mad_method
Today is a holiday Saturday. Let's go eat tonkatsu! I thought about going to the famous hundred tonkatsu restaurants in Chiba, but it's too far. Since peetantansan also recently visited this place and gave positive feedback, I decided to visit this restaurant. Tonkatsu Ouryu! It's a restaurant that opened after the closure of OoGo, which used to be one of the hundred top tonkatsu restaurants. I arrived at the restaurant around 6 pm. The back seats seemed quite full with families, but I was promptly seated at a solo table in the front. I looked at the menu and decided to go with the premium loin tonkatsu 150g set meal for ¥2,420 (¥1,860 for just the tonkatsu) and also ordered the maguro toro katsu from Yamazuki for ¥600! Tea and pickles arrived quickly. About 15 minutes later, the premium loin tonkatsu was served. Soon after, the maguro toro katsu was also served. I started with the maguro toro katsu since I didn't want it to overcook. It was cut in half, one side with tartar sauce and the other with soy sauce. It was even more delicious than when I had it during the OoGo era. As expected of toro katsu, it was very tender. Then, I tried the premium loin tonkatsu as it is. The coating had a nice flavor. What surprised me the most was how tender the meat was. It was so tender, almost melting in my mouth. I had never had such a tender loin katsu with red meat before. I tried it with salt and sauce from the middle to the right. The left side, which had more fat, I enjoyed with grated ponzu sauce. The sauce wasn't really to my liking, but the fat part with ponzu sauce was incredibly delicious! It was so delicious that I finished it in no time. The rice was cooked perfectly, and the miso soup was full of ingredients with the tasty flavor of pork fat. I added sesame oil and shichimi spice on top, and it was perfect! The pickles were tasty, and the pickled plum on the table was pleasantly sour. The set meal was perfect in every way! The atmosphere of the coating was slightly different from the OoGo era, but it was very delicious! The service was also great (they paid attention to refills, etc.), and I would definitely like to visit again. Next time, I want to try the premium fillet tonkatsu. The only downside is that it's a bit hard to visit due to the location. Thank you for the delicious meal!