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I've never heard of shabu shabu until my friend took me there. Thanks to her, she opened my pallette even more than I could have done on my own. And thanks to her, an avid yelper, we went to a lot of places to try things out. I digress, here's my review on swish shabu shabu.
Little known fact, in the Philippines "shabu" means crack...as in crack cocaine. So when she said we're going to swish shabu shabu, I cracked the joke. Pun intended. We got there and the ambience was good. I ordered the hungry portion of kobe chuck, coz I'm a fat kid at heart. I ordered it with the Sukiyaki broth. I also ordered eel special roll.
For the kobe chuck on Sukiyaki, it was great. The Sukiyaki broth brings out the flavor of the kobe beef. I like to cook mine where it just starts to brown the meat...so basically just dip it in the broth for about 10 seconds and eat it with rice. Overall, no complaints on that. It was phenomenal for a person that has never tried it before.
As for the eel special roll, it was good. Not great. If you want specialty sushi, go for a restaurant that specializes in sushi. Swish shabu shabu is for the shabu shabu part. I like my sushis, but if I go to swish, I go for the shabu shabu.
Overall, this place is great, but even the the hungry portion is not enough even for me. Good thing that there's another location that offers all you can eat shabu shabu. The service is great, music is a little off for the ambience (they either play rock music or edm).
As for the part when I said shabu means crack cocaine in the philippines? Yeah, this place is crack coz I'm addicted to it. I would give it a 5 star, but they don't have all you can eat like the other location, that's why I'm giving it a four star. Don't take the 4 star lightly, though, coz almost everything about this place is top notch...except for the out of place music that doesn't go with the ambience.
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