Shabu Part 5: Shabu Shabu Ya in the Miracle Mile area of L.A.

Traffic in L.A. is horrendous and sometimes I don't feel like driving out to Downtown L.A. / Little Tokyo so I ended up finding a local shabu shabu restaurant in the Miracle Mile area off of Wilshire and La Brea Ave. Not a typical location to find Japanese food but I'm not complaining since it's close by. (I was also surprised to find that there's a izakaya type restaurant next door. I'll have to try that soon).

It's a small restaurant named Shabu Shabu Ya. No parking lot that I could find but plenty of street parking:




They offer shabu shabu or sukiyaki at a very reasonable price. Our dinner included a choice of either the tuna sashimi salad or seaweed salad (I picked the tuna sashimi). It was very good, 4 small slices of fresh tuna with a tasty dressing for the mixed greens:



My girlfriend ordered a regular sized shabu shabu and I had the sukiyaki. Our waitress brought out a pot with a divider so we can cook the two different soup bases together:



Here's a pic of the certified Angus beef rib eye:



With goma and ponzu dipping sauces plus a raw egg for my sukiyaki:



Our dinners came with the typical plate of veggies which included a single shiitake mushroom, enoki mushrooms, a slice of carrot, tofu, bean sprouts, udon, napa cabbage and chrysanthemum leaves. Veggies were fresh but my only complaint is that it was a very small portion. I wish they would at least give more napa cabbage:



Overall I enjoyed our dinner. It was an easy drive, the waitresses were very friendly, and a great value.

Regards,
ED-209