Jul 4, 2009
Jul 3, 2009
Tonkatsu
If you love pork, and you love anything deep-fried say a big hello to tonkatsu! It's a popular dish in Japan, which is basically breaded and deep-fried pork sliced into bite-sized pieces served with miso soup and shredded cabbage. Eating at a tonkatsu restaurant had yet to be checked off our to-do list until we found Tonkatsu Wako, which specially focused on tonkatsu dishes. Here, they used the tonkatsu batter on pork (fillet/loin), eggplant and shrimp. Even Rosario, who's a vegetarian, got to enjoy the experience. Luckily enough, this place had a translated menu which made ordering easy. Because the restaurant was pretty focused on a single type of cooking, it was simple to choose what we wanted. I think all of us got a combination tonkatsu meal; mine was pork loin, pork fillet and eggplant. Everything was served like a set meal - rice, soup, cabbage, and tea all included. Don't forget to eat your tonkatsu with the sauces provided, one is a thick sauce (Jon said it's called bull sauce?) and the other is spicy yellow mustard. I combined my two sauces into one and it worked for me... OISHI!!
Jul 2, 2009
more FRESHness
If I didn't convince you the first time to check out FRESHness, here are some of Jon's photos that should do the trick!
L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon
After an active day of walking around Tokyo Mid-Town and Roppongi Hills, we decided to kick it at one of the many food establishments in the vicinity. Roppongi Hills is a massive complex that fuses together retail space, great architecture, design gardens, high-rise apartments and promenades - this all creates a lively urban landscape in the Tokyo area. We stopped at what was a very cute Parisian patisserie/cafe called L'Atelier de Joel Robochon. The bakery smelt of fresh breads and pastries, which led us to pick a little sampling for the 5 of us. Oh carbs, you kill me every time...
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