There’s a tonkatsu restaurant that I’ve been checking out for quite some time. But there was also a restaurant that I completely forgot about. It’s located on Kamakura Street, after turning right from Yokohama’s Ring Road 1. The name of the restaurant is “Tonkatsu Kaitou Zanya”. I park my car in a nearby parking lot and head towards the restaurant.
On the menu board, it was written “Lunch Set Menu”. There were not only katsudons, but also karage, ginger-yaki, and sashimi. As soon as I entered the store, there were quite a few customers due to the lunch time. I sat down at the far end of the empty counter seats. It seemed to be the manager who served me cold tea, handkerchiefs, and a small bowl containing white sesame seeds. I ordered the “Tonkatsu Set Menu” for 990 yen, as decided beforehand.
Inside the restaurant, there are set meals other than the lunch menu, as well as short menus featuring appetizers. The table-side seasonings include sauces, soy sauce, and salt. I usually stir the white sesame seeds before waiting for the food to be served. It’s really helpful that the sesame seeds are served first; otherwise, when they come out with the food, the katsu might get cold during the waiting time.
After waiting for a while, the dishes were served. The menu consisted of four items: the main dish of tonkatsu, rice, miso soup, and seasonings. The tonkatsu was quite thick even at this price. As side dishes, there was a large amount of shredded cabbage and tomatoes. On top of the cabbage, there was parsley. The cabbage was arranged high on the plate, and the sauce was poured over it. While the tonkatsu was still hot, we squeezed the lemon juice and topped it with Japanese chili and sesame seeds. The fatty parts at the edges were eaten while the sauce was still hot. The lean part of the dish also had a good thickness, so it was satisfying to eat.
The second half was prepared with soy sauce. Recently, soy sauce has started to taste delicious. There’s quite a lot of rice served here. It seems that you can order more rice, miso soup, and cabbage at any time, but I really can’t do that. Just trying to get enough cabbage is already a challenge. The miso soup consists of seaweeds and chives. The seasonings include iburi kako, pickled Chinese cabbage, and pickled radish. It’s good that the price includes taxes and is just slightly below 1,000 yen. This is a popular restaurant where customers keep coming in one after another.
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http://blog.livedoor.jp/shibapochi_kazu/archives/52026018.html
