Tonkatsu is a very common dish that you'll see in Japan. Many restaurants and even cafe's have tonkatsu on their menu, and it even makes it's way onto the dinner table in many homes. It's the beloved pork cutlet. Thick pork steaks breaded in panko and fried until golden brown, served with a tonkatsu sauce (worcestshire sauce and ketchup) or a red miso sauce (in the Aichi area).
Tonkatsu is a popular lunch item because it is filling and very reasonably priced. Recently I was in the Tenpaku area of Nagoya and tried a tonkatsu specialty restaurant called Paseri パセリ. We entered at noon and the seats (counter seating only) were all full so we had to wait about five or six minutes. Most of the customers were male and when the food came, I knew why. The volume of the dishes was incredible, not only the thickness of the meat, but also the amount of accompanying cabbage, and the free refills of white rice. It's a meal that would satisfy any hungry business man.
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| Tonkatsu with daikon oroshi (grated radish) topping |
I had a craving for
katsu don which is tonkatsu with egg cooked in dashi and put on top of a bowl of rice. This restaurant uses a brand of pork called Sangenton. It is one of my favourite types of pork because there is a good balance of meat and fat. The tonkatsu was crispy and not oily at all, and most importantly, very tender. The dashi soup was seasoned nicely, making the dish light even though it's a huge slab of fried meat.
Overall, a great place when you need to satisfy a big appetite for a reasonable price.
Area: One block east of Shiogama Station (Tsurumai Line) Exit #2 鶴舞線塩釜駅2番出口
Restaurant: Paseri パセリ
Map:
https://tabelog.com/aichi/A2301/A230111/23006046/dtlmap/
Hours:
Lunch 11:30am-2pm,
Dinner 5-10pm,
closed Saturdays
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