Takoyaki Fries
Jin Pot Shabu House

Jin Pot Shabu House

5160 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, 94121, United States Of America

Casual • Hot Pot • Izakaya • Japanese


"Absolutely me and my wife’s favorite Shabu spot in the bay for AYCE Shabu Shabu. We’ve been coming here since prepandemic and the server Teresa would always take care of us and offer friendly service. It’s easy to make a reservation through Yelp. The interior feels cozy and has stuff animals on the bench seating with pictures and details of the broths they offer on the right wall.The numerous broths they offer are all flavorful and unique which you can’t find at most shabu/hot pot places. Our personal favorites are:1) Szechuan spicy pickled cabbage which is peppery and sour with a bit of a kick.2) Sukiyaki broth which is savory and sweet that compliments and enhances the sweetness of the nicely marbled wagyu beef they offer. This is the broth we miss from Japan that this place satisfies our craving for.3) Spicy miso which is common amongst shabu restaurants but they add more miso in theirs which taste more flavorful and is actually spicy.We always order the wagyu beef which they slice thinly and the meat is well marbled so it melts in your mouth, our second favorite is the New Zealand lamb which always taste fresh and not gamey at all.Here are our favorites from the menu that’s included in the AYCE:Vegetable platter Can’t decide? It comes with a variety of their veggiesTsumire Bamboo Rolls minced wagyu beef w/ negi(green onion) or cornChicken Kara age nice and crispy to get the appetite going.Takoyaki fries comes with the sweet and slightly tangy Takoyaki sauce topped w/ bonito flakes.Cilantro Wagyu dumplings flavorful dumpling to go with their broth and not overpowered by cilantro.House sake check in and you get a bottle for 50 centsLastly they offer you a complimentary dessert at the end of your meal which is a bowl of vanilla ice cream with a brown sugar syrup and kinako powder and it is SO addictive and delicious."

Teazu

Teazu

969 Story Rd UNIT 6033, San Jose, CA 95122, USA, United States

Tea • Asian • Snacks • Milk Tea


"I went to try teazu because my friend came to visit and he was craving something similar to boba sweet teas and popcorn chicken. We went and I ordered a very unique meal. The meal included calamari and a Vietnamese rice paper salad with beef jerky and garlic rice paper shredded with egg. It was weird, it coat about 18 dollars for the concoction and the calamari was about 7 dollars. The calamari was really tasty a bit sweet and salty but it was delicious. I'm sure it had bad stuff in it and fried in inflammatory oils and also had been drenched with MSG because I had a stomache problem the day after. The food itself was okay the rice paper with beef jerky was strange but it tasted decent. The texture was odd though. It was like eating paper but had flavor. The overall price for value was crazy. It was like the size to feed about a family of 6 people I got it in a tray. And that was a medium! They had a large and I couldn't fathom how huge that could be. Probably a huge storage box full of that stuff. The ambiance was in a strange parking lot surrounded by building that look like it came from 200 BC and was the only place one past midnight. The service was antisocial. The workers never talked in the front, they prepared the food in the back and person quickly gave out the food after it was made. The bathroom is hidden on a dark corner without any light. The food in terms of value was good, defintely one of the strangest foods I ever had. I never seen this type of food before but they really cater to boba drink lovers. Since I didn't have any boba I cannot judge, however, when reading the menu I saw that the boba drink ingredients were towards the sugary side so I defintely want to stay away. It was worth coming once, but if I had to come again, defintely get the small size of the garlic rice paper noodle box because I couldn't even finish a 4th of it on my own and I ate a ton of that stuff. The texture was off and seems like it should have been boiled prior to serving but I guess you eat it like that. The total was about 30 dollars."