[babichunki]

I'm just wondering if any of you ever had Japanese hot pot?
Recently I went to eat at this Japanese restaurant in Chinatown Boston, called Shabu-Zen
It was really delicious !

here is some pics








^mix it yourself sauce..really really good



^the meats are thinly slice

[Smileforjessie]

whats the difference between this and a chinese hot pot?

[babichunki]

seriously, I don't know....but its yummy

[shronie_x3]

haha whoaaa i used to eat there all the time. now i go to the new one that opened in allston lol.. i think its like the same restaurant.

i love it :]

[BoAFriend]

The main difference is that Chinese hot pot usually has "mah lah" (really spicy), while Japanese hot pot is not spicy at all.

I LOVE IT, though. Mainly the Chinese "mah lah" hot pot - bombbbbbbb. Only downside is that your clothes will smell really bad afterwards, but what the heck.

[Tonyc402]

Yeah , i was gunna say that it looks a lot like Chinese hotpot.

[1xviet]

That beefs looks sooo good.. and fatty lol. Is is Kobe beef?

[LaydeeMel]

It looks the same as a Chinese hot pot if you ask me, though there are never any interesting places like that to eat here with, Looks good though makes me hungry. D:

[babichunki]

That beefs looks sooo good.. and fatty lol. Is is Kobe beef?

at some places they use kobe beef, but that would be expensive
oh yea you know how it's splitted in half, one side is really spicy and the other is mild
my friends and I killed the spicy side first

talking about this makes me want to go eat there again!

[tkfkdgo_]

ooo i actually had this just now haha.
i love it :]
except my parents kinda koreanized it, lmao.
we just use beef and lotsa veggies, no seafood.

[babichunki]

they serve us kimchi hehe

[Ce'nedra]

It does look alot like Chinese hot-pot but I suppose the main difference is that the broth for shabu shabu is made of dashi, which is traditionally Japanese.
I believe the sauce used to dip the meats, etc is also different from the Chinese version.

But what the hell, they're both SO good!
I do prefer sukiyaki to shabu shabu though (well...no...depends on my mood).

[BayByOjaH]

I ate that food when I was in Korea~
It's so yummy!!!

[loversixteen]

I've seen people eat it in dramas but actually never get to try it. It looks good especially with the meat and the salmon. and i was just wondering, what do they put as for the soup base? Is it the same as like those chinese hot pot where we just put chicken broth?

[KCfan_1314]

OMO. it looks good, and neat hahahs. All
soo tidy and stuff.
but what's the difference between the chinese and japanese one ?
It looks the same to me XD hahahs. <3
love them both though.

[givmeyourcookie]

Hot pot is yummy. period. xD
Shabu Shabu...reminds me of that commercial about...
the mother asking the kid if he did any drugs(x
(commercial is about home drug testing)

[saraluv7]

Didn't Korea start to serve Shabu-Shabu (Japanese style) like one of their specialties around the year 2006?
It wasn't really well-known before that -correct me if I'm wrong- but now if you visit our home country you'll see
they are embracing all different kinds of food from around the world. G's... koreans are hella talented at cooking.
No wonder most are in the food business. The only thing is compared to 분식/common 한식 dishes, this costs ten
times more... lol

[izawa]

Haha this is chinese hot pot
and since its located in chinatown...
theres another kind of Japanese hot pot, i forgot what its called
but its suppose to have everything in the pot beforehand
not like this

[joongified.]

Yass..
I love Shabu Shabu.
One of the only things I eat in Hot Pot,,

[cherry@palace]

yum yum...its been a long time since i've had shabu shabu but damn did it taste nice when i ate it last. Just looking at those pics are making me hungry for it, and its displayed so nicely...i actually like shabu shabu more than chinese hot pot actually.