Yao, Osaka, Japan｜Tonkatsu Manger

Need to arrive very early to ensure first round of meal at 11:00, as there are only a few seats in the restaurant. By observation, each round of customers finished and left within an hour. Ordered a mixed plate of fried pork. In my photo, top: golden boar pork; bottom: deluxe filet. Best tonkatsu in Kansai.

In your face tonkatsu, big portion, fine tuned to enjoy specialist pork in Japan. Pretty sure it is the best in west Japan. Relatively easy to get a place if you follow the rules ie. Queue out by 8.30am and get register.

The quality is undoubtedly high. Everything was in a harmonic presence. The pork is perfectly seasoned, fried and sliced. Waking up early and putting down your name in person is the only way to enjoy the delicious meal. I arrived at 0830 (it opens at 1130) and people are already signing up, that means I was late. (You can leave you phone no. or ask the shopkeeper for an approximate time and then go shopping around. Mine was 1400...) To enjoy their signature Tokyo-X tonkatsu, which is only available on Sat, I think it is safer to arrive at 0730. But the Kagoshima kurobuta + supreme fillets set which I tried was also of superior quality.