The Best New Restaurants in the Seattle Area | Eater Seattle

"Raku Shabu Shabu House is currently in soft opening phase in the previous Regent Bakery & Cafe space in Capitol Hill. Shabu shabu, for the uninitiated, is Japanese-style hot pot where diners cook meat and vegetables in broth, and then eat them with dipping sauces. At Raku — kind of a hybrid between shabu shabu, sukiyaki, and individualized hot pot — you can get meat and seafood platters along with a vegetable and sauce bar and choice of broths. There’s something for everyone here, though the mushroom kombu broth combined with simple ponzu sauce offers the most authentic shabu shabu experience. –Jay Friedman" - Harry Cheadle