text: Soga Restaurant just opened a few months ago in an upstairs restaurant location Their specialty is shabu shabu a cook your own food items in a grill or soup hotplate However their lunch menu has some really tasty items that are under good for the student State Street crowd The shabu shabu can be shared among people nnI ordered their tomato egg drop soup it was really huge and came with a side of steamed white glutinous rice Others at my table ordered the shabu shabu of which there are dozens upon dozens of combination ingredients mushroom thin sliced beef water chestnuts Chinese veggies etc Another person ordered their garlic eggplant dish which seemed better than average Service was really goodnnTheres a bar in the back and I can see how the vision for this place was for it to be a late night classy restaurant with nice curtains nice tables and chairs with a nice second floor view I am definitely coming back here to try their other itemsnnThe lunch food reminded me of the much praised Sezchuan restaurant on Park St Ichiban but with the geographic advantage of being on State Street