หมูกระทะ: the smoky cousin

หมูกระทะ is shabu's smoky cousin and usually cheaper: a charcoal brazier under a domed pan. Meat grills on the dome, and the moat around it holds broth for vegetables, glass noodles and balls. Every table gets a cube of pork fat to rub over the dome so nothing sticks; grill the fattier cuts first and finish with a bowl of the moat soup and a raw egg. The dip is แจ่ว, the Isan sauce of fish sauce, lime, chili and roasted rice, next to suki and seafood sauce. Prices run from about 140 to 300 baht, often with no time limit and drinks included, and your clothes will smell of it all the way home. That is part of the deal.