Eat Hotpot Together Also Tio Corona! Huat Ah!

[AhΜeng]

Coronavirus: Nine members of Hong Kong family feared infected after sharing hotpot meal

A medical worker in protective gear waiting to take the temperature of visitors at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Hong Kong on Feb 4, 2020.PHOTO: AFP
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HONG KONG (AFP) - Nine members of a Hong Kong family are feared to be infected with the coronavirus after sharing a hotpot meal, officials said on Sunday (Feb 9).
Two members of the family - a 24-year-old man and his grandmother, who is in her 90s - are confirmed to have the virus, while seven more have returned preliminarily positive results for the disease, health authorities said.

Two more relatives are waiting for their results.

Officials said the family was part of a gathering of 19 who shared a hotpot meal over the Lunar New Year holiday at the end of January.

A hotpot - also known as a steamboat - is a bubbling cauldron of stock shared communally, to which diners add ingredients.

First found in the city of Wuhan in central China last December, the coronavirus has infected more than 36,000 people on the mainland and at least 29 in Hong Kong.

More than 800 people have died on the mainland, and one death has been reported in Hong Kong.

The semi-autonomous city began enforcing a 14-day quarantine period on Saturday (Feb 8) for all people arriving from mainland China, in a fresh bid to curb the spread of the virus.

The city's health minister said on Sunday that around 470 people have so far been ordered to stay at home, in hotel rooms or at a government quarantine camp since the policy took effect.

 

[AhΜeng]

Hai Di Lao soon to go bankrupt! Song Song gao Jurong! Huat Ah!

 

[laksaboy]

Swinging the noodles like this probably increased the chances of virus contamination.

 

[AhΜeng]

Swinging the noodles like this probably increased the chances of virus contamination.

Hot Pot so hot and boiling, Corona can also survive ah?

 

[Semaj2357]

Hot Pot so hot and boiling, Corona can also survive ah?

of course - the blardy noodles will swirl and twirl the virus around

 

[Valium]

 

[eatshitndie]

Hot Pot so hot and boiling, Corona can also survive ah?

not in boiling water lah. but can be passed around on plates, utensils, chopsticks, raw meat, vege, talking, spitting, sneezing, coughing, kissing, touch, scratch, sharing of toilets, etc.

 

[winnipegjets]

Hongkee hotpot very unhygienic. They use personal chopsticks to pick up the food from the soup. So, everyone is sharing their whatever with everybody. Yikes!

 

[eatshitndie]

Hongkee hotpot very unhygienic. They use personal chopsticks to pick up the food from the soup. So, everyone is sharing their whatever with everybody. Yikes!

same in taiwan, tiongcock, and sinkapore too. tiongs and chinks all over the world are crass, inconsiderate, unhygienic, selfish and filthy.

 

[winnipegjets]

same in taiwan, tiongcock, and sinkapore too. tiongs and chinks all over the world are crass, inconsiderate, unhygienic, selfish and filthy.

Sinkee is different. We use ladle and net to put the items in our individual bowls. We are better than the Ah Tiongs lah.

 

[eatshitndie]

Sinkee is different. We use ladle and net to put the items in our individual bowls. We are better than the Ah Tiongs lah.

aiyah! no diff lah. in fact worse. sinkies pretend to use net scoop but insert their chopsticks into the net to loosen the meat while still in the soup. and sinkies don't use "pubic" chopsticks per plate of meat, seafood and veggie to avoid cross-contamination among plates. they use their own "private" chopsticks to pick up meat, seafood, and veggie from any plate, and stick them into their own net in the soup to "cook" their chopsticks so as to cook away raw stains on them. yucks!

 

[Confuseous]

Swinging the noodles like this probably increased the chances of virus contamination.

And this, my dear, how you go round catching all the loose virus lurking around ;-}

 

[Hypocrite-The]

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Beloved steamboat falls victim to Covid-19 fears
By AFP
February 12, 2020 @ 11:04am
HONG KONG: Hotpot - also known as steamboat - has become the latest casualty of the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak after ten members of a family in Hong Kong became infected after sharing the dish, a much loved favourite during winter.

Comprised of a vat of soup at the centre of a table, hotpot is a deeply communal dish.

Those enjoying it dip a variety of meats, seafood and vegetables into the bubbling broth which becomes more intense as the meal progresses.

But health experts have sounded warnings after a cluster of coronavirus cases were discovered in one Hong Kong family who all shared a hotpot with a carrier from mainland China over the Lunar New Year holiday.

As the tenth positive case was confirmed within the family on Monday, stocks for large hotpot companies with restaurants in Hong Kong and mainland China plunged.

Xiabuxiabu closed down 7.1 per cent, Haidilao ended 4.8 lower while Yihai International, which makes seasonings and sauces for hot pot, dropped 2.7 per cent.

In Hong Kong, major restaurant chains including Fairwood, Cafe de Coral, Yoshinoya and Maxim’s announced they were temporarily pulling hotpot from their menus.

Maxim’s also confirmed that two of the infected family members from the hotpot cluster worked in two of their branches, which would be closed for disinfecting.

Haidilao, China’s largest hotpot chain, has already closed all its branches on the mainland, where the virus outbreak has killed more than 1,100 people.


In this photo taken on February 11, 2020, Sam Wong (right), who owns 66 Hotpot, a family-run restaurant in the bustling district of Mongkok, takes the temperature of a member of staff outside his restaurant in Hong Kong. - AFP
It said it would not close its Hong Kong branches but would start checking the temperatures of patrons.

Sam Wong, who owns 66 Hotpot, a family-run restaurant in the bustling district of Mongkok, said some 20 customers have cancelled bookings since the news of the family cluster emerged.

“I don’t think the focus should be placed specifically on hotpot considering the habit among Chinese people of communally sharing food,” Wong, 39, told AFP.

“But given hotpot is part of this cluster infection case, our business can’t help but be affected,” he added.

Wong said he was conducting thermometer checks on all customers, had placed disinfectant soaked floor mats at his restaurant entrance and was replacing reusable chopsticks with disposable ones.


In this photo taken on February 11, 2020, a group of friends share a laugh as they eat together at 66 Hotpot, a family-run restaurant in the bustling district of Mongkok in Hong Kong. - AFP
Emily Mok, a flight attendant, came to Wong’s restaurant before it opened on Monday evening and ordered a hotpot for take-away.

“My boyfriend and I will have hotpot at home because we don’t want to consume it in a restaurant, where we don’t know who is sitting next to us,” she said.

Even before this year’s health crisis, Hong Kong’s catering industry had been battered by months of political unrest as Hong Kongers push for greater democratic freedoms and police accountability.

In the last quarter of 2019, when the protests were at their most violent, the catering industry suffered a 14 per cent drop compared to the same period last year, according to government figures.

Retail, tourism, and entertainment industries have been similarly hit.

Wong’s restaurant had weathered the unrest because he was a well-known pro-democracy supporter.

With protesters keen to support the businesses, Wong said he almost always had queues outside.

“Now you can simply walk in,” he lamented.” - AFP

 

[nightsafari]

aiyah! no diff lah. in fact worse. sinkies pretend to use net scoop but insert their chopsticks into the net to loosen the meat while still in the soup. and sinkies don't use "pubic" chopsticks per plate of meat, seafood and veggie to avoid cross-contamination among plates. they use their own "private" chopsticks to pick up meat, seafood, and veggie from any plate, and stick them into their own net in the soup to "cook" their chopsticks so as to cook away raw stains on them. yucks!

I gather that you are not a fan of hotpot...

 

[nayr69sg]

Good opportunity to buy those stocks.

 

[eatshitndie]

I gather that you are not a fan of hotpot...

i treat my friends to hotpot every now and then during winter. but i’m sextremely prepared and organized. everyone has hisher own burner and pot. everyone is provided hisher plates of meat, veggie, tofu, seafood. all raw food plates cum with tongs in order for diner to keep tongs away from cooked food. there are “pubic” chopsticks for community use and “private” chopsticks for personal use. same with scoops and ladles.

 

[nightsafari]

i treat my friends to hotpot every now and then during winter. but i’m sextremely prepared and organized. everyone has hisher own burner and pot. everyone is provided hisher plates of meat, veggie, tofu, seafood. all raw food plates cum with tongs in order for diner to keep tongs away from cooked food. there are “pubic” chopsticks for community use and “private” chopsticks for personal use. same with scoops and ladles.

american and/or hygiene conscious style hotpot!

 

[syed putra]

Hongkee hotpot very unhygienic. They use personal chopsticks to pick up the food from the soup. So, everyone is sharing their whatever with everybody. Yikes!

Its stinking chinese culture. Even their women kiss more like licking the tongue with tongue. Yucks!

 

[laksaboy]

Some hotpots are more fun than others.