In this tale of friendship, love, and authenticity, four university friends reunite at a hot pot restaurant after the pandemic, reminiscing about their past while navigating the realities of their diverging life paths. Warm, inquisitive and rooted in East Asian perspectives, Hot Pot serves up a night of conversation that explores gay identity with honesty and nuance, questioning what it means to belong to a place, society, partner, and one's true self amidst a queer-unfriendly environment.