Sunday was my friend, Terisha's birthday, so on Saturday night we went out for dinner. I have been trying to introduce her to new Korean meals every now and again.
On Saturday night, we had Shabu-shabu and that was when I realize that I can't appreciate Korea, without appreciating the food. And I can't appreciate the food if I try and lump all of my favourite meals into one blog post. Thus, this will be the first in a series about my favourite Korean dishes.
When you eat Shabu-Shabu, you have a pot filled with soup, on a gas stove. This soup can be spicy or not, it is up to you to decide. With the soup you get a tray with various vegetables, a plate with thinly sliced meat strips and a bowl with a spaghetti-like pasta (only thicker). As soon as the soup starts boiling, you add the vegetables to it. This will slowly cook into a nice veggie-soup for you to drink later on. While the vegetables are boiling, you pick up the meat with your chopsticks and dip it into the soup until it is cooked. Then you dip it in a bowl with onions, a kind of soy sauce and wasabi. And then...you eat it. Yum!
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| Soup. |
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| Veggie soup. |
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| Meat ready for dipping. |
While the dipping is going on, you can have a bowl of the soup separately. When you are done with the meat, you can add some of the noodles to the soup and when THAT is done, you end off your meal with some fried rice. It is also known as bokkeumbap: rice and chopped up vegetables, fried in the leftover soup in your pot. This is the best part of most Korean meals.
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| Rice before frying. |
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| Very much fried. |
Different restaurants have different ways of preparing Shabu-shabu, but no matter how you choose to eat it, it is a cheap and tasty meal. Perfect to share with friends.
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