Hot Pot, Nabemono, Shabu shabu

I wanted a claypot because I wanted to make a claypot dish with oysters. I did my homework and found out that instead of the normal Chinese claypot (which I think looks a bit gaudy) I could do the same thing with the Japanese version. The Chinese claypot looks like



The Japanese claypot is called a donabe. It is made out of a sturdier clay and is stronger and more resistent to heat. I like the look of the donabe a lot better than the Chinese claypot



Last night I made a claypot oyster dish with my new claypot/donabe and it was really yummy. Next is going to be hot pot/shabu shabu in it -- who wants to come to dinner? ^_~