lẩu

Gia đình tôi cùng nhau ăn lẩu vào tối thứ sáu.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Hot pot: A Vietnamese communal dish where a simmering pot of seasoned broth is placed at the center of the dining table. Raw, thinly sliced ingredients (such as meat, seafood, vegetables, and noodles) are placed into the pot to cook briefly before being eaten.
   • Hot pot cooker / stove: The portable cooking apparatus, typically a metal pot set over a small flame (like a fondue set or tabletop stove), used to prepare and serve the hot pot meal.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Tối nay chúng ta ăn lẩu Thái nhé. (Let's have Thai hot pot tonight.)
  • Nhà hàng này phục vụ lẩu hải sản rất ngon. (This restaurant serves a very delicious seafood hot pot.)
  • Mẹ tôi mua một cái lẩu điện mới. (My mother bought a new electric hot pot cooker.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "lẩu" can specify the style or main ingredient of the hot pot when combined with another word.
  • lẩu Thái: Thai-style hot pot, often with a tom yum or coconut milk broth.
  • lẩu bò: beef hot pot.
  • lẩu gà: chicken hot pot.

Variants and Related Words

• Nồi lẩu (n): Literally "hot pot pot"; refers specifically to the cooking vessel or the complete set.
  • Nồi lẩu này có hai ngăn. (This hot pot has two compartments.)

Synonyms

• Hot pot: The general English term for this style of interactive, communal cooking and eating.
• Steamboat: A term used in some Southeast Asian countries for a similar concept.
• Fondue: While different in cuisine (using oil or cheese), it shares the communal, cook-at-the-table aspect.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Đi ăn lẩu: To go eat hot pot.

  • Cuối tuần này đi ăn lẩu không? (Shall we go eat hot pot this weekend?)

• Nhúng lẩu: To dip (ingredients) into the hot pot. This verb describes the action of cooking the raw food in the broth.

  • Nhúng bò vào lẩu chín rất nhanh. (Dipping beef into the hot pot cooks it very quickly.)