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a spread of freshly sliced meat, seafood and veggies surround a bubbling pot of chilli broth

a china bowl topped with noodles, spring onion, coriander and chilli oil surrounded by shredded potato salad and woodear.

"But now if we look at the city, even just hotpot, just southern hotpot, there's different flavours of hotpot."

woman with shoulder length black hair smiles outside a restaurant with wooden decor and seating.

a plastic case displaying seven mounds of dried noodles with thinnest on the top left and thickest on the bottom right

"Leek and coriander grow very well in cold weather and brings out the flavour of the broth,"
Ms Gan said.

roasted lamb pieces with spices skewered on a blue and white china plate.

woman with short hair, turquise foral jacket, flips pages of book smiling. flowers in the foreground.

"There's not too many Chinese who can exist too long without their own food,"
she said.
A pencil drawing by Charles Lyall shows Chinese miners in 1854.

woman with shoulder length hair and pink top smiles against green and blue graphic background.

"Being a miner is bloody hard, so you're more likely to survive if you get better nutrition."

collage of chinese restaurant front windows with diners at dinner tables.

four photos showing steaming dumplings, fresh fried veggies, noodles

"Food is home, especially in a country that doesn't follow the Chinese calendar in terms of Lunar New Year or mid-autumn festival,"
she said.

glass window of diners seated around a steaming hotpot cooking their meal

"Ten years ago, there were only two or three hotpot restaurants here,"
he said.

bill murray sits opposite scarlett johansson at a table from movie lost in translation

man with black short hair, glasses, and black shirt sitting. red background with gold and silver decor and mirrors behind.

eight metal tubs of condiments like coriander, garlic, chilli with placards make up the dipping sauce station.

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