beef hot pot – it looks delicious, but it needs work. While the beef is thinly sliced and looks amazing in the picture, the broth is water based. By water based, I mean it’s just there to keep the ingrediants warm. You’re supposed to scoop out the meat and veggies and dip it in a separate vinegar sauce. Not what I had imagined for hot pot. If the vinegar sauce had been less acidic, it might have worked better. As it was, we took most of it home to add some dashi to the broth.