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Tainan Little Chili Braised Snacks – Lamb Hot Pot


A street vendor scoops steaming fish balls from a large boiling pot at a night market… — photo by PattayaPatrol, accompanying poem "Tainan Little Chili Braised Snacks - Lamb Hot Pot"
Photo: PattayaPatrol · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Many shops on Datong Road,
braised snacks also have lamb hot pot.
Eighty dollars a serving, not too pricey,
the prices are quite decent.

In winter, small hot pots are trendy,
seen everywhere, too many to mention.
I've tried dozens of places,
but still many left untasted.

Fish cake, cabbage, frozen tofu,
common ingredients, no fuss.
The broth isn't too bad,
mostly acceptable.

Patting my full belly,
I ponder a score.
Not the best, but above average,
I'd give it seventy-six.