Where did you get the hot pot seasoning? I've never seen it, even at like H Mart (I also wasn't looking so?)
I actually did get it from H Mart! I actually only found it by accident bc the H Mart I go to doesn't have a specific aisle for it. Instead, along the meat/seafood section they have a bunch of display freezers (i.e. the freezers that don't have doors to open) side by side and in between them there's a shelf that they usually stack with like canned drinks and snacks and also a bunch of hot pot seasoning bases. Again I don't remember which brand I got but visually it looked very similar to the Hao Ren Jia Spicy Hot Pot Base. There are a bunch of other brands too though like the Zhoujunji Spicy Hot Pot Base and they all have slight variations you can look through! Fair warning though since it is a soup base it is super concentrated so if you're using it as a marinade or for frying anything in it a little goes a reallyyyyyyyy long way. It can be really intense esp with all the whole/crushed sichuan peppercorns and dried whole chilis.

