last night, i had a korean-style shabu shabu meal. i haven't had shabu shabu in a long time, and usually when i do, it's either japanese- or chinese-style, but it was cool to try it it korean-style... there are some differences from what i'm used to. you cook the meats and veggies in broth (water?) like normal, but instead of eating them in a soup bowl, you eat them in lettuce wraps that have rice and shredded egg on top (not cheese!). there were a bunch of dipping sauces that i liked---a bean-like sauce that you add for the lettuce wraps, as well as a peanut and spicy sauce for meats and seafood and a dumpling sauce for dumplings and also some kim chee. after the meal, they prepared a kim chee rice porridge that was also yummy. finally, they serve a mochi dessert, along with a cinnamon drink that i've never had before---i liked it a lot and want to know where i can get more... it reminded me of goldschlager but without the gold sparkly bits, a lot less intensely cinnamon, and non-alcoholic. i think there were a couple of pine nuts in it too which i thought was a nice touch.
here are some pics, although they are very grainy because of the low light...
 | dipping sauces |
 | boiling broth |
 | meat and veggies starting to cook |
 | lettuce wraps |
 | meats and seafood |
 | ingredients for kimchee rice porridge |
 | kimchee rice porridge |
 | mochi dessert and cinammon drink |
Originally uploaded by cignoh
5 comments:
YUMMO!
Thanks for documenting!
i'd never heard of korean-style shabu shabu before... have to look around for that here sometime. all your photos look really yummy! especially the cinnamon tea with pine nuts.
oh!! that looks soooo good! i like the peace sign in the last photo with the cinnamon tea. i've never heard of korean style shabu shabu either. i didn't realize until i went to japan, but yakiniku is originally from korea.
that's beautiful!! nice job!
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