Hi, my name is Jia. In 1982, five months after I was born, my mother He Yongzhi opened Little Swan, a tiny hotpot restaurant that struggled to fit three tables. The venture marked the beginning of the widespread proliferation of "Yuan Yang" mala hotpot, an invention of hers that would become an iconic staple of Sichuan cuisine and cement her legacy as the "Queen of Hotpot". My birthplace, Chongqing, is a bustling city rich with the boldest Sichuan flavors, boisterous personalities, and robust aromatic spices, the essence of which I hope to capture, package, and share with the rest of the world.