Some meat eating clients were in town and they wanted to eat lots of meat dish, so I suggested that we go out to eat shabu shabu.
Shabu-shabu by Wikipedia definition is a Japanese variant of hot pot. The dish is related to sukiyaki in style, where both use thinly sliced meat and vegetables, and usually served with dipping sauces. However, it is starkly different in taste; shabu-shabu is more savory and less sweet than sukiyaki. It is considered a winter dish but is eaten year-round.
Having transfered that knowledge onto them, we made our way to "Seryna Honten".
This restaurant is known for the prime quality beef and an outstanding selection of fresh seafood to go with the course.
We were relatively hungry and wanted to escape the always dragging menu choosing process, so we ordered the Special Seryna Dinner course A. The course presented us with an appetizer, assorted sashimi, assorted combination of seasonal dish, Prime beef shabu-shabu and finally dessert.
The food came in a slow pace and we are ever grateful that they did it that way, considering the amount of food that we devoured. By the time we finished the assorted combination of seasonal dish, we were already full; but then the Prime beef and the hot pot came, so we continued eating.
And then the veggies came for the hot pot, so we ate some more.
And finally on the savory side, the noodles came, so we finally ate them all.
We finished the 3-hours feast with a very delectable almond jelly and declared ourselves officially stuffed.
One thing that I have to point out about this restaurant is the quality of customer service that they provided. Truthfully I did not care much about their interior decor, if anything it felt a little bit too old-fashioned, like from the 80s; but with the quality of food and customer service, I'm more than ready to brush aside that fact.
One last note, the restaurant is not the cheapest in town. It is never cheap with shabu-shabu to begin with, since the higher quality the beef is naturally will jack up the price. However, it is a perfect place to take visitors to. Just be sure to do that when you're on company's dime.
Restaurant information:
Seryna Honten(瀬里奈本店）
3-12-3 Roppongi
Minato-ku, Tokyo
Tel. 03-3402-1051
http://www.seryna.co.jp/shop/honten-e.html
Map in English
http://www.seryna.co.jp/shop/map/map01-e.html
Map in Japanese
http://www.seryna.co.jp/shop/map/map01.html
Lunch course menu starts from JPY 3,000
Dinner course menu starts from JPY 10,000
A la carte menu starts from JPY 924 (but will quickly escalate)
Rating
food quality *****
food taste *****
service *****
value to money *****
