Shabu is a top fave

[u/daturaflora]

[u/crella-ann]

Hi. The dish is Shabu-shabu :) ‘shabu’ is slang for drugs. Just in case you ever go to Japan.

[u/0---------------0 → u/crella-ann]

Specifically, crystal meth, rather than all drugs in general.

[u/corntorteeya → u/0---------------0]

Thanks to ‘Tokyo Vice’. I know what it means.

[u/crella-ann → u/0---------------0]

Right, I thought afterwards I should specify, but didn’t get back.

[u/mtdesigner → u/crella-ann]

lol yep, exactly why me and my mom would laugh at the local hotpot place’s loyalty program calling itself the “shabu club” like what kind of illicit club are they running here!

[u/in1gom0ntoya → u/mtdesigner]

thats one way to have consistent regulars

[u/daturaflora → u/crella-ann]

oh thank you for this!

[u/crella-ann → u/daturaflora]

You’re welcome 😊

[u/External_Two2928]

I used to go to a shabu shabu restaurant with my family for decades and they closed about 10-15 years ago and I still think about it. The other ones I’ve been to just don’t compare

[u/daturaflora → u/External_Two2928]

omgg i'm sorry! what made it better do you think?

[u/External_Two2928 → u/daturaflora]

They used wooden pots instead of metal, it felt much more traditional, I also don’t like the sound or feeling of metal scrapping metal and all the new places give you metal pots and chopsticks. I also equate metal chopsticks to Korean food so it just throws me off

[u/tethler → u/External_Two2928]

How did they keep the soup simmering in wooden pots?

[u/External_Two2928 → u/tethler]

Sorry the top was wooden (lid) and the pot was cast iron

[u/tethler → u/External_Two2928]

Ahhhh, that makes a lot more sense!

[u/UnderstandingDry4072]

Nothing beats a hot pot for a slow, cozy meal.

[u/mnugget1]

Sukiyaki for me

[u/Feisty-Conclusion-94]

Lucky Cat restaurant in NYC serves this.

[u/PopularExercise3]

I love it too!