Hot Pot: Hundreds of years ago , the Mongolian horse men were fighting around north China in the exemely cold winter time.When they stopped to cook their meal during the day,it happened that the mutton they brought along become so frozen and was impressible to be cooked in a limited time. A clever soldier tried to cut the meat carefully into very thin pieces by his sword, and then boiled a helmet of water and cooked those lamb pieces in seconda all followed his example to cook their meal quickly while marching. Later, a kind of charcoal-heated boiling pot had been invented to serve this special Mongolian food, and it became very popular soon in Beijing city. Now it is considered as an ideal party meal for family or friends' gothering to warm up in chilly winter time .Mongolian hot pot is regarded as one of the three Beijing delicacies, as famous as Peking duck.