จุ่มแค่สิบวินาที: cook in the right order

Keep the broth at a simmer, not a boil, and top it up before it reduces. Things that take time go in first: corn, pumpkin, carrot, cabbage. Balls, wontons and fish tofu need three to five minutes. Thin pork or beef is a swish: hold one slice in the chopsticks and swing it in the broth (that sound is the name, shabu shabu) for about ten seconds until it turns from red to pale, then eat it; never tip the plate in to soak. Leafy greens and mushrooms go in mid-meal, glass noodles and udon last so they do not drink the broth. Skim the foam with the ตะกร้อ, keep the tongs for raw meat and your own chopsticks for cooked. Pork must be cooked through.