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What are we eating?

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Sukiyaki!

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We're going to eat sukiyaki!

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It's a winter Japanese specialty

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and neither of us has had it

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Let's try it

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We have a choice of four types of meat

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We're going for the second from the top

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Why do you think you never had sukyaki so far?

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When I first came, it was probably out of my and my friend's price range

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And then I just kind of forgot it existed, I think

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For some reason, sukiyaki was never on my map of things to try in Japan

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I usually would go for shabu-shabu

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Which is very similar, I presume

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But slightly different

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I also think sukiyaki is made at home more frequently than shabu shabu is

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It's very common for Japanese people to eat things with raw eggs like this?

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The flavor goes so well with raw egg

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It's perfect

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It was cooked in soy sauce, sugar, and mirin which is like a sake

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And I'm supposed to dip the meat in the egg

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Oh man, this looks so good

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This is really good

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The sukiyaki pan is always greased with lard

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And then afterwards, you put in the meat and ingredients

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And the ingredients are the sauce, which is made up of sugar, soy, and mirin

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So it has a sweet flavor

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So in our case, we have mushrooms, cabbage, shungiku, which I believe is chrysanthemum

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I can't pronounce it

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tofu, some mushrooms, onion, then shirataki noodles

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Shirataki noodles are made out of konjac

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And it's basically just like a white noodle and you shouldn't cook it too close to the meat

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because apparently it has an agent that hardens the meat

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So cook it on the opposite side of the meat

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The noodles are called shirataki which means white waterfall

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Because they're white and it looks like water coming off of a waterfall

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Fun fact

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And in some places serving these dishes, you cook them on your own

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Sometimes you have it made for you

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I prefer to cook it myself

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It's more entertainment

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And if you don't know how to make this stuff

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Don't worry, in restaurants like these, they make the first batch for you

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And they show you everything and it's completely normal

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So don't feel embarrassed if you don't know exactly how to treat shabu shabu or sukiyaki

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Because the sauce has sugar and it gets really thick

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You have to add water to it

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Some places make a point of cooking the meat agains the pan before adding the sauce for a bit

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But this place didn't really do that, they had some vegetables first, then added the sauce and meat

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It really doesn't matter as long as the meat is cooked

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and has a bit of the sauce flavor in it

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And what we have here is an all-you-can-eat which is highly recommended

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When you're in Japan as a tourist, you should find a restaurant like this

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and go for all-you-can-eat

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It's the best moment of the whole dinner when you take a bite of this heavenly meat and it just melts, it's amazing

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And then you realize, it's going to keep coming for 120 minutes

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for the price you paid

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Mirin, which is one of the ingredients in the sauce, is technically rice wine

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So you're eating spiked food

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I'm so full

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You know we can sit here for another hour and eat some more later

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I'd feel bad about that

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They won

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But it was worth it

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Omg

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So good

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So good

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First sukiyaki experience, a very huge success

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Very delicious

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Glad I finally did it

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Very highly recommended

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Please add it to your list of things to eat in Tokyo

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It'll warm you up!

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