Shabu Shabu
Last night my friend Mari-chan treated me to my first Shabu Shabu experience. We met in Tochigi-shi, at the same restaurant where we dined on Teppanyaki together. Shabu Shabu is basically like fondue, done in water. We were given thinly slices veggies and beef which we dipped with our chopsticks until they were cooked. Then we topped them with green onions and
/or garlic and dipped them in a soy-vinegar sauce or a miso-seasame sauce. Oishi!After the Shabu Shabu, the assistant prepared two simple, but delicious, soups from the broth we had created: one was just a broth with finely chopped leeks, the other was more spicy and had udon noodles in it. Finally, because we weren't already stuffed to the brim, the assistant made a fabulous rice dish by adding cooked rice, beaten egg and finely chooped leeks to the remaining broth. A sticky, fragrant, soupy rice concoction was the result.
It was so great to catch up with Mari-chan, who, with Shigeru, will be visiting us in Germany next August!! Thanks so much for the fabulously authentic Japanese experience!
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