Living to Eat: Nagomi Shabu-Shabu @ Jaya 33

First up, HAPPY ONE MONTHIE, BLOGGIE! Presents, anyone? :p

Anyways, back to what people actually LIKE about my blog: food posts. As promised, here's the latest of the lot.


As dad was in Thailand, mum, my aunt, grandma, sis and I went to a place my dad would NEVER take us on Saturday. As mentioned before, he's very picky with his choice of dining, and in someway despises most places we want to try (be it the reason of price or majority of the time his taste for food).

Nagomi Shabu-Shabu it was, then.



'Shabu-Shabu', which literally means swishing sounds of things (in this case, meat) in the water, is a traditional Japanese dish. Usually, the people from the Land of the Rising Taiyo would dine with beef (and I can clearly imagine those rich, fat, bald businessman would dine Kobes. Go Google Kobe beef to find out more).

Steps we amazingly followed one by one. So not Malaysian!

Ironically, none of us tried beef (and definitely not Kobe beef. RM129 for 120g leh!)

Sis and I got the duck, while the rest got chicken.

Last ducked 2008. My puns are so funny.

Duck, which was more expensive, was more succulent and delicious. The tediousness of shabu-ing one duck slice at a time was painstakingly time-wasting though. No wonder businessmen love it, they have ALL the time they want. But seriously, it's delicious with the Goma sauce (which is peanut-y.)

Like satay lo, only healthier and Japanese-ier. :p

As we put the vegetables in, the waitresses make cute little meatballs out of the minced meat with spoons. Ah, such service. Everyone obliged for their assistance since it was our first time shabu-ing, so what the heck, let the pros do it.

I so totally took a photo of her without her head on purpose.

The minced meat tasted SOOO wonderful, I ate them bit by bit. The accompanying vegetables did their job in making the broth tasteful, giving the meat a more delicious taste (I speak as if I'm some judge from Iron Chef like that.)



There were 3 sauces available, Ponzu sauce (which is vinegar plus sesame and what not), Chilli (apparently for the Malaysian tongue. I didn't touch a bit :p) and Goma sauce as mentioned earlier (which would obviously be the sauce on the right.) The step-by-step gives a brief description on which sauce accompanies which food, hence the variety.

My aunt complained that the Chilli wasn't as good as Chinese steamboat ones. Haiya, how la to compare? Why compare in the first place, since this Chilli was only to SUIT the Malaysian tongue (don't believe me, look at the step-by-step on top!).



One meal is enough to make one bloated, as you tackle (very deliciously) on the vegetables, tofu, mushrooms, meat (in sliced and minced form) and rice, which you turn into congee (bubur la) with the stock. Seriously, I had a great time there and had a wonderful experience ENJOYING my dinner (2 hours of non-stop eating, yum!) Mum and my aunt couldn't finish their chicken too, so I had a whopping 2 platters of meat for myself (:

Yet, I'm still less than 45 kg :( *hears envious hisses*

In conclusion, Nagomi Shabu-Shabu is a great place for those who love steamboats, want a Japanese 'winter' dinner experience or to take your time in eating. A word of caution; bring enough money! (My aunt purposely made us order water only as a precaution :p Hehe!) The bill was a whopping RM180 for 5 people. Oh well, good things do come with a price.

Verdict: B+