mr shabu shabu

perfect for a rainy day. i tried their shabu shabu while my friends got a ramen and a udon. they all came in abigportion. remember to try their side dishes as well.

the prices here are also pretty student friendly, with a meal costing between $12-$16 per person. something worth noting is that the owners/runners aren't japanese, but that's not abigdeal for me as long as the food is good. while s opted for the teriyaki chicken, i went for a the beef shabu shabu. i also really felt like some noodles (let's be honest, when don't i feel like noodles?) so i also went for an extra bowl of udon noodles for $2. the bowl of noodles was verybigfor the price but i must say the noodles did taste very sour--which is usually indicative of them being not very fresh (to put it nicely). however, the shabu shabu itself was much nicer. the beef was very fresh and nice quality--very nicely marbled and the type of meat you expect to get at a good korean bbq or hotpot. the broth was tasty and flavoursome and i enjoyed the little sides (some wakame seaweed and a spring roll) too. i would've loved some more veggies (chinese cabbage, pumpkin and shiitake mushrooms) but i think for $14 (including rice) it's pretty good value, especially for canberra.

great ramen. i decided on mr shabu shabu for dinner with a friend after reading mostly bad reviews about ka shushi ramen, which was where i was originally planning to go. the service here was efficient and the food came out very fast, some people have a problem with this as it can mean the food was sitting around, i however do not have a problem with this is the food is good. i ordered the pork ramen, which was a good size for under $15, my friend ordered the pepper steak set and said that it was excellent (peppery without being bitter). we were in and out in just over an hour, but we didn't feel rushed. the whole meal, with two entrees and two meals only came to about $40, which is excellent. the only down side i say was the tea we were served had a very oily consistency to it, but i'm not abigfan of japanese tea. i would highly recommend and will be returning.

i have to say this up front, there was not enough food to fill us up. i was seated with 4bigboys and the 4 main dishes certainly didn't satisfy our hungers anywhere near enough. they only gave us about half a bowl of rice each and no offer of refills. the spring rolls were tiny and we only got one each. the sushi hand rolls were about 2 of those long ones cut up, to share between 4-5 people. it could just be that we were allbigeaters, but every single person there said that they didn't have enough to eat afterwards. we had to go to pancake parlous for a second round of dessert to get our tummies nicely filled :)