Boston.com:
Shabu Shabu combines the fun of fondue with the flavors of Japan, China, and Korea. (Though different countries have slightly different hot-pot styles, in Boston the idioms tend to blur.) It's interactive. It's great for kids, it's great for dates. It's healthy, unless you're watching your sodium intake. There is something for every taste - you can eat light, springy fish paste and tofu puffs and beef tongue in a spicy, numbing Sichuan broth, or you can have rib eye and chicken and mixed vegetables in bouillon.