Tonkichi

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The only Tonkatsu specialty chained restaurant in Singapore, Tonkichi bills itself as a cosy restaurant in reminiscent of the causal eateries in Japan. With the soft yellow lighting, the restaurant is a stark contrast from the nearby brightly-lit Japanese department store, Isetan. From the positive raving reviews about their Original Tonkatsu, I was skeptical about the quality and authentic of their Japanese food. I decided to try for myself to see if it is really one of the best Tonkatsu restau

Feeling excited to try it again, I went Tonkichi for my lunch. The interior was a typical Japanese-style, fairly decent with simple furnishing. So sorry to tell health-conscious eater, Menu was mainly for appealing deep-fried selection. Almost everything was in golden-shiny, sinful food was beautiful in appearance.Service was quick, our food arrived in around 10 minutes. Without excessively greasy, the meat remained moist and tender. Somehow I like this kind fried stuffs, crispy yet juicy condit

My friend wanted to have Japanese food, so we decided to dine in at Tonkichi. It was quite a long time I last dined at Tonkichi, I did not know they also sell Sashimi, I thought they only sell Tonkatsu set.I decided to order the Chirashi Set with Grilled Prawns. When the order came, I was very pleasing to see such a nice placement of food. The Chirashi had much more rice than the fish and shrimp roe given. Both fish and shrimp roe tasted fresh, slightly salty and burst of water in mouth when bit

One of the best things I like about Tonkichi is their deep-fried "katsu"! A worthy place for you to pig out over some sinful, breaded and deep-fried meats. This time round, I decided to go for a cold soba dish so I ordered their Katsu Zaru Soba Set ($24.90) It even comes with Chawanmushi too.I love how the Japanese like eating everything with sesame seeds. Even for cold soba, they gave me this small bowl of sesame seeds with a pestle for you to grind the seeds (or lightly crush them) to get the

If there is one thing I can never resist, even when on a "diet", it would have to be deep fried food. Whether chicken wings or french fries, as long as its fried and crispy, I'm all over it. (unfortunately for my waistline and cholesterol level) So when I'm in the mood for some deep fried comfort food, and also with some extra cash to spare, I like to enjoy Tonkatsu, which is fried breaded pork, and the best outlet in my opinion would have to be Tonkichi. After all, it specialises in Tonkatsu so

I can never get enough of Japanese food! We ordered their lunch set promotion which comes with a choice of Ramen + Side Dish + Fried Dish. I had myself a Tonkotsu Ramen (pork) + Agedashi Tofu + Rosu (fried pork cutlet). For $26.90, it was a lot of food and probably enough for 2 persons to share.The thing I like about Agedashi Tofu is that it's simple, light and clears your palate for the feast ahead. They served it with some red radish thingie that had a bit of kick to it.The ramen came in a hug

Huge pork loin cutlet served with tons of fresh, crunchy cabbages and pickles. The cutlet was really thick , fresh and juicy. Although it was deep fried , it was not too oily. Seafood Combo. It consists of prawns, fish, oyster. All deep fried. Same as the pork cutlet, it was also served with tons of fresh , crunchy cabbages and pickles. The best part is , the cabbages are free flow!

Inspired by Western-style fried cutlets, tonkatsu—Japanese for pork cutlet. The set comes with a free flow of rice and cabbage. Loved their home-made tonkatsu sauce, which brought the breaded pork to another level with its lively sweet-tangy flavours. The shredded cabbage, its being exceedingly refreshing, sweet, and juicy. Drizzled with citrusy yuzu-based vinegar or creamy sesame sauce, we couldn’t help but ask for multiple helpings of the free-flow cabbage. While the pork cutlet could have be

If you love to eat Japanese curry, the version here at Tonkichi will not disappoint you. The curry gravy is more towards the sweeter version and it is not as spicy as compare to those normal Chinese or Indian curries out there. The texture is more towards the thicker version and goes really well with their fragrant japanese rice served here. Lots of soft and moist potato and carrot cubes can be found inside it as well.

Dinner @ Isetan Scotts TonkichiRosu (Pork Loin) Curry Set, crispy filet!Kimchi Ramen with Fish cutlet and Tori Karaage (Love the Kimchi soup, spicy enough and good for a cold evening, fish cutlet was fresh, but guess pork cutlet is still a better choice)The place is quite enough for a weekday (thursday night), but am sure for weekend will be very crowded.The free flow rice, miso soup and vegetables/salad are the great selling point of this place.

Mixed seafood katsu set consist of 2 fried prawns, oyster, fish fillet and crab croquette. This place is very packed especially on the peak hours during dinner time. I love their prawns and crab croquette. Fish fillet was okay and oyster there's a smell. Don't really like it. I find it all over fried as it is very hard and crunchy to bite. Overall, soso.. Don't think i'll go back again!