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Some like it hot: Eating spicy in China’s WWII shelters

**HOLD FOR CHINA DROUGHT WWII SHELTERS**A hotpot broth loaded with chili peppers bubbles on a table at a hotpot restaurant located in a converted WWII-era air raid shelter in southwestern China's Chongqing Municipality, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. The city of Chongqing, dubbed one of China's four "furnace" cities, is known for both soaring temperatures and spicy cuisine - notably its hotpot, a peppery bubbling tabletop broth into which diners dunk bite-size pieces of food to cook and eat. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **HOLD FOR CHINA DROUGHT WWII SHELTERS**Customers eat hotpot in a hotpot restaurant located in a converted WWII-era air raid shelter in southwestern China's Chongqing Municipality, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. The city of Chongqing, dubbed one of China's four "furnace" cities, is known for both soaring temperatures and spicy cuisine - notably its hotpot, a peppery bubbling tabletop broth into which diners dunk bite-size pieces of food to cook and eat. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) Customers eat hotpot in a hotpot restaurant located in a converted WWII-era air raid shelter in southwestern China's Chongqing Municipality, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. The city of Chongqing, dubbed one of China's four "furnace" cities, is known for both soaring temperatures and spicy cuisine - notably its hotpot, a peppery bubbling tabletop broth into which diners dunk bite-size pieces of food to cook and eat. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) A worker walks past a mural of fighter planes at the entrance of a hotpot restaurant located in a converted WWII-era air raid shelter in southwestern China's Chongqing Municipality, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. The city of Chongqing, dubbed one of China's four "furnace" cities, is known for both soaring temperatures and spicy cuisine - notably its hotpot, a peppery bubbling tabletop broth into which diners dunk bite-size pieces of food to cook and eat. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) Customers eat hotpot in a hotpot restaurant located in a converted WWII-era air raid shelter in southwestern China's Chongqing Municipality, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. The city of Chongqing, dubbed one of China's four "furnace" cities, is known for both soaring temperatures and spicy cuisine - notably its hotpot, a peppery bubbling tabletop broth into which diners dunk bite-size pieces of food to cook and eat. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) Customers eat hotpot in a hotpot restaurant located in a converted WWII-era air raid shelter in southwestern China's Chongqing Municipality, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. The city of Chongqing, dubbed one of China's four "furnace" cities, is known for both soaring temperatures and spicy cuisine - notably its hotpot, a peppery bubbling tabletop broth into which diners dunk bite-size pieces of food to cook and eat. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Some like it hot: Eating spicy in China’s WWII shelters