Hot Pot

by Ingrid Ng

‘Hotpot’ follows a group of international students shopping for their hotpot night, while sharing their struggles of being homesick and how hotpot culture reminds them of home. Using the nature of hotpot (popular group activity to gather friends and family), they expressed that the process of preparing for hotpot and enjoying it as a way of coping with their homesickness and loneliness being miles away from home.

Ingrid (Squiddy) is a Year 3 Media & Comms student from Hong Kong, they are also one of the editors of GoldDust magazine. They are passionate about storytelling through visuals and food, therefore alongside their crew (Aseel, Peijia and Ziyu) they have decided to create a short documentary about hotpot culture in the UK.

Ingrid can be found on Instagram at @tfei.ng.

from the Editor

Hot pot holds a very special place in my heart, and I would like to thank Ingrid for bringing back the cosy memories through this documentary short. Not only is it a delectable feast, it is a yummy affair that brings people together.

Judith Toh