{"id":2297,"date":"2013-02-21T08:47:07","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T13:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/?p=2297"},"modified":"2013-02-21T08:50:21","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T13:50:21","slug":"hot-spot-hot-spot-hot-pot-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/hot-spot-hot-spot-hot-pot-restaurant\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Spot (Hot Spot Hot Pot Restaurant)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hot Spot<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eatdrinkhotspot.com\/\">web site<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?&#038;q=3232+Old+Pickett+Road,+Fairfax,+VA\">3232 Old Pickett Road, Fairfax, VA<\/a>, 703-537-0325 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wmata.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Metro Trip Planner<\/a> &#8211; opens in new window)  [<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/105825485993571993756\/\">Google<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donrockwell.com\/index.php?\/topic\/18756-hot-spot-pan-asian-hot-pot-in-the-old-temel-space-3232-old-pickett-road-in-fairfax\/\">Don Rockwell<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/hot-spot-fairfax\">Yelp<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SPzo3ZXm1wU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>This is Chinese food, exactly the kind of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hot_pot\">hot pot<\/a> meal which has grown so popular in China itself.  But note it is run and (mostly) patronized by Koreans.  Fear not, the quality is excellent and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tinyurbankitchen.com\/2009\/12\/mala-spicy-and-numbing-broth-for.html\">ma la spicy broth<\/a> is as good and as authentic as you could expect.  $22.95 for all you can eat is a bargain because the execution on ingredients is strong.  The place fills up early, so make sure you have a reservation, and also make sure you have at least 90 minutes to actually spend over the meal itself.  <strong>Recommended.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eatdrinkhotspot.com\/\">web site<\/a>: &#8220;Hot Spot is our mixture of Chinese hot pot and Japanese <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shabu-shabu\">Shabu-Shabu<\/a> with a Korean Flair. We can unofficially refer to it as &#8216;Asian-style fondue.'&#8221; <\/p>\n<h3 class='related_post_title'>Related Posts:<\/h3><ul class='related_post'><li><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hot Spot, web site, 3232 Old Pickett Road, Fairfax, VA, 703-537-0325 (Metro Trip Planner &#8211; opens in new window) [Google | Don Rockwell | Yelp] This is Chinese food, exactly the kind of hot pot meal which has grown so &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/hot-spot-hot-spot-hot-pot-restaurant\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,14,12,3],"tags":[696,695,700,699,698,697],"class_list":["post-2297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese","category-fairfax","category-the-best","category-virginia","tag-asian-style-fondue","tag-hot-spot","tag-hot-spot-hot-pot-restaurant","tag-ma-la-broth","tag-mala-broth","tag-shabu-shabu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2297"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2302,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2297\/revisions\/2302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}