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  • As a native to Philadelphia where there is quite a large Asian population and an even larger selection of Asian restaurants, including several hot pot/shabu restaurants in the heart of the city, I thought that Top Shabu Shabu was mediocre at best. I am accustomed to ordering by combination platter (meat+seafood+vegetables that you could order and split by how many people were in your group) from restaurants back at home; but at, Top Shabu Shabu each item (i.e. meatballs, mushrooms, watercress) are ordered individually. In addition, unlike other hot pot places I've eaten at, each person had their own pot rather one large pot being shared among the group. I guess this is good for people who have different tastes, but I think it makes it much more expensive per person. I ordered a spicy broth (broth alone is $6.95 a person, comes with glass noodles, two pieces of fried tofu, a raw egg, some cabbage, two knots of of seaweed, and some enokitake) with beef tendon balls (about 6 if I remember correctly, $3.99), beef tendon (frozen, cut like chips, $4.99), and hot pot dumplings (about 6, small, $3.99). The broth itself was made fresh from actual spices rather than being from a can, which is nice, but was bland on its own in my opinion; I added a TON of garlic, green onions, sacha sauce, and this other savory red sauce, and only after then did I think it was really delicious. The dishes I ordered weren't anything particularly special, just your typical hot pot ingredients that you could get from any Asian supermarket in the frozen section. The food was just enough for me, but I also have the smallest appetite known to man, so what I ordered would probably not be enough for the average person. I also think that I was full mostly from drinking the broth and drinking a lot of water (which I do at any restaurant I go to). Overall, and in my opinion, although the broth ended up being very tasty after I added a bunch of the condiments to it, it wasn't worth the price. My bill ended up coming to ~$17 (after the 20% off deal, would be ~$20 without) not including tip, which is pretty expensive for any average (not fancy) one-person meal. At home, I could share a combination platter among a party of 4-6 for $10-15 a person and a much wider variety of food.
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