User talk:Martin.G.Goh

I've reverted your food-related addition to Steamboat, since that subject is already covered under Steamboat (food).
Sorry to have to revert some of your first Wikipedia contributions, but the Steamboat article is strictly about the ship type, not about unrelated topics which share the same name. Readers who want those topics will use the "for other uses" link at the top to look them up. (Steamboat (food) is among the articles listed on the Steamboat (disambiguation) page reached from that link.) I've altered that "other uses" section slightly to make the intended subject of the Steamboat article clearer.

See WP:PRIMARYTOPIC for more discussion on how this is usually handled on Wikipedia.

For reference, I've included your addition here:


 * "Steam-boat" is also another name for "hot pot" that is exceptionally popular in many Asian communities. The Chinese call it "Huo Guo" (literally translated as "Fire Pot"). The Japanese call it "Shabu-Shabu". The Indonesians call it "Sabu" (same as pronounciation as the Japanese "Shabu"). The Thais call it "Suki" (from the infamous Japanese dish "Sukiyaki").


 * The origin of "Steam-Boat" is often contested between the Chinese and the Japanese. The Northern Chinese claimed to be the first to introduce the "Steam-Boat" and the Japanese claimed likewise. The concept, however, is similar in the way the Asian communities consummes "steam-boat". The few key components that are common are:


 * 1) A Pot of Broth (mainly popular traditional broths with herbs and/or spices)
 * 2) An Variety of Dishes (Meat, seafood, vegetables, etc.)
 * 3) A community gathering around the pot to self-cook and share the dishes.

It looks like most of that is covered in the Steamboat (food) article, but that article doesn't mention the question of who invented it first or its usage in Indonesia. Feel free to contribute there if you like. (I see you've already made contributions to Hot pot.)

--Colin Douglas Howell (talk) 18:30, 31 August 2009 (UTC)