I have a confession to make: I’m a frustrated cook! I’m recipe dependent when it comes to cooking, and a bit oblivious on basic cooking techniques such as to accurately reckon the number of minutes for a certain ingredient to be well done sans overcooking, or to effectively estimate the amount of spice/s to use.

Last Tuesday was my first time to try shabu shabu, a method of cooking using a hot pot. In order words, I had to cook my own food, which wasn’t really an easy feat for me.

Great thing I got someone who assisted me throughout the whole course. Through the easy step-by-step guide developed by Candy Hwang, the woman behind Healthy Shabu Shabu (the resto where I plus the rest of my friends chowed down), I easily got the whole thing under control later on even without any help!

Healthy Shabu Shabu is a fun, safe, healthy and interactive way of dining that utimizes state-of-the-art dining facilities and equipment.

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