Thursday 27 October 2011

Tonkatsu in Hong Kong - 2nd take

Following the previous post about tonkatsu restaurants in Hong Kong, I am going to talk about one tonkatsu restaurant that I have not covered and one tonkatsu restaurant that I have revisited. 

Tonkichi Tonkatsu Seafood. Recommended by my friend Eric, the tonkatsu restaurant in Causeway Bay serves great pork cutlet and even better deep-fried prawns. However, the rice is soppy and not worthy of a refill. 

Deep fried prawns (HKD$ 15X)

ICHIGO. The restaurant deserves a second review. As covered in the previous post, the rice served is marvelous though a free refill is not available. The restaurant served the best katsudon (rice with deep fried pork and broken eggs with onions) among its peers; pork is crispy and juicy and eggs half-cooked and fluffy. 


Katsudon (HKD$100 on Saturday)

The restaurant have recently promoted a pork which is so tender that it could be cut with chopsticks. It tastes fine with a slight hint of tofu. 


Pork cut by chopsticks

P.S. For your information, in some tonkatsu restaurants, you will be given a bowl and a wooden stick to grind sesame. This set of tools is not available in any tonkatsu restaurants in Japan.
 
A tool exemplifying Hong Kong's creativity





4 comments:

  1. The food looks nice in both places. I should give it a try. Have you tried the new Japanese Curry in Tsim Sha Tsui called CoCo Ichibanya?

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  2. Tonkichi is good all around except for the price..

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  3. @atrurosc, I have tried CoCo Ichibanya and it is quite good.

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  4. @Eric Y, Tonkichi is quite expensive though Ichigo or 銀座梅林 is even more pricey.

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