restaurants in Harford
County.
“I say we are the first hot pot in this area,” Lin said.
Tables have individual burners at each seat so customers can control cooking temperatures. Laminated mats are provided to guide
people how long to cook various menu items.
To create a hot pot bowl, customers first choose a broth such as
a spicy Szechuan, tomato soup or porkbone soup, among others.
Then, customers have free rein to pick what to put in their bowls.
There are the selection of meats — which include sliced pork, sliced
chicken and Szechuan beef. And the seafood — including oysters,
lobster tail and squid. There’s also a wide array of vegetables and
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A menu of suggested cooking times is provided to diners at Huo Guo
in Bel Air.
