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Asuka Nabe + Shabu Shabu offers healthful ingredients but ensures its flavors are inviting

By Nadine Kam

~~<p>As you probably know — but wish you didn't — restaurant food usually astounds because of copious amounts of salt, fat and/or sugar (pick your vice). If you believe otherwise, you're in denial. It is the rare and remarkable chef who opts to do with less of the bad stuff, making up the difference with herbs and spices.</p>
<p>Even then it's a hard sell. People claim to want to eat better, but the typical strategy goes something like this: Given the choice of cheese-slathered pizzas, a big juicy burger or fat-oozing pork belly and a salad, people will get the bad stuff with a side salad and hope the good cancels the bad. Sorry, doesn't work that way. I believe you eat the salad, filling up so there's zero room for the bad stuff.</p>
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As you probably know — but wish you didn't — restaurant food usually astounds because of copious amounts of salt, fat and/or sugar (pick your vice). If you believe otherwise, you're in denial. It is the rare and remarkable chef who opts to do with less of the bad stuff, making up the difference with herbs and spices.

Even then it's a hard sell. People claim to want to eat better, but the typical strategy goes something like this: Given the choice of cheese-slathered pizzas, a big juicy burger or fat-oozing pork belly and a salad, people will get the bad stuff with a side salad and hope the good cancels the bad. Sorry, doesn't work that way. I believe you eat the salad, filling up so there's zero room for the bad stuff. Login for more...