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Last night Anthony and I went to a Japanese shabu-shabu place near Ring Road 3 East for dinner. When we arrived, the place was nearly empty, and that casted doubts on their food for Anthony. But my instincts told me that Beijingers won’t like authentic shabu-shabu, so this place must be authentic. And I was right; the food was great. The waitress confirmed my theory and said most of their customers were Japanese. Although most of the staff were Chinese, they spoke Japanese all the time, even amongst themselves, which added to the place’s charm.

What amused me most was, even after finding out that we were from Hong Kong, the waitress still kept saying すみません (sumimasen, or excuse me in Japanese) to us.

Oh, the details of the place:

しゃぶ八 Shabu-Hachi
北京市朝阳区
关东店北街核桃园30号
瑞昌商务会馆 1F
010-6503-2650

I am now officially running for a position on the Free Standards Group Board. My position statement has been sent to the election committee, and should be up on the FSG web site in the next few days.