Founded in 2012 by Jeff Chon, Tabu Shabu was created during a quest for quality Asian cuisine with carefully sourced ingredients.
Jeff, who was already a restaurant operator, felt that his neighborhood was lacking something he grew up eating. Japanese style hot pot, with fresh vegetables, high end cuts of beef and seafood was something he had throughout childhood and yet nothing like this existed in the mainstream dining segment. So he decided to take over a small space in Eastside Costa Mesa to create Tabu Shabu.