Shabu Shabu

Mo~Mo~ Paradise:
Various locations:
1. Udagawacho 31-2, Shibuya Beam 6F. Open 11:30am-2:30, 5-10:30pm daily. Tel: 3461-2941.
2. Walk towards Shinjuku East, and towards Isetan. Kabuki-cho behind Kent Hotel

All-you-can-eat shabu-shabu and sukiyaki specials for ¥1500 (90-minute limit), Y1000 at lunchtime. At Mo Mo Paradise, guests are treated to choice cuts of Black Angus beef imported from the United States in an upscale atmosphere that features stylized paintings of bulls. Before eating shabu shabu, turn on the hot plate in the center of the table and boil the water in a steel bowl. Using your chopsticks, quickly swish the meat in the water (some folks believe that it tastes better if you sing 'shabu shabu' as you do this) until it's cooked. Then dip the meat in a choice of two sauces, either gomadare, a slightly sweet sesame sauce, or ponzu, a soy and vinegar combination. Only after eating the meat should you then cook your tofu, carrot, hakusai cabbage, maitake mushrooms, and negi green onions. Sukiyaki, the slightly tougher and sweeter meat dish eaten with raw egg, is also a house specialty.