Last Sunday P and I went to the Chinese restaurant, Peony Garden (牡丹園), on Bole road which offers a sukiyaki-style dish, shabu-shabu. It is eaten by dipping thinly sliced meat into a pot of boiling water to quickly cook it, as well as vegetables that you submerge in the pot, all eaten with a sesame-based sauce. I'd been to Peony Garden before for other Chinese dishes, but since then, they've expanded half of their ground floor for shabu-shabu. Since the climate in Addis, located in the highlands, dips to light-sweater temperatures, it's a great meal to warm you up in the evenings. Now that I've reported to my coworkers about the availability of shabu-shabu in Addis, I have little doubt that I will return once again before my time here is out. Looking forward to it!
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
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So hey, doesn't what we think of as shabu-shabu in Japanese basically equate to hotpot (火鍋, in Japanese at least) in Chinese cuisine? It's sorta surprising hearing the culianary diversity you get over there.
ReplyDeleteYeah, the pot was a little bit different. Instead of a "nabe" it looked more like the pan you'd use to bake a bunt cake; a wide lip around a higher, open-ended cone. There is less water in the lip, so they would refill it occasionally as it evaporated. Anyway, they really do have a lot of different, quality and yet cheap restaurants here in Addis.
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