Food: とん吉 (Tonkichi)

とん吉 (Tonkichi)
告士打道280號世貿中心412室 (280 Gloucester Road, World Trade Centre, Fourth Floor)
銅鑼灣 (Causeway Bay)
Phone: +852 2577 6617

Second location:
廣東道100號彩星集團大廈B/F B室 (100 Canton Road, Basement)
尖沙咀 (Tsim Sha Tsui)
Phone: +852 2314 2998




This Singapore import is quite popular. The wait can get up to two hours even on a weekday to the point where they stop giving out numbers at 8 pm. Reservations are available for the weekdays, but are full for the next couple of months. However, the reason for the wait is an authentic tonkatsu experience that rivals anything you would find even in Japan.

To start, after you order, the waitress hands you a mortar and pestle with sesame seeds to grind your own sauce.


After it gets to the consistency you like, you reach over and grab the tall container that contains トンカツソース (tonkatsu sōsu) to mix with your sesame seed puree. The other two containers contain dressing for the shredded cabbage - here you have a choice of yuzu- (guess that makes it ponzu) or seaweed-flavor.



The primary dish of course is the tonkatsu:


You can get either the pork loin:


Or pork fillet:


Your order comes with miso soup and rice


Lastly, to finish off the meal, you get watermelon slices for dessert (although you can order a proper dessert if you're still hungry)


If you get a seat against the window, you can see Victoria Harbour


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