This is a restaurant located in front of JR Tsurumi Station, East Exit.
The restaurant is located in a convenient spot, right in front of the bus terminal.
Inside the restaurant, there are two small box seats located at the counter, with a total of about 15 seats in a narrow and elongated layout.
It’s a chain restaurant where you can enjoy meals at low prices. Therefore, it’s very crowded during lunchtime, and the tables are usually full. There are also many customers who prefer to dine out, so the interior has a high population density.
Katsuyamaでは、毎月期間限定メニューが提供されています。その中には奇妙なメニューも多く、2022年9月に発売された『カツ煮冷やしそば（759円）』は、9月というのに冷やしそばにカツ煮を添え、さらにご飯も付くというもので、ネット上で大きな話題を呼びました。
Perhaps one of the features of the limited menu is that there are many "hit-outs".
The information received is,
■ロースカツと豚焼肉の合わせた盛り丼（759円）
This is a limited-time menu that was available from the end of September to October in 2022.
Since it's a set meal consisting of two types of dishes, the cooking process takes longer. As a result, the cattoujiru served to the customers who ordered later are often overshadowed by those served to the customers who ordered earlier.
The provided dly was beautifully garnished with white radishes, which truly reflects the effort put in by the kitchen staff.
The rose katsu comes in a small portion of one piece, which has already been cut into pieces.
The meat used for pork grill is similar to rose meat. In terms of appearance, it has a thickness and size similar to that of a pork ginger grill dish.
However, the seasoning is quite strong; there is plenty of sweet sauce applied to the food.
The osaka-cuts are already topped with sauce, but they are crispy and delicious.
The pork steaks have a very sweet sauce. Since the sauce is not applied by soaking the meat, the flavor of the sauce on the surface directly affects the taste of the pork, resulting in an imbalance between the flavors.
Under the two kinds of meat, there are shredded cabbages, and below that, there is rice.
It's a sauce with a strong sweet taste. I really want to eat the rice thoroughly, but 90% of the rice is soaked in the sauce. There are also pieces of rice floating in the sea of sauce.
The rice coated with a strong sweet sauce is difficult to eat together with roe katsus or pork roast.
For reassurance, I asked the staff to confirm whether there was any mistake in this dish. It is indeed a dish like this.
In a beef ramen chain restaurant, there are customers who order "tsuyu-daku". However, I believe that those who prefer rice floating in a sauce with a stronger flavor than the traditional grilled eel sauce are a minority.
I'm sorry, but a large amount of tamari and rice were left behind.
Even after looking at the menu, and considering that the appearance of the dishes was fine, I never thought there could be such a major problem beneath it.
The service was always full, so even with the staff working tirelessly, it was still difficult to keep up with the demand. The efficiency of the operations seemed poor.
Katsuyo's limited-time menu seems to have a lot of "miracle dishes" or exceptional items. Nevertheless, even though there are many such items, its enthusiastic fans still eat them. It's certainly a topic of discussion.
The regular menu is affordable and also delicious, so if you plan to use it regularly, then the regular menu is a good choice.
Ordering a limited-time menu is usually done by passionate fans, adventurers, or wealthy enthusiasts.
Currently, my record is 1 win and 1 loss. The shock of losing this time was too strong, so I don’t have the courage to try again with a temporary menu at this point.
