Inahachi Shabu Shabu — Restaurant in Tai Po District

Quite disappointed with this place. Although there was plenty of choice, the choice wasn't great. The tempura self-service station was novel in that you could cook the food yourself but it was breadcrumbed costing rather than tempura. The biggest disappointment was that Movenpick ice cream was only available as a leaving present rather than part of the buffet ice cream selection. We were seated close to the entrance but it was quite cold, not sure if it was the AC (probably) or the entrance door constantly opening. Service was quite good and...

Staff are very friendly, and helpful. Food quality is ok. It would be best with booking, otherwise, you may wish to go on weekday, as the place are quite small, for Friday and Weekend,you may need to wait for an hour something before you have seat. Food fill in slowly at the self serving counter, but for those order with staff (beef, chicken, lamp, pork etc), which is...

平時打邊爐打得悶？今次我終於找到一間既可以任食火鍋，又有另類食物任食。我急不及待地帶朋友去食，說一定會為她帶來新鮮感，就是稻八日式火鍋炸物放題。我個人覺得，餐廳的名字可以再吸引一點，因為它的炸物並不是一般我們放題食開的，而是要自己動手，既好玩又好食的「炸串」 。

餐廳位於大埔舊墟，熟悉大埔的朋友都知道這條街，從大埔超級城行過去都是5-10分鐘左右。我們食第一輪，5:30-7:30，價錢便宜點，又少人一點，食完還有時間讓肚子消化一下。

我們今次來，除了想打邊爐之外，其實都想嚐嚐稻八的炸串放題。所以我們選了一個比較入門級的牛肉任食套餐。

✢ 1. 炸串放題 炸串的選擇非常多。老實說，單食炸串亦可開一個套餐放題，讓人一邊飲酒一邊食炸物。款式有：蝦肉、燒賣、番薯、菇類、秋葵、青椒、丸類、腸仔、火腿等等。加上，炸串並不限於菇菜類，亦有部份肉類選擇，值得一讚。首推當然是蝦肉炸串，想不到竟然會提供已除去蝦殼的蝦肉，用來伴酒一流。將炸串沾上炸醬及米糠，再放入爐內適時取出，再輕輕灑上調味料（稻八提供六款調味料選擇），感覺就像在日本食炸串一樣過癮。我會推介灑上海苔味、七味粉，更加惹味。

✢ 2. 壽喜燒甜醬油湯 ＆ 台式鴨血湯 火鍋湯底選了雙拼。一款為壽喜燒甜醬油湯；另一款為台式鴨血湯。壽喜燒湯底帶淡淡甜香，不會搶奪配料本身的味道，而且其甜味會令到更加開胃。至於鴨血湯底就偏向濃味，帶陣陣辣香。兩個湯底之下，我會將肉類放進鴨血湯底，菜類放進壽喜燒湯底，避免過份吸油，健康一點。

✢ 3. 特級美國穀飼牛放題 這份特級美國穀飼牛放題套餐為入門級的選擇。肉類主食方面包括特級美國穀飼牛、美國自然豚肉片、羊肉、日本北海道雞片，四款基本肉類。雖然這是入門級，但其牛肉質素亦有保證，食落絕不韌口，牛味濃郁。日本北海道雞片亦不錯，相當滑口，可以encore。

✢ 4. 自助吧 當然，火鍋除了肉類之外，其他配料亦非常重要。稻八的自助吧亦有大量選擇，丸類、腸仔、豆腐、菇菜等等。值得一提的是，自助吧旁有兩位姐姐在切菜，相當新鮮。

✢ 5. 甜品 任食方面，還包括大量甜品，可以任取的包括雀巢雪糕。喜歡食雪糕的先等一等，因為最後每人可以憑單據換領 Haagen-Dazs、Movenpick 或Dreyer's...