What are we eating?
Sukiyaki!
We're going to eat sukiyaki!
It's a winter Japanese specialty
and neither of us has had it
Let's try it
We have a choice of four types of meat
We're going for the second from the top
Why do you think you never had sukyaki so far?
When I first came, it was probably out of my and my friend's price range
And then I just kind of forgot it existed, I think
For some reason, sukiyaki was never on my map of things to try in Japan
I usually would go for shabu-shabu
Which is very similar, I presume
But slightly different
I also think sukiyaki is made at home more frequently than shabu shabu is
It's very common for Japanese people to eat things with raw eggs like this?
The flavor goes so well with raw egg
It's perfect
It was cooked in soy sauce, sugar, and mirin which is like a sake
And I'm supposed to dip the meat in the egg
Oh man, this looks so good
This is really good
The sukiyaki pan is always greased with lard
And then afterwards, you put in the meat and ingredients
And the ingredients are the sauce, which is made up of sugar, soy, and mirin
So it has a sweet flavor
So in our case, we have mushrooms, cabbage, shungiku, which I believe is chrysanthemum
I can't pronounce it
tofu, some mushrooms, onion, then shirataki noodles
Shirataki noodles are made out of konjac
And it's basically just like a white noodle and you shouldn't cook it too close to the meat
because apparently it has an agent that hardens the meat
So cook it on the opposite side of the meat
The noodles are called shirataki which means white waterfall
Because they're white and it looks like water coming off of a waterfall
Fun fact
And in some places serving these dishes, you cook them on your own
Sometimes you have it made for you
I prefer to cook it myself
It's more entertainment
And if you don't know how to make this stuff
Don't worry, in restaurants like these, they make the first batch for you
And they show you everything and it's completely normal
So don't feel embarrassed if you don't know exactly how to treat shabu shabu or sukiyaki
Because the sauce has sugar and it gets really thick
You have to add water to it
Some places make a point of cooking the meat agains the pan before adding the sauce for a bit
But this place didn't really do that, they had some vegetables first, then added the sauce and meat
It really doesn't matter as long as the meat is cooked
and has a bit of the sauce flavor in it
And what we have here is an all-you-can-eat which is highly recommended
When you're in Japan as a tourist, you should find a restaurant like this
and go for all-you-can-eat
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
And then you realize, it's going to keep coming for 120 minutes
for the price you paid
Mirin, which is one of the ingredients in the sauce, is technically rice wine
So you're eating spiked food
I'm so full
You know we can sit here for another hour and eat some more later
I'd feel bad about that
They won
But it was worth it
Omg
So good
First sukiyaki experience, a very huge success
Very delicious
Glad I finally did it
Very highly recommended
Please add it to your list of things to eat in Tokyo
It'll warm you up!
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