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FYI SOUTH Magazine, February 2006.

King Crab Shabu Shabu (07) 261-6819 99, ShrJung 1st Road, Kaohsiung Hours:Mon - Fri 11:30 am-2:30 pm, 5:30 pm-10 pm; Sat - Sun11:30 am-4 pm; 5:30 pm-10 pm Visa and Mastercards accepted. www.kingcrab.com.tw

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--By Pieter Vorster, translated by Annie Liu

The owners of Serious David Shen's Steakhouse and Seafood (part of the island-wide Wellspring International Restaurant Group) have finally expanded to the south of Taiwan. Along with their new branch in Tainan, they have opened King Crab Shabu Shabu (and will soon open a steakhouse right next door) in ShrJung 1st Road, between GuangFu 2nd and MinSheng 2nd Roads, close to the Love River. This all-you-can-eat restaurant works much in the same way as most of its kind. Customers pay NT$550 per person (a 10% service charge is added) to help themselves to as much King Crab, assorted seafoods, a large array of vegetables, certain meats and other regular hotpot ingredients as they can eat in a 2-hour timespan. The open-plan space has tables featuring warmers, on which a hotpot filled with their trademark soup is brought to the boil. All that is left then is to add your ingredients and enjoy a delicious meal. Their specialty of huge, fresh king crabs make for an interesting dining experience and it is recommended that first-timers ask the friendly staff to help them. Bottomless coffee, tea and soft drinks are available, as well as Japanese Meiji ice cream to complete the meal. Children shorter than 120cm eat for free.