Interactive Japanese food!
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Shabu-Zen does not specialize in sushi or teriyaki, like most Japanese restaurants. Instead, Shabu-Zen focuses on shabu-shabu, which is a style of Japanese cooking that involves you personally cooking your food in a pot of broth. You can pick from seafood, beef, veggies, etc. Your meal comes with a vegetable platter (that you also cook in the boiling broth) and dessert (an Asian bean dessert). The two problems with Shabu-Zen are 1)
you are usually seated right next to other people and 2) the steam from the boiling broth can be distracting and overwhelming for a calm, relaxed meal. However, shabu-shabu is fun, healthy, and inexpensive! Shabu-Zen also has a variety of Asian sakes and beers.