We had a pretty lazy last day in Yokohama, because the weather suddenly turned bone-chillingly cold, and because we had to get up at 5am the next morning to make it home. We did, however, brave the cold for a walk to a yakiniku and shabushabu restaurant. Vegetarians be warned, this is unsafe territory! Yakiniku is fried or grilled meat, and shabushabu (literally "swish, swish") is the sound effect of thinly cut strips of meat being swished in a bowl of broth. We ate mostly yakiniku . To the left, I am turning some meat on the little grill at our table. It's a ceramic or earthen bowl ( shichirin ) with wood charcoal in it, and the little metal plate on top gets continuously replaced as it dirties. The metal tube above it is for ventilation. For those who can eat wheat, there are delicious soy, miso, and garlic sauces to add post-grilling. I just put kimchi and garlic paste on mine, which I think is equally delicious. The funniest part of dinner must ha...
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