Korean Shabu-Shabu hotpot in Seoul, Korea (샤브샤브 - しゃぶしゃぶ)

Come join us for one of our favorite Korean meals in Seoul, Korea. Today we're having Korean style Shabu-Shabu (샤브샤브) which is basically a type of hot pot where you cook thin slices of beef, vegetables, dumplings and other ingredients for a three course meal. The first course is the vegetable, meat and dumplings followed by round two with Kalguksu (칼국수) Korean noodles and final round consisting of Korean fried rice and leftover Shabu Shabu (샤브샤브) ingredients known as bokkeumbap (볶음밥). It is a feast for the ages and surprisingly affordable considering how much you get to eat and the fact that it is a three course dinner.
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Korean Shabu-Shabu hotpot meal in Seoul, Korea (샤브샤브 - しゃぶしゃぶ) Travel Food Video Transcript:
So we are starting off by having one of our favorite Korean meals. This is Korean style Shabu-Shabu (샤브샤브). And unlike other types of syabu-syabu (샤브샤브) where you have like Japanese and Chinese Shabu-Shabu (しゃぶしゃぶ) Shabu Shabu (샤브샤브) is unique in the sense that it comes with three different courses. Yeah.
So even before we cook it here for you, all these nice aromas and the steam is coming rising. Before we even do that let's take a look at the toppings. And I can explain things a bit more clearly.
So this is first. Yeah, so these are your plate of vegetables, you've got Mandu (만두) which are the Korean dumplings, you've got pumpkin all kinds of different lettuce and then over here you have the meat which is the Shabu-Shabu (샤브샤브).
Basically this is like your thinly sliced beef.
So after we're done cooking the meat and the vegetables we cook the noodles and these are called Kalguksu (칼국수). They are handmade noodles. They are awesome. That is one of my favorite parts but actually my very favorite part is right at the end. We add this rice and we turn it kind of into kind of basically you use over your leftover syabu-syabu (샤브샤브) and you kind of turn it into a bokkeumbap (볶음밥) which is a Korean style fried rice. And it is awesome.
Let's start cooking.
So the broth is boiling which means it is time to start cooking our food. So we're just going to drop in the greens first. Look at all of the different assorted greens. Oh my.
Yeah and the key point here is that you actually definitely want to cook your greens before you start cooking the meat. Because the meat cooks almost on an instant. Instantaneously.
So we're just waiting for those vegetables and mushrooms to cook and then we're going to put in the meat. And I think I can say we're both salivating at this point.
So like we were saying the meat really does cook in like a second or two. Sam is going to demonstrate. Look how thinly sliced this is and it is red. Totally raw right now. Plop it in. Watch this. You swish it around. Swish it around. And that is how Shabu-Shabu (샤브샤브) gets its name. It is basically an onomatopoeia meaning that it is the sound of the syabu-syabu (샤브샤브). The swish. The sound it makes when it is made. Look at that. It is already cooked. Wow.
This is the official star of round two of our meal. So basically we've moved on from the meat and vegetables. There is still a bit left but now we are cooking the noodles here. The Korean noodles.
Alright, and we have officially moved on to phase three which is the bokkeumbap (볶음밥). The rice part. This is my favorite part. So we've done this before. We're just throwing it all in. Putting it in to the broth.
Honestly guys, that is better than just about any kind of bokkeumbap (볶음밥) that you would make just on its own. The leftovers from syabu-syabu (샤브샤브) are incredible. The Korean fried rice.
Well Sam, I think you got it all because there isn't much left in there. Yeah, we're pretty much just scrapping at the bottom of the bowl at this point. Yeah, so we finished everything so now it is time to pay the bill.
So how much was it? So in terms of price point that was twenty six thousand Won (원). ₩26,000. Which is $23 US dollars right now. And that is for two people so that is fantastic value. And for a three course meal. I know. We're so full. We're leaving satisfied. Come get Shabu-Shabu (샤브샤브) when you're in Korea.
This is part of our Travel in South Korea video series showcasing Korean food, Korean culture and Korean cuisine.
Music in this video courtesy of Audio Network