During winter season in Japan, the most popular dish is Onabe (Pot cooking).In this this, you can use any ingredients you would like, from vegetable, fish, meat, seafood, mushrooms, the list goes on... Onabe can feed the whole family since you can keep adding more ingredients as you eat.
The ideal way to cook this dish is by using a tabletop stove which you can find in Japanese grocery store. This way, you can add more veggies and meat as the meal goes on. It is very healthy since you can have variety of vegetables at once. The soup is wonderful because of all the flavor from meat, seafood and vegetables.
You will find onabe dish in many Japanese restaurants in Los Angeles as well. Please try especially during the winter to warm up and experience the ultimate Japanese home cooking.
