Mongolia

Country #4 (Mongolia)
HuHot (Mongolian)
College and Olive, Fort Collins
www.huhot.com

Charlie and Rachelle: All you can eat Khan’s buffet

HuHot is our favorite place to eat. We go there at least once a week. It’s a great place, really. You go up to the food line, fill one or two bowls with various meats (chicken, beef, pork, tilapia, lamb, krab, etc), noodles, veggies, fruits, etc. Then, the defining feature is their sauces that coat the food.

	Samurai Teriyaki™ • a mild, slightly sweet traditional Asian favorite made with soy sauce, sugar, sherry and sesame oil
	Not-So-Sweet & Sour™ • our version of sweet & sour; a flavorful yet mild combination of tomato sauce, vinegar, sugar and spices
	Khan’s Favorite™ • our house sauce; an excellent complement to any other sauce; a mild blend of soy sauce, rice wine, garlic and spices
	Feed the Hordes Hoisin™ • a distinctive, slightly sweet sauce made with soy sauce, soybeans, vinegar and garlic
	Black Thai Peanut™ • our most popular sauce: a creamy blend of peanuts, coconut milk, mild chilies and fresh lime juice
	Burn-Your-Village Barbeque™ • subtle BBQ flavors with traditional Asian ingredients like soy sauce and chili garlic sauce
	Mean Bean Garlic Sauce™ • a moderately spicy black bean and chili sauce; other ingredients include soy sauce, garlic and ginger
	Bekter’s Ginger™ • a zippy mix of ginger, sherry, soy sauce and chilies lightly sweetened; if you like ginger, you’ll love this sauce!
	Yellow Belly Curry™ • yellow curry, coconut milk and chilies; one ladle of this sauce is a great complement to any sauce combination
	Mongol Mustard™ • a flavorful sauce with some kick; ingredients include mustard, lemon, sesame and Asian spices.
	Five Village Fire Szechuan™ • a spicy chili sauce with soy and tomato sauces, garlic, rice vinegar and more chilies!
	Kung Pao…Yow!™ • our hottest sauce! soy sauce, garlic chili sauce, sesame oil, more chilies and did we mention chilies?!

And sauces so you can create your own:

• Garlic Chili sauce
• Garlic Broth
• Sweet Chili Sauce
• Soy Sauce
• Sherry
• Ginger Broth
• Hot Chili Oil
• Garlic Oil
• Lemon Juice
• Sesame Oil
• Jalapeno Juice
• Lime Juice

Today, Rachelle started off with her usual… chicken, beef, celery, carrots, onions, broccoli, pineapple, sugar snap peas, cilantro, and bamboo with one ladle of the Thai Peanut sauce, three ladles of her favorite, Yellow Curry, two ladles of Kung Pow Yow!, a ladle of lime juice, and a little bit of garlic broth.

Charlie started off with barbecue… Mongolian barbeque?  I discovered barbecue at HuHot!  The meat and veggies that go into the barbecue plate can vary.  I usually go for beef and sausage (that’s good BBQ to me), plus mushrooms, spinach, and any other veggies that look good.  The sauces make the meal:  3 ladles of Burn Your Village Barbecue, 2 ladles of Kung Pow Yow!, soy sauce, garlic broth, and garlic chili sauce.  I like to look at the ingredients of the house sauces I’m using, and then use the basic sauces to supplement the taste.

After waiting a long time, the three cooks take your bowls of food and dump them on a humongous grill, where they cook it right in front of you, along with a bunch of other meals. They have a good time back there, throwing spatulas around and spraying water on everything.

We finally get our food, put some shredded coconut on our plates, and then retreat to our table, where we ate our food entirely with chopsticks! We mixed some rice in, and also had some tortillas to make wraps with our food.

When we were standing in line, we overheard someone say that they were from Mongolia, and the food selection is pretty close to what they have there in Mongolia.

For round two, we both decided to go hot. Rachelle got the same meats and veggies, and then put 5 ladles of Kung Pow Yow! on it, as well as one ladle of the Yellow Curry for good measure. Charlie tried the Five Village Fire Szechuan.  A very different taste–warmer, moister than the dry heat of the Kung Pow Yow.

Rachelle made hers so hot even she could barely eat it. Eventually, her mouth went numb and she could continue.

Afterward, we each got a fortune cookie, and then went home where Rachelle fell into a HuHot coma.

The sauces are trademarks of HuHot Mongolian Grills LLC.