While "shabu shabu" is technically a Japanese tradition, many Chinese people enjoy it as well. Really, its a variant of the Chinese hot pot cooking tradtion. In the case of Shabu Shabu Restaurant, the hot put cooking is aided by a high tech induction heater at each table.
The pot is full of liquid, and, you place whatever you've ordered into it to cook. We had a few types of thinly sliced beef, and some seafood. In this way, shabu shabu is similar to Japanese sukiyaki, but, the flavors are quite different. Whereas sukiyaki has sweeter flavors, shabu shabu is more savory.
The sauces provided at Shabu Shabu Restaurant were delicious. The waitress, a friendly young woman with a Chinese accent, recommended that we mix a few of the sauces, which we did. Delightful!
All in all, we enjoyed ourselves---cooking at the table, talking and laughing. Theres more interaction, I think, at a cook-your-own dinner. Oh, and the giant Japanese imported beers helped too.
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