Shabu-Shabu

We went to the downtown aquarium yesterday. There are tigers and snakes raised there as well so it's more like a mini-size zoo. Parking was $7. Then we decided to go to Aurora for lunch. I was craving for Shabu-shabu, the Japanese hotpot. I saw an ad in the newspaper once, but was totally clueless where the restaurant was.

Biajee took advantage of my blackberry and googled for the restaurant. It's very close to H Mart and the name is J Shabu.

The soup reminded us of Osaka. The food in Osaka was so cheap and delicious. I miss that a lot. We paid triple the price of what we paid in Japan yesterday and the food was not as good, but it was good enough to soothe us. The selection was quite limited and the price was fair for what they offered. There was only one waitress who was also the cashier and the cook. She was not Japanese. We each had a small hotpot in front of us and were presented a plate of mixed vegetables, tofu and clear noodles aside from a large plate of Sukiyaki beef.

Biajee had to ask for an extra bowl of Udon in the end. We didn't feel full without the Udon. It's a very important part of Japanese culture. And it's hard to get good Udon here. Biajee bought some frozen ones from Pacific Ocean Supermarket, which was no good at all.