The Japanese pork cutlet, called tonkatsu, is quite popular even outside Japan. Fewer people know about another marvelous battered and deep fried goodie from Japan: the beef cutlet, gyukatsu. The main feature of this type of cutlet is that the beef inside is kept rare, making it very juicy. It is one of my favorite Japanese dishes. In this post I will share one gyukatsu I had in Ginza, not the best ever, but a good introduction to this type of cutlet.
The visit
I found a self-styled Korean BBQ called World Diner offering a gyukatsu lunch set in Ginza. Above you can see the view from my seat.
I had a 100 gram gyukatsu (but it looked quite small…) and for 300 yen I also had access to a salad “buffet”. Actually the buffet was a joke, they just had a few items that are usually provided with a lunch set anyway such as rice, cabbage and salad. The only advantage was the unlimited drink.
From the picture above you can see that the heart of the beef is almost rare.
While the whole experience was nothing special, the beef was very juicy and overall the cutlet was good. The restaurant claims to deal with top wagyu.
The check
I was about to throw the receipt away… I did not think of writing a review, but I guess sometimes it is also useful to share so so experiences.
The lunch set came to 2,246 yen (around 20 USD). It was expensive, normally a gyukatsu set would cost around 1,500 yen. However, the quality of the meat was good and, after all, it was Ginza.
I do NOT recommend this place, however I do recommend trying a beef cutlet if you travel to Japan. For a review of a good gyukatsu see this post from Nagasaki.
Where in Tokyo:
7th floor of Kirarito mall in Ginza.
1-8-19 Ginza, Ginza, Chuo 104-0061, Tokyo Prefecture.
See their website for more details.