Food & Drink | Top 5 Mar 13, 2022
Tokyo's top tonkatsu make for a hefty meal
by Russell Thomas
The hearty pork cutlet is a favorite choice for lunch in Japan. Thankfully, Tokyo has no shortage of places that serve it.
Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Jul 15, 2016
Narikura: 'Tonkatsu' that should be on every foodie's radar
by Robbie Swinnerton
There's nothing gourmet about tonkatsu. Those deep-fried cutlets with their crisp, appetizing exteriors concealing juicy chunks of rich, fatty pork are, for many, the ultimate expression of Japanese comfort food. But, as with other types of downhome cooking, the best purveyors often become the ...
Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Apr 15, 2014
Butagumi Dining: Quality tonkatsu pork cutlets to eat and go
by Robbie Swinnerton
What's not to like about the original Butagumi? Tokyo's temple to high-end tonkatsu (deep-fried pork cutlets) really is the finest in town. Where else serves such beautiful cuts of premium pork — from hand-reared breeds of "heritage" pigs — and in such a classic setting? There ...
Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE May 18, 2012
Tonki: Dishing up 73 years of tasty tonkatsu success
by Robbie Swinnerton
Nowhere does tonkatsu like Tonki. Of all the restaurants in Tokyo that serve those ever-popular cutlets of breaded, deep-fried pork — and they number in their thousands — nowhere stands out quite the way Tonki does. To its legions of fans, it is an all-time ...