wonderful bloggers enjoying Healthy Shabu Shabu

Shabu shabu has been something that I experience with my family since I was small because I was raised in Chinatown and well, I still remember being such a spoiled brat, demanding to eat at Lotus Restaurant ( I think it’s gone now ) just to see the pork blood squares be cooked in boiling soup, plus watercress, too. When I left Chinatown and moved to Quezon City, places with Shabu Shabu seemed so far away and I moved on without it. Eating at Healthy Shabu Shabu last Tuesday was such a reunion to me that I enjoyed it so much!

Healthy Shabu Shabu’s concept is fun for those who want to try to “cook” their meal, the easy way! You get to choose your platter - chicken, beef, lamb, or seafood ( or a mixture of two variants ). I chose mine to be beef ( of course, I’m a beef girl ) and seafood platter. You have your own broth in front of you that you will boil, as well as put the to-be-cooked food in there. Very adventurous.

The strips of the angus beef are thinly sliced and when cooked, look like big strips of sukiyaki beef.

The seafood platter is a dream. I’m just biased with the sea cucumber since it’s been a personal favorite of mine since grade school. It’s so yummy, being jelly-like and all. Hahaha!

Everyone was given this platter that consisted of noodles ( vermicelli or egg ), fishballs/squidballs, vegetables, fish cakes, and tofu. My noodles of choice was the egg noodles and they tasted very firm and just right. From the way I see it, the egg noodles were hand pulled.

These give flavor to the sauce ( sawsawan , to be exact ). I requested for another helping of chopped chilis because I want my sauce to be spicy!

Tadah, my sauce! Soy sauce ( prolly diluted in water ), plus garlic, onion leeks and chili, plus a whole egg! I swear, the sauce usually carries EVERYTHING at Shabu Shabu. I can never live without this sauce when I’m doing shabu shabu.

Well, to be able to cook shabu shabu the right way, just think of this - the ones that take alot of cooking time must go first, like seafood, then those that require quick cooking time like beef and vegetables can go last. The noodles can go last but I like the noodles of Healthy Shabu Shabu as they did not soften even if they were in the pot for a long period of time - did not turn mushy at all. I enjoyed the experience, I LOVED THE SAUCE MORE, and I shall come back maybe next week to turn this into a family experience since my family loves shabu shabu as well!

Tata for now!