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| - I was watching a youtube video about eating shabu shabu and immediately googled places to eat that way in toronto, and this place popped up first, with the highest yelp reviews. I was really excited to try it. After work, me and a friend headed on over because we were close by. When we got there it was fairly empty (by the time we left, it was packed and people were waiting for a table).
I'll just get the negative stuff out of the way first. I had read about the variety of sauces they had, but when I asked one of our servers about it they said "ohhh right right" and walked away (what???). I had ordered udon and they just... didn't bring it. twice. when i asked about it they just kept giving me another order sheet until finally someone said they didn't have any. Lastly, the broth itself... was just okay. and I did not like that they came around and watered it down after a while.. I had wanted it to cook down to mix with rice at the very end, as I had seen done before. Because it was my first time there, I didn't know that they do that. Next time I go (and there will be a next time), I'll simply ask them not to.
Please keep in mind that these things didn't actually really bother me - I just want to leave a completely fair review. The service, overall, was pretty nice! Our servers were all very nice and personable. One asked if we had been there before, and when we said it was our first time, he joked that the only white people that go there are regulars haha.
I ordered tom yum broth, my friend ordered spicy, and we got a variety of meat, vegetables, dumplings, etc (we stayed clear of fish because we figure if it's flavouring the broth it might make more sense to stick with meat OR fish, not both.. or maybe that's extremely delicious, if anyone knows, please let me know)
Everything was good. Not "oh my god!" amazing, but good. Especially the freshness of the vegetables - that's what I found most appealing.
I really enjoy this way of eating. It's a really relaxed and fun way to have a meal. But I'm kind of a sucker for any kind of interactive meal. My favourite part was having noodles in the flavoured broth near the end. It's hard to rate the food when, besides the broth (which was just ok), you're essentially responsible for how your meal goes.
It came out to $56 for two people - both of us had water and didn't order any extra cost items on the menu. So that should give you a general idea of what it costs to eat there on a saturday night.
My rating falls at a 3.5 but with a lack of .5 ratings, I've rounded it up to 4
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