Mushrooms are an indispensable delicacy in Yunnan, and hot pot with wild edible mushrooms is a very popular way of eating. This restaurant is famous for mushroom hot pot. There are dozens of mushrooms provided, each weighing about 4 taels, and they are placed on plates in the refrigerator for diners to choose from. In addition to the more exposed mushrooms such as matsutake, chicken mushroom, and bamboo fungus, the rest are all unknown, such as old man's head, goose egg mushroom, yellow head, coral mushroom, etc. The price of mushrooms ranges from dozens to hundreds. We ordered a portion of matsutake, 168 yuan; delicious porcini, 58 yuan; and grain-ripened mushrooms, 58 yuan. From June to September every year is the rainy season in Yunnan, and it is also the season when wild mushrooms are on the market in large quantities. Now in October, I don’t know whether the mushrooms I eat are fresh or frozen. The soup base chose a native chicken pot. After the stew was boiled, the waiter poured all the mushrooms into the pot. And repeatedly emphasized: it must be cooked on high heat for 15 minutes before eating, otherwise the toxins of some mushrooms will not be completely eliminated, and during this period, chopsticks cannot enter the pot to avoid being contaminated with toxins.
Before the mushrooms were put into the pot, I rushed to get a bowl of chicken soup to drink, which was particularly delicious and rich. When the waiter said that it was time to eat, I scooped a bowl of mushroom chicken soup and tasted it slowly. I felt that the freshness of the mushroom soup was several degrees higher, and the aroma was not as strong as chicken soup. Personally, I still prefer pure chicken soup with a strong meaty aroma.
Mushrooms and chicken need to be eaten with dipping sauce. There is a self-service seasoning area, but the waiter will send the dipping sauce they prepared and emphasize that they are the best match for mushrooms.
Scoop up a full bowl of chicken pieces and mushroom slices, roll them in the dipping sauce one by one and put them into your mouth. The mushrooms and chicken are both fragrant, tender and soft, and people eat them heartily and praise them endlessly. Matsutake has a smooth and elastic texture; porcini is relatively thick and has a meaty aroma when stewed; the cooked mushrooms are the most tender, and the skin feels a bit sticky when you first put it in your mouth, but the more you chew, the smoother and more delicious it tastes.