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| - We finally got around to going to Katsuya on a Friday night, after I've been eyeing this place for so long! After our trip to Tokyo in December, I was craving tonkatsu. Katsuya did not disappoint!!
We arrived at around 7:30 pm, and there was a wait (not surprising). We wrote our names down and got called to our table ~30 minutes later, so the wait really wasn't too bad. The restaurant itself is quite small, but has a nice rustic decor. We sat at a communal table on little bar stools - not too comfortable, but it did the job for a quick meal. My one quip is that (I'm assuming) that Katsuya doesn't have a liquor license and doesn't serve booze. Their menu does have beer listed on it, with a "coming soon" sign next to it. This definitely isn't a huge deal for us, but it would have been nice to have a beer with my tonkatsu!
We ordered the cheese crab meat croquette ($6.00) to start. These were so delicious. There was a good amount of crab meat and cheese inside, and they were fried nice and crisp. They were served with some sort of honey mustard sauce on top and it was a really nice pairing. My husband ordered the Carbonara pork loin katsu set ($15.50) and I ordered the Katsuya original pork loin katsu ($12.50). The sets are served with refillable cabbage, rice and miso soup. The Carbonara absolutely STOLE the show. It's incredibly rich and filling, but so flavourful - the sauce has bacon, seafood and lots of cracked black pepper. I didn't love the Katsuya original sauce. It was a bit tangy, but next time I will get the original without sauce. I like the idea of sauce, but it makes the breading come off. Otherwise, the tonkatsu itself was excellent. The rice was perfectly cooked, and I loved the dressing for the cabbage.
I can't wait to come back here!
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