Ever had trouble finding a hotpot for one? Now you can order a solo shabu shabu meal and enjoy a plethora of ingredients at Hitori Shabu Shabu Ichi in Shinjuku. You’ll receive a small personal pot with your choice of broth, which include flavours like the restaurant's standard dashi-based broth, mega spicy broth, sukiyaki broth and more. This isn’t your typical hotpot place, though – all the ingredients are delivered to you on a sushi-train-style conveyor belt, so you can grab whatever takes your fancy and get dipping.
There is a wide range of meat on offer, including beef, chicken, pork, lamb and duck which cost around ¥150 to ¥300 per plate. There’s also a veggie medley (¥200) as well as numerous daily side dishes – rice, noodles and even dumplings – which cost just ¥100 per plate.
We recommend going for the all-you-can-eat deal (¥2,500), which allows you access to everything on the menu for 90 minutes. An additional ¥1,500 will get you unlimited alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, too.