Shabu-shabu with king scallops and an 8-seat room in Naju, Yuyu Shabu

I visited Yuyu Shabu Naju Innovation City branch, a shabu-shabu restaurant in Naju Innovation City. This Naju shabu-shabu spot is near Bitgaram Lake Park, so it's great for a family meal and I'd also recommend it for a work lunch.

Yuyu Shabu's location and parking — only up to the 2nd floor!

Yuyu Shabu is on the first floor of a hotel-duplex building in Naju Innovation City. Since the building is shared with the hotel, the shopping-center parking only covers up to the 2nd floor — you have to move the traffic cones on the 2nd floor to park!!! (Floors 3-5 are hotel parking only!!!)

When parking, go up only to the 2nd floor and move the cones to park!! Don't forget~!

Unlike a lot of the trendy shabu-shabu places these days, Yuyu Shabu's interior has a bit of a Japanese feel. They also have a menu combining hinoki-steamed dishes with mini shabu-shabu, so there's quite a variety of options.

Wide hall seating and an 8-seat room — what's available

There's plenty of wide hall seating, as well as a room where families can eat comfortably together.

This is the inside of Yuyu Shabu, a shabu-shabu place in Naju Innovation City. The hall seating is really spacious, so whether you come with two or three people you can sit comfortably with room to spare.

And unlike most shabu-shabu chains, there's an actual room!!! At Yuyu Shabu in Naju Innovation City, there's a separate room, so it works well for work dinners as well as family meals.

The room seats up to 8 people, so it's big enough for a pretty large family gathering!

King scallop shabu-shabu, ₩25,000, with plain and mala broth

I ordered my shabu-shabu broth as half plain, half mala. You can't have shabu-shabu without a mala broth~

King scallop shabu-shabu / ₩25,000 (noodles, vegetables and mushrooms refilled free) — plain broth + spicy broth, king scallop 200g + beef chuck 200g

I wanted to try something a bit more special, so I ordered the king scallop shabu-shabu. Every shabu-shabu at Yuyu Shabu comes with unlimited mushrooms and vegetables, and they have special menus like this king scallop shabu-shabu — plus there's even a conger eel (hamo) shabu-shabu that you can only order by reservation!!

You get to eat both shabu-shabu and king scallop, so it's two birds with one stone!!

Noodles are also provided by default, so you can eat them in the leftover broth once you've finished the shabu-shabu~!

I've been to quite a few shabu-shabu places, but this seems to be the first one that gives you king scallop~!

A hearty spread all set!! Now let's dig in for real.

First I put fish cake into the mala broth~! The staff explained in advance which ingredients are best to put in first, which made things easy.

Yuyu Shabu's special sauce

This special sauce is something you can only get at Yuyu Shabu, and I think it's a real point of difference from other shabu-shabu places.

Dip it right into the special sauce and it's absolutely delicious~!

Highball and octopus karaage side dish

I also ordered a highball, and it was sweet and delicious.

This is the octopus karaage — chewy octopus fried up crispy, and it was delicious. Between the house-made sauce and side dishes, Yuyu Shabu really does have that Japanese-style touch!!

If you feel like shabu-shabu alone isn't quite enough, I'd recommend this octopus karaage too!!

Self-service corner with unlimited vegetables and mushrooms

Unlimited vegetables and unlimited mushrooms with the shabu-shabu — that got me pretty excited.

Whenever you run low on ingredients, you can just top up at the self-service corner and add them straight to the broth — so I really ate shabu-shabu to my heart's content.

This was my first time eating king scallop with shabu-shabu!!! The king scallop is delicious~~!

The self-service corner was so well stocked that I just kept eating and eating and eating.

If you're looking for a good shabu-shabu place in Naju Innovation City, or you want one with a room, I recommend Yuyu Shabu Naju Innovation City branch in Bitgaram-dong~!