Friday 28 June 2013

Xiao Fei Yang Retaurant or Little Fat Sheep (International City, Dubai)

Feel like sharing? Then head over to Xiao Fei Yang.in International City (Cluster B/Chinese Cluster). The concept of the restaurant is different from any I have seen in a long time. If you go on a weekend the place is quite busy so I suggest you either go early or go late. The first thing you will see is a big pot on every table, or most tables, and people all happily dipping their food into it. Now don't be nervous and ask the waitress to find you a table. Each person gets a small bowl and a pair of chopsticks (you can ask for forks too).

So here how it goes - you can choose any item from the menu and they bring it to you raw and you basically dump it into a big pot of hot broth which continues to boil right in front of you. There are a few tables where you can have your personal hot pot. If you are feeling selfish by all means go for those. The broth comes in spicy and non spicy (go for the spicy!). The pots are divided in half so you can have spicy on one side and non spicy on the other. The menu includes items like noodles, mushrooms, fish balls, variety of leafy vegetables, chicken and beef strips, crab sticks etc.

Each item that you pick can be shared between 2-3 people. After you have placed your order, head over to the sauce section where you can mix and create your own sauces. The sauces include - chilli sauce,  peanut sauce, soy sauce with garlic, satay sauce, chilli oil and some others which I cannot recollect. Then there are bowls of crushed garlic, crushed peanuts, coriander etc which you can add to the sauces. Feel free try all their sauces, they are unlimited.

Oh and try the plum juice, it's yummy. The whole affair can get messy so be prepared! Do visit this place, if you are feeling bored of your usual hang outs.

Have a good weekend!