[TOKYO] Day 9: SUZUYA – Tonkatsu Cyazuke – Sizzling Fried Pork Cutlet Rice in Tea Recipe

Dear Food Diary:

Exploring the city can get tiring, yeah I know, how tough for me and my first world problems. But it’s been over a week and my old bones needed a break, so for today’s lunch, instead of hopping on the train, I walked to Akibaichi which is right in our neighborhood.

There’s 3 floors of restaurants to choose from but Susuya’s Tonkatsu Cyazuke looked different. I’ve had my share of tonkatsu (Japanese deep fried pork cutlet) at Donburiya & Katsu-hama back home, but not with a pile of cabbage on top? I went in to further taste-igate.

To my surprise, they had instructions of how to eat and tea to pour over rice, pork cutlet and pickles. How fun…

Lately, I’ve learned not to lunch with the office workers.…