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So tonight, my sister and I decided to try something new for dinner, and went with shabu (Shabu-Zen for those in the general area). What it basically is is the Japanese style of fondu, sans cheese. It's boiling broth, and you are served thin cuts of meat...beef, lamb, fish, etc., and a plate of veggies which you then cook in the broth.

I was a bit sloppy with it, but I have to say, it was delicious. They gave a huge ammount of food for not too much money...it was fun too, which is always nice.

So what new types of food or cuisines have you tried recently?

Go try sukiyaki, 'tis better than shabu shabu.

Well, not too long ago I tried my hand at making borscht. It actually came out great, I have no idea if it was what it is supposed to be, but I liked it.

Go try sukiyaki, 'tis better than shabu shabu.

Well, not too long ago I tried my hand at making borscht. It actually came out great, I have no idea if it was what it is supposed to be, but I liked it.

looks interesting. Boston just got their first shabu place...in one month, two places opened across the street from one another, with another opening just down the street in the next month or so.

By the way, is it supposed to be shabu shabu, or just shabu?

does fried rice and onion with fish fingers count as cuisine?

By the way, is it supposed to be shabu shabu, or just shabu?
しゃぶしゃぶ (Shabu-shabu). It's the 'sound' (Japanese love them their onamonapias) and they are always repeated.

しゃぶしゃぶ (Shabu-shabu). It's the 'sound' (Japanese love them their onamonapias) and they are always repeated.
one of the two places named themselves "shabu-shabu"...so it's basically like a steak house naming itself "steak"? that's just sad.

I'll take that as a no then.:(

....is it really, really, really dorky that my first thought upon reading this was, "Ooh, now I know what the 'shabu-shabu pots' in Katamari Damacy are"?

Also, that sounds tasty. :)

....is it really, really, really dorky that my first thought upon reading this was, "Ooh, now I know what the 'shabu-shabu pots' in Katamari Damacy are"?

Also, that sounds tasty. :)

Yes. Yes it is.

I have no idea what the broth is, but it was really good. I got all seafood...only one thing (a fish cake...no clue what it really was) wasn't all that tasty.

does fried rice and onion with fish fingers count as cuisine?
Just barely.

Oh and I tried Kurdish food a little while back. Tasty, like the rest of the food of the Levant.

Go try sukiyaki, 'tis better than shabu shabu.

Depends on where you go. I hear the no pans shabu-shabu may be superior. :P

looks interesting. Boston just got their first shabu place...in one month, two places opened across the street from one another, with another opening just down the street in the next month or so.

By the way, is it supposed to be shabu shabu, or just shabu?

Heh. "Shabu" is Japanese slang for meth. :)

As for new cuisine, the closest I've come recently is during my vacation back in the US, where all the home cooking had to be adjusted for my mother's HFC intolerance - lots of processed foods are out and certain fruits and vegetables have to be reduced or eliminated. The sour cream meatloaf (w/ a sour cream based sauce rather than tomotoes) was darned good!

This thread just makes Skalvia crave Sushi....A little piece of me died when the Sushi Bar stopped the Lunch Buffet :(

Well, not too long ago I tried my hand at making borscht. It actually came out great, I have no idea if it was what it is supposed to be, but I liked it.

Damn, the legend of borscht is ruined for yet another person.

I intend on trying something new when I'm in Germany.

I'm not a culinary experimenter, so Cino's Garlic Knots are the only recent new thing.

I've had something like shabu, but it was Chinese, and I don't know what it was called. I just ate dinner at my friends' houses as a kid and ate what was put in front of me. I probably tried a lot of things that way that I wouldn't normally have eaten.

Speaking of exposure to new cuisines--kind of funny considering where I live, but I took sushi for lunch today and most of my kids were wide-eyed. Now I have to bring some in for them to try (they kept making suggestive comments about what I brought, but I only had six pieces and I wasn't about to hand off my lunch).

I've had something like shabu, but it was Chinese, and I don't know what it was called. I just ate dinner at my friends' houses as a kid and ate what was put in front of me.

Idk if it really pertains to the Topic....

But, I seem to have a phobia about eating food that is cooked by residential areas....Like, I always do my best not to eat at my friends houses, just the thought makes me a little nauseated, and when Im forced into it, I eat very little....

But, I have no problem eating at Restaurants and of course at my house....

Is that weird?

Idk if it really pertains to the Topic....

But, I seem to have a phobia about eating food that is cooked by residential areas....Like, I always do my best not to eat at my friends houses, just the thought makes me a little nauseated, and when Im forced into it, I eat very little....

But, I have no problem eating at Restaurants and of course at my house....

Is that weird?

Yes! :P

It depends, of course. I never liked eating at one friend's house because her mom kept a really messy kitchen--counters always dirty and crumby. I quite enjoyed food at other friends' houses though--we all sort of grew up in each other's kitchens.

For my 40th birthday last week, I made mole poblano - from scratch - for the first time.

For those whose experiences of Mexican cuisine end with Taco Bell, mole poblano is a sauce of chocolate and chilli. Simplifying slightly, I pureed three different types of dried chilli with some tomatoes, half a corn tortilla, chicken stock, spices, toasted almonds, and a couple of other things I've probably forgotten, and then simmered for a couple of hours after melting 60 grams of 85% cacao dark chocolate into the sauce.

I then served it over an enchilada casserole: alternating layers of soft deep-fried corn tacos, turkey, cheese, and sour cream.

Yummy, but all a bit messy and time-consuming.

Depends on where you go. I hear the no pans shabu-shabu may be superior. :P
Blasphemy!:eek: NOTHING is better than sukiyaki, nothing!

I recently had Switchel. Its a drink but does that count?

For my 40th birthday last week, I made mole poblano - from scratch - for the first time.

For those whose experiences of Mexican cuisine end with Taco Bell, mole poblano is a sauce of chocolate and chilli. Simplifying slightly, I pureed three different types of dried chilli with some tomatoes, half a corn tortilla, chicken stock, spices, toasted almonds, and a couple of other things I've probably forgotten, and then simmered for a couple of hours after melting 60 grams of 85% cacao dark chocolate into the sauce.

I then served it over an enchilada casserole: alternating layers of soft deep-fried corn tacos, turkey, cheese, and sour cream.

Yummy, but all a bit messy and time-consuming.


I got a Mexican cook book for Christmas, I have never eaten any Mexican food. Must try something from it soon, though I doubt I will be able to get the different dried chilli in the UK.

I haven't tried a new cuisine in ages...

Maybe I'll go for Japanese or Korean.

Blasphemy!:eek: NOTHING is better than sukiyaki, nothing!

Not even no-pans sukiyaki? :p

Go try sukiyaki, 'tis better than shabu shabu.

Well, not too long ago I tried my hand at making borscht. It actually came out great, I have no idea if it was what it is supposed to be, but I liked it.

Quoted for freakin' truth!:D

I got a Mexican cook book for Christmas, I have never eaten any Mexican food. Must try something from it soon, though I doubt I will be able to get the different dried chilli in the UK.

But you can!

I live in Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire, and I was able to get them.

I ordered them from Fox's Spices, a small spice-specialist company in Staffordshire. They have no web presence, so you either have to telephone or use mail order (I know! In this day and age - but they really are very good). You should at least be able to google their contact details, though.

I found a web page that mails out Mexican dried chillis as well, but I wasn't convinced they were as good as Fox's.

Anyway, no matter where you live in the UK, you should be able to get your hands on the chillis.

But you can!

I live in Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire, and I was able to get them.

I ordered them from Fox's Spices, a small spice-specialist company in Staffordshire. They have no web presence, so you either have to telephone or use mail order (I know! In this day and age - but they really are very good). You should at least be able to google their contact details, though.

I found a web page that mails out Mexican dried chillis as well, but I wasn't convinced they were as good as Fox's.

Anyway, no matter where you live in the UK, you should be able to get your hands on the chillis.

Thank you, I will make a note of this and hunt some down.