TELL anyone you are going for a hotpot dinner on a hot summer night and they will probably think you should be committed to a psychiatric ward.
With the Cantonese preference for more bland foods, hotpot dishes are understandably not popular with many Hong Kong Chinese unless it is winter.
The Chinese tend to equate hotpots with 'heaty' food, the kind that makes you break out in spots and gives you sore throats. But being foolhardy types, my friends surprisingly outvoted me and opted for hotpot at the Sun Hung Cheung Hing Peking Restaurant on Kimberley Road.
Having already tried the usual Beijing cuisine at the restaurant before - and loved the chicken wonton soup - I decided to throw caution to the wind and give my face a good steam.
Sun Hung Cheung Hing has been around for awhile and has proven popular with locals and the odd savvy tourist.
It may have started out as elegant but the years have turned it slightly shabby. The restaurant, a walk-up to the second and third floors, is easy to miss.