Hello world, where I am from in Japan, this is what eating Tonkatsu is like. what's tonkatsu? It's breaded pork
So what does tonkatsu mean
Tom means Pig and cutsu the it's short for the English word cutlet Katsuletsu
This actually comes from the French word cutlet which means meat chop. So tonkatsu literally means pork chop
Back in the late 1800s. The practice of cooking cutlets came to Japan from Europe. And what is Western food called in Japan?
Yo Shoku, yo means Western
Shoku means food or meal
Over time the Japanese made it their owns
To start they use a boneless thick cut of pork and instead of pan fry we deep
fry it you add flour
then dip it in egg and then put panko just coarse bread crumbs over it and then put it in oil and
Because I borrowed this footage from bulldog a popular maker of tonkatsu sauce. Here's their money shot
*Japanese*- okay shredded cabbage
I'm grinding the sesame seeds
Okay, and why are you grinding them why don't they grind them for you?
So you grind them right before you put it on your tonkatsu so it's fresh and it smells really good
Yeah, It did actually smell really nice
And then what are you pouring on top of it? That's tonkatsu sauce
Yeah tonkatsu sauce is actually a brown sauce based on the English Worcestershire shauce xD sauce or Worcestershire *chuckles*
Wishy-washy sauce,Worcestershire sauce, whatever close it out
I'm eating, Okosama lunch this is the kids lunch but only like
What do you think about tonkatsu um..yummy
So nowadays you can order more than just like pork loin tonkatsu, right?
right like we ordered tonight umeboshi and shiso wrapped in a thin slice of pork that
cheese stuffed ones and also ebi which means shrimp right and there's even a little special sauce for it
Yeah tartar sauce
Can you tell me what a typical meal comes with? Yeah, that's rice
cabbage
miso soup
tsukemonowhich is pickled stuff right and sauce and some other little dishes
What are you doing chin? I was picking what juice i'm going to drink and what's did you choose? apple
pineapple
How was it great?
So what you're doing Aiko? I'm getting dessert. for yourself? for mommy. You don't get one. No, so sad
So I heard you can get as much as you want, is that true
I just got lots of rice one more rice again
and
my mom got cabbage
can you get extra.. Tonkatsu? no. you can get extra miso soup too
Now I read that katsu can also mean something else in Japanese it means victory
So before school exam or big sports competition, this might be eaten. so how much was the meal?
7,354 yen or 67 US dollars. Thanks for watching. See you next time. Bye
What our pork cutlets? are chops like where you're from?