Samui Oyster Fondue

This fondue has nothing to do with Swiss fondues. This one necessitates cooking the ingredients in a steamboat – an Asian fondue set. Steamboats are round with a chimney or funnel in the centre surrounded by a deep ‘moat’. The pan is heated over a charcoal burner or gas fire. The heat rises up the chimney, the sides of which heat the moat containing the liquid or stock for cooking. The ingredients are dipped into the hot stock, using chopsticks or wire mesh baskets, until they are cooked. Y