The hotpot is quite popular in Beijing ,especially in cold winter ,the Mongolian hotpot is mainly made with mutton and beef,but now apart from lamb and veal ,chicken,fish or prawn ,in fact ,everything can be used in the pot,and there are also some vegetables,bean-noodles,mushrooms,Chinese cabbages and bean-curd together with the hotpot, ou put them in to the boiling water in the hotpot by youself ,so people also call it do it youself style ,the sauce is prepared personally by the diner ,you may want hot,sweet or salty selection,the traditional food toaccompany the hotpot is sesame pancake or noodles,now Sichuan style spicy hotpot is also very popular in Beijing .