What is Shabu Shabu?

Shabu Shabu, an alternatively speaking Syab Syab, is a Japanese culinary food that came from the Mongol tradition of Nabemono , or "One sweat" of cooking. When serving this bowl, thin slices of beef are placed in the municipal vessel of boiling water and overlap back and forth until they boil. Vegetables such as mushrooms, cabbage, watercress and spring chrysanthemums are also briefly cooked and immersed in various sauces. Shabu Shabu is similar to another Nabemon dish called Sukiyaki, but the sauces used are not so sweet. Although beef was the first meat used in this dish, modern Japanese restaurants can also offer sliced ​​pork, duck, lobster, crab or chicken. Water can be flavored with a type of algae that is removed just before the start of service. Many Shabu Shabu restaurants use a round pot similar to the fundaugue in the middle of the session to allow more guests the opportunity to prepare their own food.

It is assumed that the legendary leader Mongol Genghis Khan has developedThe basic form of Shabu Shabu to keep fuel during military campaigns. Soldiers would gather around large containers with boiling water to cook their rations of beef or other game meat. This idea of ​​municipal cooking would eventually come to Japan through Chinese and Mongolian immigrants.

in the film lost in translation , actors Bill Murray and Scarlett Johannson can be seen in the traditional Japanese restaurant Shabu Shabu. In the center of the table there is a small circular pan of boiling water. Both characters note the similarity of menu items that seem to be identical sliced ​​beef plates. This is something that all guests should realize when ordering. Most of the time your options are linen to the size of portions or type of meat. The rest of the meal generally consists of a standard vegetable and steamed rice tank. Occasionally a soup of boiling water will be made and servedlast.