Chinatown’s Best Kept Secret – Nan Hotpot
Traditional Chinese hotpot experience with a modern twist. Located in Chinatown London, Nan Hotpot is a modern Chinese restaurant with vintage-style interior, wooden benches, and antique signs offering Sichuan-style hotpots and modern, creative desserts.
Hotpot
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Nan Hotpot takes pride on their authentic Chinese hotpot dining experience and its insane shaved ice desserts that are the best in town.
If you’re new to hotpot experience, hotpot is a huge bubbling pot with two or three different broths of your choice and a lot of raw ingredients that you cook for yourself.
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You can choose from a long list of ingredients, including vegetables, thinly sliced meat, seafood, noodles, mushrooms, tofu, egg and even skewers.
It’s a very interactive and fun experience and you can cook your ingredients as long as you wish, so they will be exactly how you like them.
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We ordered the trio soup: tomato, mushroom and Guizhou which is an aromatic hot-and-sour soup base.
We chose a variety of ingredients from meat to seafood to vegetable, including double chilli tender chicken, crab sticks, black fungus, Enoki mushroom, gong choi, lotus slices, tong-ho and meatballs.
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We also tried the Oolong milk tea which was five-star!
Unlimited Dipping Sauces
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Your hotpot comes with unlimited access to the dipping station where you can pick and mix any sauces you wish. Simply, grab a dipping bowl and start mixing.
If you need inspiration, a chart helps you what to mix to get the most satisfying result. Once your mix is ready, bring it to your table and dip your bites into it or pour it on the top of your noodles.
Our go to sauces are sesame paste, garlic, and soy sauce.
Viral Dessers
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Make sure you leave room for dessert because Nan Hotpot’s viral shaved ice dessert is the best (and the TALLEST) in town.
There are over 10 different flavours to choose from, customisable and they even contain popping boba, biscuits and jelly!
The Mango Royale Snowflake Ice was heavenly delicious.
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We also ordered the Taro & Ube Ice Mountain. It came with extra Taro sauce and there were lots of sweet crunchy bits, popping boba and jelly inside. It’s a HUGE sharing dessert, so make sure you leave room for it.
Nan Hotpot is the only one in Chinatown open till 3am. Perfect spot after a night out with friends.
Practical Info
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Address
Na Hotpot | 1 Leicester Pl, London WC2H 7BP
(Nearest stations are Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus)
Opening Times
Mon – Sat: 12pm – 3am
Sun: 12pm – 11pm
Booking
Book a table here
Ready for your next adventure? Now that you’ve visited a modern Chinese restaurant, how about travelling back in time to the 8th-century China. Dragon Inn Club is just a stone-throw away from Victoria station and it invites its visitors to a journey to the Silk Road.