Japan, Tokyo- Katsukura Restaurant

Katsukura Restaurant, in Shinjuku, Tokyo
Yes, the sign did say Kyoto, however this is the branch in Tokyo and they originated from Kyoto.

 The interior of the restaurant, okay, it is a bad shot, but this is all I got for the restaurant =(

This is the english menu that is very helpful for us to choose the different type of pork that they have, and the different cut all well explained in the menu. Also, look, there is Free Refills, of Barley Rice, Vegetables and Miso Soup, so it was quite a hectic dinner.

This is what was provided on the table, when we were seated

The three containers are different sauces, the one from the left is the vegetable dressing sauce, the second one is a spicy sweet sauce (the waitress did say spicy, but it is more of a BBQ flavour kind of) and the last one is a sweet sauce. I preferred the spicy sweet sauce with the meat, as it brings out the flavor a lot more.

Some salad to start the meal

They gave us sesame seed to grind manually, so we can actually decide how fine we want our sesame seed to be, and we will pour the sauce into the bowl with the sesame seed and mixed it, before using it for the meat.

Babababa! the highlight of the meat, Deep Fried Pork Loin, Tonkatsu. there are different weightage of the pork as well as different cut and different type. So, if you are feeling wealthy, go ahead and get the best type of meat. However, I settled for the original Pork Loin that they serve and I was still not disappointed by the quality of the meat.

As you can see, from my strategical placed pork, the fat contain is crazily awesome, the top of the pork and the middle has a good amount of fats that really dissolve when you bite into it. the skin is crisp and does not give such a oily mouthfeel, but still enough to be able to slid down your throat so awesomely.

Overall, I will go back again and again, if I were to visit Japan again, as there are only a few shops that can probably recreate such a tonkatsu here in Singapore, but the price wise, well, it will be a lot higher than as compared.

5-24-2, Sendagaya, Shibuya, Tokyo Shinjuku Takashimaya 14F

Opening Hours: 11:00 to 23:00