Shabu Shabu Lunch

Yesterday we went for lunch at a Shabu Shabu restaurant near Suseo station, exit #1. Shabu shabu is a style of meal where you get a plate of raw meat and vegetables and you put them in a heated bowl of broth in front of you to cook. This is popular in Japan, too, but it originated in China.

This is the place setting. When we sat down, we had kimchi (upper left), seaweed (middle), squid (right), with a bowl of dipping sauce which is like Japanese ponzu sauce, with a slice of lemon, chopped green onions, and some powdered red pepper.


This is the plate of raw vegetables. There were five types of mushrooms, a slice of pumpkin, a few dumplings, a bit of fungus, and various types of leafy vegetables, including cabbage. There was also a bit of a jelly like substance, but I don't remember what it was called, or what it was made out of.


This is the beef, which is very thinly sliced. You take one piece at a time, and put it in the boiling broth, and swish it around for a few minutes. It cooks very quickly. Then you dip it in the dipping sauce and enjoy.


This is the first batch of goodies put in the broth to cook.