I've noticed this restaurant at Langham Place before CNY, but no time to try.Ever since Mr. 蔡瀾 paid a visit toとん吉in his TV programme and people started to flock to there, I have been hoping that there could be another authentic tonkatsu restaurant so that I won't be having no choice butとん吉. Not thatとん吉has turned bad, but call me snobbish, I really don't want to eat with a bunch of food ignorants who know nothing about tonkatsu, have no real interest in or appreciation on food, and to go there just because it's become a hot spot after someone saw it from TV.
That's why my eyes sparkled when I saw this restaurant opened last month or so in Mongkok.
The decor is quite nice considering its Mongkok location.
Lost 1 score toとん吉, the sesame is pre-ground, where atとん吉you grind your own to your likeness, more fun and freshness. This doesn't smell sesame at all, rather like saw dust...
The tonkatsu sauce on the right is also not as good asとん吉, yet the two salad dressings (in tall glass bottles) are quite nice; the orange one is soy sauce base with apple, the green one is made from cucumber, they both work well.
I ordered the set which you can choose for each individual items. I chose tonkatsu, with tomato soaked in Japanese wine, asparagus and pork roll, deep fried eggplant and 15 grain rice. But they gave me deep fried sweet potato instead of eggplant by mistake. The portion is generous, and like all tonkatsu place, they provide free refill shredded cabbage.
Good news, the tonkatsu really not bad! The breadcrumbs is especially nice.
This 15 grain rice cost an extra 10 dollars.
Even the dessert is nice, this roasted coffee jelly is a winner, full of nice coffee flavour.
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haha ~ I am with your snobbish attitude about dining
ReplyDeleteHow does it compare with 豚組?
guess とん吉 has one more advantage -- its 菜肉湯
glad to know that I'm not a lonely snob :-)
ReplyDeletehaven't tried 豚組 yet, have you?
近又's set comes with 菜肉湯, no extra charge, not like とん吉. regarding this area, 近又 scores higher.
Hi, cool blog. I'd never been to とん吉, but have booked a table for the month after next (crazy I know, but I guess it's a must try).
ReplyDeleteI second the comparison to 豚組, went recently and though it was v good for the price (all sets under $200) and you get to grind your own sesame.
By the way there is another とん吉 in TST, not sure how it compares to the World Trade one though.
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ReplyDeletethank you for your comment.
to me, the とん吉 in TST is more or less the same as compares to the one at World Trade, though I usually prefer the one at World Trade.