Full disclosure: I didn’t know what hot pot cooking was when I stepped into Kungfu Hotpot in Salt Lake City.
We could have been visitors to a restaurant in Los Angeles, or even Sichuan, China, judging from the online reviews written in Chinese and the nearly exclusively Chinese clientele during our two visits.
While we were admittedly clueless — and no doubt looked the part — on separate occasions, servers graciously explained the menu and what to do with the many platters of food that would soon arrive. They even composed dipping sauces they thought we might like.