Originally Posted by
wco81
Thing I remember about HK is those ads for this big bowl of some kind of stew with all manner of seafood.
Those things were around $100 each. Forget the name.
They are called 盆菜 which means food in a basin(large bowl).
It is a trend from village festivities where the whole family eat at the same table with one large basin of all the food (except steamed rice in it in the middle.