Which Japanese tonkatsu would you prefer to try? Or try them both in Tokyo!
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Tonkatsu is a Japanese food that has international influence – it was originally a dish inspired from a European fried meat cutlet like Wiener Schnitzel, but it’s now one of the common Japanese dishes. Usually a pork cutlet is dipped in egg and flour, coated in breadcrumbs, and deep fried to a golden crisp. Tonkatsu is served with rice, cabbage salad, and a tonkatsu sauce which typically consists of Japanese worcestershire.
Just like with all types of Japanese food, there’s everything from fast food restaurants serving tonkatsu, to gourmet high end restaurants serving Tonkatsu.
So for this video I wanted to taste two of the best tonkatsu’s in Tokyo, eat them back to back, and compare their differences and decided on a winner… since they were so different, it ended up being a little harder to compare than I had first thought!
1. Butagumi Restaurant (豚組) – Gourmet tonkatsu, rated as one of the best
Golden boar from Hyogo
Ryuka-ton from Okinawa
Total price – 6,500 JPY ($58.70) for 2
Butagumi Restaurant (豚組) is a fancy and gourmet tonkatsu restaurant, but at the same time it’s very friendly, situated in an old Japanese house environment. One of the best things about Butagumi Restaurant (豚組) is that you can choose your specific breed of pig from the menu. Their tonkatsu is incredibly high quality and extremely delicate. Amazing.
2. Tonkatsu Tonki (とんき 目黒店) – One of the most legendary and oldest tonkatsu restaurants in Tokyo
Fatty tonkatsu
Total price – 3,800 JPY ($34.32) for 2
Tonkatsu Tonki (とんき 目黒店) is one of the most well known restaurants in Tokyo for tonkatsu, that’s been an institution in Tokyo for over 70 years. They make a much different type of tonkatsu, much rougher and the type of tonkatsu that you can chow down on, and add loads of sauce and mustard to it. One of the best things about Tonkatsu Tonki (とんき 目黒店) for me is that you can see the entire kitchen and watch your tonkatsu being made.
The Japanese tonkatsu face-off decision was so hard… and I came to 2 conclusions.
For taste – there’s no doubt Butagumi Restaurant (豚組) wins for me.
For style and ambiance – I really loved Tonkatsu Tonki (とんき 目黒店).
I think you just have to try them both when you’re in Tokyo, Japan!
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His personality and over exaggerated facing expressions remind me of Jim Carry
You can never go wrong with fried pork. It's really that good.
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Now I want to make my own Tonkatsu at home!
?Mark,Ying, & son! Since viewing your vlogs i've lost alot of weight due 2 the Bar Set So High for GREAT FRESH, unseen delicious foods that appear unearthly. The size of the food itself!! In the states it's not as palatable 2the taste. I don't eat pork or beef, but overseas I'm sure i would. Thanks for enlightening a lot of us. Praises 2 the time u share?
Those menus need a good cleaning
And you enjoy eating the unclean thing
Its not pork its swine! your people have renamed all of yahawah's creation even a lion was not named lion by Adam. lion is a fake Latin word because the Latin your wicked people speak is not the original Latin language neither is the hebrew of today .
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This guy is a master at using chop-sticks.
We want to see more of your wife and what she thinks about the food
Mark, thank you for the recommendation! I just went to Butagumi this past week; I ate the Golden Boar, the Okinawan toro, and others I can’t remember but everything was incredible!
Sad… is he review halal food in Japan??? Or just pork?
Just visited this place a few days back. Great service and food was awesome. Totally recommend this place.
I wanna be like you mark
Is tonkatsu only made of pork ?
I just see someone pulled a camra and look at youXD
Chef's do not wear safety gloves…
Amazing
I like the first tonkatsu, it's more breading and the place
There should be a button where you can just click thumbs up for every video
Butagumi was my favorite meal in Tokyo!
Come to Nepal mark?
Damn japanese food is expensive af
I just love watching yr vdo it's so amazing ?? love from Nana
From Manipur
Ying your my hero. "A woman with many hats". Very talented. Great job.
Hai Mark your food videos are exemplary.The clarity of the videos,Your expression,The passion behind each dish & ingredient,The way you taste and Savour each bit is Amazing.I recently started to see your Videos and I can just keep going on.Enjoying every bit of it.Hats of to you Mark.The Tonkatsu is mouth watering.?
Tonkatsu is just a japanese version of Schnitzel…
softness of chicken breast???? but chicken breast is not tender…
Mr Wiens come to my house next time i make some mean tonkstsu i mean 6500¥ is too much
Extreme mouth open for a tiny piece of katsu
How did you feel about the chop sticks ? Is the surface rough or smooth ?
both pork dishes looked fantastic. the first was more high end.
Mark you should come to new zealand!!
I love how at the second restaurant you can see Ying kissing Micah while hes sleeping. I'm a mom and I do that exact same thing , babies just look so peaceful when they sleep ❤❤❤
Absolutely love Mark Wiens. Anyone hear him say “I’m gonna take a bite right out of the… right out the center console”. ???
what's so good about fried pork with a large amount of flour on it?