Shabu Shabu/ Hot Pots March 22, 2009
Posted by jennipot in Food and Drink, Life.trackback
My favorite topic has always been food, and one of my favorite meals when I eat out is the hot pot or shabu shabu. I love that everything was boiled and usually I would put the noodles at the latter part of the meal when the soup is flavorful with all the stuff we threw into it. I remember when I used to live in our staff house at Alabang, I’d organize shabu-shabu parties with my team mates. That was really fun but with all of them being guys, I ended up being the one cooking as well 
Places that I enjoy going to are:
Healthy Mini Shabu Shabu - I love that I have my own individual pot so I can anything I want with it, and I don’t have to compete with others to grab the food, and they also serve good steamed dumplings on the side. You choose the main course (beef, chicken, etc.) and they serve it with a platter of veggies, etc. Branches I’ve visited: Rockwell, Boni High, Greenhills. I know there are lots more
Tong Yang - Eat all you can! And they have smokeless grill too. This is great if you are 4 or less people, you get to try as many stuff as you can. Fat beef still my favorite there. They also have a buffet of cooked items and sushi, but not as good as I want.
Thousand Cranes - this is in Greenbelt 3, similar set up with Mini Shabu Shabu, they’re a little cheaper I think.
Luk Foo Hot Pot - if you go to Pure Gold Sucat, they have 2 Luk Foo’s, one’s a Chinese restaurant, the food’s really good and price is reasonable. 2nd one is Luk Foo Hot Pot. It’s not eat all you can, but the price is reasonable, and their shrimp wonton and shrimp dumplings are YUMMY! I usually use the sate soup base. Nice about them is when they serve the soup base it already contains pechay and tofu. Service is good as well!
Tian Tian Hot Pot - Gosh. I was just there yesterday. The last time I was there was 15 years ago. It’s in Pasay Road, beside what used to be Mars Disco (for those old enough to remember! hihihi). I was pleasantly surprised that when I went in, I saw the place hasn’t changed much. And the food is still as good as I remembered. Their dumplings and wontons, as well as the beef and pork balls are great! And their sliced beef is just right, not too much fat. One word of caution, they give you a list of everything they have, you check the box and order all you want. Tendency is when you’re hungry you tick too many boxes, and then you end up worrying about how to finish everything. Only order what you really want to eat, you can always order more if it’s bitin. It’s all raw anyway so it only takes minutes for them to serve your order. The good thing is, you can take home the remaining soup and food because they use microwaveable containers. Service is great too! I’m definitely going back. Oh, and they give 20% discount if you pay in cash, from 11am - 2pm I think. Only for shabu-shabu orders.
Usual things I order: taiwan pechay, baguio pechay, beef balls, sliced beef, pork balls, japanese corn, sliced chicken, wonton, dumplings, sotanghon (only if I’m really hungry).
I don’t usually order sea food because I prefer to eat at Dampa if it’s sea food, more value for money
Well that’s it for now… maybe one of these days I should organize another shabu-shabu party at home… hehehe
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