Comments on meemalee: Tonkatsu Recipe (Japanese Schnitzel) and Home-Made...

@Luiz - I have to try Maisen! So glad you've b...

2011-12-08T21:47:17.967Z

@Luiz - I have to try Maisen! So glad you've been won over to tonkatsu :)

@Anonymous - It *should* be karashi - a Japanese mustard which comes powdered or in a tube and which you can buy in Japanese/Oriental stores. But English mustard (eg Colmans) is a fine substitute.

is the yellow mustard for the sauce a powder or so...

2011-12-05T01:44:15.911Z

is the yellow mustard for the sauce a powder or something like French mustard? Thanks.

I have gone through life looking down on tonkatsu,...

2011-12-02T16:19:21.658Z

I have gone through life looking down on tonkatsu, until now. Maisen in Harajuku makes the most fantastic black pig tonkatsu, at about £25 a pop (3 times the price of any other Tokyo eatery) buy it is amazingly good!

Luiz @ The London Foodie

I'm with your hubby on this one, a good Tonkat...

2011-11-25T11:23:06.005Z

I'm with your hubby on this one, a good Tonkatsu is very hard to beat. Especially when it has a beaten egg poured over it just before serving...

Glad you posted the sauce recipe as well, it looks like a beauty and it could be fun playing with ingredients to produce different results.

@Dennis K - Aww, I'd love to see a pic of Tonk...

2011-11-18T23:17:41.274Z

@Dennis K - Aww, I'd love to see a pic of Tonkatsu Man!

Whoa, so the place that first served it is still around? That's cool.

@Katy Salter @ Pinch of Salt - Yeah, I spend many a lunchtime in Tsuru. I miss izakayas - Asakusa in Mornington Crescent's pretty close to being one though.

@tori - Yup :)

Katsu is dangerously good comfort food. DANGEROUSL...

2011-11-18T18:20:53.150Z

Katsu is dangerously good comfort food. DANGEROUSLY good.

Oh god I love Tonkatsu - your post has got me crav...

2011-11-18T17:34:00.584Z

Oh god I love Tonkatsu - your post has got me craving a Tsuru katsu curry AND sandwich immediately (this is dangerous. I work 100-yards away). And yes, anyone who thinks Japanese food is all sushi and healthiness would be a bit shocked by most izakayas!

Hi Meemalee, I dressed up as Tonkatsu-Man for Hall...

2011-11-18T15:33:29.323Z

Hi Meemalee, I dressed up as Tonkatsu-Man for Halloween during the second grade, haha. It was pretty crude, a cape, father's t-shirt with markered "T", and in my right hand a plastic baggie full of tonkatsu pieces. I think I was inspired by how Popeye gained strength by eating spinach...?

I heard Renga Tei in Ginza was first to serve Tonkatsu in Japan and also first to

@Su-Lin - Ah, I'd forgotten about Java! Seri...

2011-11-18T11:47:35.838Z

@Su-Lin - Ah, I'd forgotten about Java!

Serious Eats did a Japanese Curry Roux taste test here.

@Lizzie - Shop-bought is pricey and price-wise seems to vary eg very expensive at Centrepoint, but it lasts a while. It's fun

I bloody love tonkatsu; I made it fairly recently ...

2011-11-18T11:42:32.376Z

I bloody love tonkatsu; I made it fairly recently for the first time. Wish I'd seen your tonkatsu sauce recipe though as ready made is quite pricy.

I like the Java curry...it's just a bit spicie...

2011-11-18T10:39:27.817Z

I like the Java curry...it's just a bit spicier!

Great post! Love the idea of homemade tonkatsu sauce!

@Mr Noodles - Katsu Curry Recipe
2011-11-18T09:43:52.638Z
@Mr Noodles -

Katsu Curry Recipe

Sweat a handful each of diced potatoes, carrots, peas and onions in some oil.

Add 500 ml water and a Japanese curry roux cube and stew for 30 minutes.

Pour curry sauce over the tonkatsu.

DONE :^D

Lovely recipe, but wot no curry? I love crispy dee...

2011-11-18T09:33:19.985Z
Lovely recipe, but wot no curry? I love crispy deep fried tonkatsu served with an ever so slightly 'dirty' curry sauce. I had a great one in Tokyo where the curry sauce had been made with pork belly. I still have dreams about that meal...