特ヒレ、￥２１００。
Special pork filet cutlet(Toku-hire), Y2100.
I love this tonkatsu place! Very small hole-in-the-wall restaurant with only a big round table for 8(need to share with strangers), a small table for 2, and 4 counter seats. The nearest station is Awajicho but it’s not far to walk from Akihabara. I’ve only been here for lunch and it is usually packed especially on Saturday, but there is no crazy lines. The chef fries everything himself behind the counter so during busy lunch hour, you may have to wait for some 15-20 mins. Watching the chef at his work with a very serious expression will make you patient though. The staff(chef’s wife and daughters?) are very friendly, and no matter how busy the chef is, he will always say thank you when you leave. Just love this sincere attitude of Japanese.
Anyway, the most expensive menu is Toku-hire but I think it really is the best. The meat is lean but soft and tender. The set comes with rice(refillable), soup and pickled vegetables.
特ロース、￥2000。ロース、￥１５００。
Special pork loin cutlet(Toku-rousu), Y2000.
Regular pork loin cutlet(Rousu), Y1500.
Toku-rousu is much nicer than Rousu so I think it is worth the Y500 difference, but Toku-rousu is not as good as Toku-hire. There is more fat in Rousu than in Hire and normally I will prefer the former because I like fat….but this place is an exception.
ヒレかつ丼、￥１７００。 合びきメンチ、￥１０００。
Hire Katsu-don, Y1700. Menchi-katsu, Y1000.
カキフライ、￥１４００。 車えびフライ（３本）、￥１９００。
Kaki-fry(fried oyster), Y1400. Kuruma-ebi fry(3 pcs), Y1900.
海老しんじょう揚げ、￥１４００。
Ebi-Shinjou-age(fried chopped prawn), Y1400.
貝柱コロッケ、￥１４００。串かつ、￥１３００。
Scallop croquette(cream inside), Y1400. Skewered pork and vegetable katsu, Y1300.
ロースかつ丼、￥１６００。
半メンチ、ヒレ一口かつ、海老しんじょう揚げ、カキフライ。
Rousu Katsu-don, Y1600. Love the katsu-don here.
You can order all the katsu by one piece. I ordered one kaki-fry(Y250), one bite-size Hire-katsu(Y250), one Ebi-shinjou(Y250) and one half-size menchi-katsu(Y300). For 400yen you can make it a set with rice and soup. Good idea if you want to try a bit of everything.
とんかつ やまいち(Tonkatsu Yamaichi)
Add: 1-8-4, Sudacho, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku
Tel: 03-3253-3335
とんかつ 大好き！
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Ha don’t know why I’m just not attracted to Tonkatsu/cutlet.
But it’s nice to find a hole-in-the-wall type of place that is good and so personal.
It is not that heavy cos the coating is light. Anyway I only visit once every two weeks or so.
i’m usually not a big fan of anything deep fried at a japanese restaurant.. but i must admit the ones that you ordered looks awesome. I especially like the oysters, looks like chicken wings.
I’m not a big fan of deep-fried stuff too but I do appreciate it if it is a really good tonkatsu.
this looks so good!!!!!!!!!!!