Thursday, June 14, 2012

Another Shabu Session

It was a year ago when I first discovered shabu-shabu here in Abu Dhabi.  I even promised to sample the other resto in the next few days, unfortunately I was not able to fulfill it.

But the other night, we finally got the chance to sample the "other" shabu-shabu in town.  I'm sorry to say but I didn't get the name of the restaurant.  Because its in Chinese character.  My Chinese knowledge is limited to numbers and a few bad words (courtesy of my Chinese lessons way back in elementary days, oh but the bad words i learned it in high school, just so we're clear.)

Anyhoo, the location of the restaurant is a bit seedy.  It is at the top of Philippine House Restaurant in Najda St.  A door that leads inside has two non-working escalators, so you have to climb up manually.  Once at the mezannine floor turn left and another left, you'll see a door with bead curtains and blinking lights in Chinese characters.  Since its the only restaurant on that floor, we hesistantly went inside.  Once you get pass the cashier's counter, you'll see a buffet table.  Table is not for the food, it is actually for the condiments and sauces you create for your own hot pot. 


 
We were ushered to a table near the glass window with small Chinese lanterns hanging overhead.  I will give this restaurant an A for ambiance.  It sure does feel like I'm inside an Asian restaurant.  So were given this A3 size sheet which serves as the menu.  The waiter explained that there single serving hot pots and there is also the big one that can cater to 2-3 person.  We chose the medium size with one basic soup and one spicy soup.  An electric induction stove.  While our soup simmers, our ordered ingredients arrived, we had chicken, beef, frozed fried tofu, chicken balls, crab sticks, chinese cabbage, bok choy, carrots, potato and cauliflower.  Plus noodles and rice, we started dunking the ingredients. and stirred while it is being cooked.




What I love about this shabu-shabu is the sauce and dips that you can mix and match.  We were not able to finish off everything.  So we had it packed to take home.  All in all, the dinner was pretty filling and lip smacking the chili was enough to keep my lips burning for an hour.  We are definitely coming back and will be trying the single hot pot instead of the big one.  Total dinner damage was AED 164.00. Stiff? Oh yes!  But we were able to bring home some stuff and the dinner was super filling. *burp* 



15 comments:

  1. we've been meaning to try a shabu shabu resto in the fort kaya lang medyo malikot son ko..hehe!

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  2. i have tried shabu-shabu sa Megamall at super enjoy ako sa food ko. Good thing at nag enjoy ka din sa food mo sis. hehe

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  3. Looks yummy! I'll be going to a buffet tomorrow so Im pretty excited. :)

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  4. yes, noodles never fail to make me smile. :)

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  5. I also like Shabu Shabu but it's been a while since we've had it. Maybe we can go there again when my mom has her birthday this year.

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  6. This made me hungry. Was the price also good?

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  7. Everything looks delicious! It's good that you were able to take home the rest of the food that you didn't finish. Too bad you weren't able to get their name.

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  8. @shadz: bcause we ordered too many ingredients, we ended up paying AEd 164. But if we got the solo hot pot i think it would be cheaper. :)

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  9. Looks so yummy! Will definitely bring my husband on that restaurant on my next visit to Abu Dhabi.:-)

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  10. I also love shabu shabu. It's really a good treat! In Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand, this is very common and I just so loved all the preparations which mostly consists of veggies, meats of various kinds, etc. Yummy!

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  11. looks yummy, heard it once and they said foods at shabu-shabu is luscious hope i can try it!

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  12. I thought you write about shabu, the drug :-) am glad that is not...the foods looks very delish and it is almost dinner time here and you make me drool :-)

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  13. I'd love tofu, chicken balls and crabstix :-)

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  14. How I miss eating in a shabu-shabu restaurant! It's been a while since I've visited one, and your post made me more eager to dine soon, shabu-shabu style.

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  15. Wow it looks yummy ^_^ hmm.. I haven't tried eating in shabu shabu restaurant ever. I wish I can try it soon :D will be putting this in my restaurant list

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