Shyabu Shyabu
September 11, 2006 is the five year anniversary of the horrible 9/11 attacks and while it is a sad and mournful day, my aunt once told me that it was also a day when teamwork and charitity prevailed. A day (and a few days after) where the whole world pulled together as one in a helping manner. I like that attitude. But in addition to the fateful day, the day was also Tiffany's and mine's 2 year anniversary.It was our first actualy anniversary that we were able to spend together, so we really wanted to live it up. And we decided to postpone until October. [sheepish grin]. We will be heading towards Nikko, a favorite fall place, and celebrate the rest of our anniversary then. However, on the day, we went to Shyabu-Shyabu, a Japanese style (I think) of restaurant.
Getting There
There are two places, two different chains of this type of restaurant. The first one is near Eiden Comp-Mart, across from Beens One Taco. Lost? That's ok. In later updates, I'll supply a map to this glorious city. The other one is more important anyway, in the context of this update. Behind ZaZa City, right near Starbucks, on the 3rd floor, is the place we went to. If you can find ZaZa, then you can definitely find this place.The Atmosphere
We were greeted in the traditional Japanese manner, which is where everyone in the restaurant shouts a cheerful "Welcome!" and we were taken to our table which felt very private and intimate. It was closed off on three sides and it had a clean trendy wood look to it. The table was made of polished wood, but had an electric stove top in the center, giving it a modern rustic feel. Towards the back of the restaurant were large tables for big parties.The Food
Amazing. For about 2,000 yen to ab ou 3,500 yen per person, you can get an all you can eat menu, which includes pork, chicken, beef, vegetables, noodles, and rice. The top set with give you about 3 different types of beef, 2 types of pork and 2 types of chicken, whereas the middle set (the one we took) gave us one beef, two pork, and two chicken. The lowest set gives one pork and one chicken.For those that don't know, Shyabu Shyabu is a Japanese style type of food where you cook your own meat and vegetables in a broth. That's what the grill is for. They place this giant pot on the stove top with your choice of two broths, you let it come to a boil, then dip your thinly shaved meat in it, cooking the meat, flavoring the meat and flavoring the broth at the same time. It's great. I highly recommend going sometime.
So that was how we spent the evening of our anniversary. Stay tuned for a later update on our soon-to-be-legendary Anniversary Trip!
No Name Bar
Shawarma Kebabs
Tertullia
Getting There There are two restaurants in Hamamatsu. There is a mysterious third one someone between here and Shizuoka which we don't know about, bbut we haven't been there and we don't know where it is. However, to get to the other two, you would have to take buses. But it's still quite easy and about 200-300 yen to get there and about 15-25 minutes. For one of them, take bus #70 (platform 15) to the JA Nagaueshiten. It's about 280 yen to get there. Cross the street and you'll see it.To get to the other one, take bus #90,92,93, or 94 (platform 8) to Hougawa. It's 200 yen then you have to walk in the same direction of the bus. It's on the corner of the major highway.
The Food
