Get Your Shabu On!

This is really just a quick post to mention a place that I've been going to with some friends for a couple of months now. Every Wednesday night, as part of my efforts to strengthen my core and prevent back spasms that lay me up in bed for weeks on end, I do an hour's pilates class in town. Now the timing isn't great, it starts at 7 and goes for an hour. Given that it's punishing the abs, food beforehand doesn't go down well, and if we waited til we got home to cook, we wouldn't be eating until 9-9:30. Hardly ideal.

Enter Mr. Shabu Shabu. A small Japanese cafe situated about 3 mins away from pilates in the "University Quarter" of town, this place does the best cheap ramen and udon noodles I've found in Canberra. For around $13, you can get a large bowl of ramen noodle soup, with a pork schnitzel (called tonkatsu) and japanese curry. This tastes fantastic, although I will admit if you haven't been addicted to it like I have, it does look a little suspect. But one taste and you'll be hooked. Throw in the fact that you get free Japanese green tea when you sit down and it's a lovely little place to go for a quiet dinner after a workout.