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Hot pot
New York City area, King
wanted to open her own
place to step out of her
comfort zone.
Hot pot or “shabu-shabu”
in Japanese, consists
of thinly sliced meat, vegetables
and other ingredients
boiled in a flavorful
broth, traditionally shared
amongst a group of people.
“Basically, Shabulixius
is gonna be for neighbors,
for friends and family to
get together eating hot pot
in either a big pot in the
middle or individual,” said
King.
Historically, the chef
said that Asian cultures eat
hot pot during special occasions
and holidays but has
since become more common.
The idea for her own
hot pot restaurant originated
20 years ago when “mini
shabu” started becoming
popular in Flushing.
“My sister and I, we
really like to eat this. It’s
very interesting and it’s
fun because you have your
own pot,” King said. “One
day my sister told me that,
‘You know what, Shirley?
One day if I ever wanted to
open a shabu restaurant,
I’m gonna call it Shabulicious.'”
Nearly two decades
later when King decided
to open a hot pot joint, her
sister offered up the name.
Instead of using the ending
“-cious,” she decided to go
with “-xius” for a unique
twist. King’s 11-year-old
niece designed the shop’s
logo, which incorporated
chopsticks and animated
steam.
When it came to menu
planning, King said that
she wanted to combine
her Western cooking style
with her Eastern roots. She
said that her father, who is
a Chinese chef, has been
working with her to come
up with innovative recipes
like French onion broth
hot pot, bouillabaisse broth
and a special sukiyaki with
duck jus.
The chef shared that
she wanted to focus on the
quality of ingredients that
go into each hot pot dish
in an increasingly healthconscious
world.
“You know what you
put in your mouth and the
broth that we make is really
from cooking down the
bone and not adding any
other stuff. A lot of people
are skeptical about MSG
monosodium glutamate;
we don’t use that. So it really
takes time to cook it
down and make the broth
flavorful,” King said.
Some ingredients that
go into the broth are lemongrass,
bay leaf and málà,
a combination of 15 to 20
spices simmered in oil. A
majority of the meat, seafood,
vegetables and other
ingredients will be sourced
locally from supermarkets
and farmers markets.
Once the restaurant is
open, King said that there
will be a guide to teach
newcomers how to eat hot
pot. Guests can choose two,
three or four soup bases
for a big pot or one of seven
house-made broths for an
individual serving.
“Shabulixius is very
happy that it gets to be part
of Bell Boulevard,” King
said. “We hope that we
could bring a lot of joy to
this neighborhood.”
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Landlord
conditions of housing accommodations
based on
“alienage or citizenship
status.”
According to the Wall
Street Journal, Lysius
claims that she didn’t
send the texts and emails
to Ondaan. She called the
commission’s report “false”
and said she plans to appeal
the judge’s ruling.
Philippe Abner Knab, a
lawyer who represented the
commission, said that the
judgment is the first case
of its kind where a landlord
was fined for threatening to
call immigration. According
to the commission, they
have received 160 inquiries
in 2018 related to housing
discrimination based immigration
status, national
origin and citizenship status
— a 7 percent increase
from 2017.
“There’s cases like this
in employer context — an
employer using ICE as a
threat. But in housing,
there’s nothing like this,”
Knab told QNS, adding that
he didn’t see the recommendation
as the beginning of
an increase in landlord discrimination
suits because
of the fear that people without
status often have over
accessing the legal system.
After Ondaan moved
into the apartment on 148th
Street in 2011, for years she
paid for part of her housing
using rental assistance
through the City Human
Resources Administration.
A conflict began between
her and Lysius in October
2017 when she ceased paying
rent based on “financial
difficulties.”
The Commission’s lawyers
said that Ondaan started
complaining to the police
about receiving harassing
texts and visits from Lysius
that fall, but it wasn’t until
January 2018 that the landlord
began threatening to
call ICE. Ondaan printed
the text messages from this
period and presented them
to the court.
“I REPORTED YOU TO
IMMIGRATION BOO THEY
KNOW IM THE LANDLORD
TO PROVIDE THEM
KEYS COME DIRECTLY
TO YOU,” read a text that
Ondaan printed out.
The cap on damages for
the penalty for the violation
of human rights law is
$125,000. While Administrative
Law Judge John B.
Spooner wrote that he found
the Ondaan’s testimony
credible and her emotional
distress tangible, ultimately
he did not find it as severe as
several cases that set precedent
for this type of award.
The recommendation
will now go before the
Chairperson of the Commission
who will ultimately
decide whether to accept
or modify it.
Continued from Page 1
A replication of a text that
Jamaica landlord Dianna
Lysius allegedly sent her
tenant in January.
Original image courtesy of
Wikimedia Commons
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