"Hip Hot in Monterey Park specializes in melding seafood from Cantonese cuisine with traditional Sichuan spicy and numbing flavors. The most popular dishes at the restaurant all involve spicy seafood. There’s the spicy crab pot, Dungeness crab, and squid with pickled chile among other dishes. The fresh Dungeness crab is stir-fried with loads of red chiles and Sichuan peppercorns and tossed with rice cakes, potatoes, and vegetables. Although there are some traditional dishes on the menu like mapo tofu or spicy dry pots that have a kick to them, chef Tiantian Qiu is willing to make her dishes even spicier upon request." - Kristie Hang