Aoki is always mobbed, no matter when you turn up..
Which is only natural, I’d say, when the food is this good..
I sat down and there was a sign asking everyone to eat in silence.
Not that I had anyone to talk to, coming here on my own..
The menu
It was a special day (payday, that is..), so I ordered the 1,800 yen katarosu katsu set, the shoulder loin. (There’s a 2,800 yen riburosu as well, but I had no confidence I could put away 400 grams..)
Kuki-wasabi, chopped wasabi stems
An absolute must for eating this place’s tonkatsu.
The katarosu katsu set
It fills you up just to look at it.
The cross-section
The higher up the menu you go here, the fattier the pork gets. That can get a bit heavy, which is exactly why you use the wasabi. Anyway, by way of celebration, I ate the whole thing and came away thoroughly happy.
Tonjiru
They do a good job of this too.
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