SUKI-YA: all-you-can-eat shabu shabu!
Buffet shabu shabu at SUKI-YA: a twin-broth hot pot, free-flow thin-sliced pork and beef, vegetables and dipping sauces. The 'swish swish' Japanese hot pot, all-you-can-eat.
Hot pot dinner with BB at SUKI-YA, the all-you-can-eat shabu shabu and sukiyaki chain. 😋🍲
The set-up is a twin-broth pot (we had collagen-rich white soups in both halves) bubbling on the table, with free-flow plates of thin-sliced pork and beef, lettuce and vegetables, and a spread of dipping sauces to mix yourself.
Shabu shabu gets its name from the “swish swish” sound of swishing thin meat slices through the hot broth, and that’s the whole joy of it: you pick up a paper-thin slice with your chopsticks, swirl it through the bubbling soup for just a few seconds until it changes colour, then dip it in sesame or ponzu sauce and eat it straight away while it’s hot and tender. It’s interactive, slow-paced and perfect for a long, chatty dinner.
What makes SUKI-YA fun is that it’s all-you-can-eat, so you keep ordering plate after plate of meat and vegetables at your own pace, cooking as you go, and finish with noodles dropped into the now deeply-flavoured broth. It’s not fancy wagyu territory, it’s the affordable, casual end of Japanese hot pot, but that’s exactly the appeal: good, comforting, eat-till-you’re-happy value.
Overall: 4.7 / 5. 😋👍🏼 A fun, free-flow shabu shabu dinner, swish-cook-dip-repeat with a collagen broth and endless meat and veg. Great casual value. Would re-visit.
