Shabusen Yakiniku House is an all you can eat buffet that offers Korean barbecue and Japanese dish. The restaurant is located on the busy Vancouver downtown Burrard Street and it is on the second floor. So it may be a bit difficult to spot but it does have a advertisement board on the first floor along the street.
Since we went for a tough hike early in the morning that day, we were so hungry when we got back to the city at 1PM. Thus we looked for an all you can eat buffet to fill our stomach. We found Shabusen as we walked down the street and decided to give it a try.
As we walked up the stairs we could smell the Korean barbecue. It smelled so good. It was very busy in the restaurant and we had to wait for 10 minutes before getting a table. As we sat down, we were given an order sheet to place our order. The number that we put on the order sheet is for per piece, even for sushi rolls. What this mean is the dish will come with just 1 piece of sushi roll. We find this to be very efficient since we could try a piece of every single roll.
So we ordered few places of beef and pork for barbecue, about 10 pieces of salmon Sashimi, 2 salmon Nigiris, tempura, tofu, and other stuff.
The food came very quickly and started grilling it. The salmon Sashimi was very fresh and each piece was very thick. We were surprised with how thick each Sashimi was. We really loved it. The salmon Nigiris was not bad either, but it did not feel as fresh as the Sashimi. The beef and pork barbecue meat was already marinated and had a lot of flavor. We really liked the way how we grilled it.
As we finish up the first round and wanted to order the second round, we were told it was the last call. We were surprised because it was not even 2PM and the restaurant closes at 2:30PM. We ordered more salmon Sashimi to enjoy the feast and few more plates of pork and beef for barbecue.
Overall, Shabusen Yakiniku House was quite good and offered a variety of food selection. One thing that they do note is that they make sure you do not waste food and order too much. We overheard a table wanted to order more and the owner asked if they could finish. The price is $21 per person, which we think is reasonable.
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