Azmaya @ Robertson Quay

So as I was saying in my previous post, my kind girl friend said she's bringing me to Robertson Quay to eat some great Shabu Shabu. She's not kidding. My idea of Shabu Shabu is a plate of meat you dip into some veg soup to cook (I'd mainly tried in local Japanese restaurant chains like Sushi Teh). Her idea of Shabu Shabu is gigantic (many) plates of meat with a big howl of veg (refillable) - buffet style. Check out the amount of pork slices on one plate, all thinly sliced to perfection! You can ask for unlimited plates too! The price of the Shabu Shabu buffet is merely $24 per pax. I say it's cheap! Disclaimer - their premium beef selection is much more costly. Think it's around $70 per pax.

And here's the veggie bowl with a variety of veggie types. 

There are 3 types of soup base you can choose from. The free one consist of water + seaweed. The other two options consist of one that's spicy and another one that's a mix of soya and egg white ($3 extra for these two types). Well, my friend said she likes the one with seaweed. It's pretty plain really. But actually after you throw in the veg and meat, you don't really need a fancy soup! However, if you prefer a flavorful soup base, the waitress raved abt the soya and egg white soup. Here's our gigantic pot of water + seaweed. (Seriously great inspiration for cooking noob like me to try at home eh?)

Here's a pic with everything in:

Really easy to cook, and smokeless! Feels healthy too! ;-P 

Here's me and le girl friend with faces of glee and greed. 

Oh btw, the shop owners are true blue Japanese and the mid size store is filled with Japanese. I think the guy who took our order was one of the owners and he tried his best to explain to us the food items in English. According to my friend, the other shop owner she met previously is cuter. Awwww... Donno she is there for food or man. Haha! I didn't take a picture of the place! It looks ordinary lah. Not too grand nor shabby. 

Oh ya, to my huge surprise, while the pricing for the buffet at $24 is already reasonably priced, my fren knew there was a promo going at 50% off until the end of the month! While the price of 2 pax Shabu Shabu buffet (pork), 1 choya and 1 ice oolong would have worked out to over $70, the 50% discount for buffet brought the cost down to about $45 I total with GST and service charge. Amazing! My rating (assuming normal price): 8.5/10 as the stuff was really fresh and that the place has a homely feel and doesn't look overly commercial. I will go back again before the end of the June promotion! ;-D