Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan｜炸豬排 檍(Aoki) 札幌大通店

Love love love the food, nothing to pick about actually. The pork, the shrimp was fried to a perfection, the rice was warm, soft and fluffy and a perfect match to the curry sauce. The soup was boiled with all the good flavours in it. Iced ocha was given at every table and at free flow taking away the greasiness of the pork. Highly recommended.

There really is no comparison of Tonkatsu in Japan versus anywhere else. The pork was perfectly tender and tasted great. It was my first time using salt instead of sauce for Tonkatsu and it worked really well. The miso soup was also great.

Highly recommend this Tonkatsu restaurant, it is the best I’ve had in Japan and I’ve been over to Japan more than 20 times. See below for details. My wife and I went for lunch arrived just before 11:45, there was a queue and waited about 15-20mins with a mix of locals and tourists. I order the 300g loin with rice and curry my wife order the 200g loin with rice and curry and we both order the Katsu shrimp. First the shrimp was fantastic the shrimp was generous size, was fried perfectly, had the texture had a nice bounce and went well with the tartare sauce the came with it. The crumb on the shrimp was light and crispy. Second. Our pork loin was super thick cut, juicy, and the crumb was light and crispy. Didn’t need any sauce with it and was really nice with the Himalayan pink salt to enhance the flavour. There is a big of fat and was balance with the meat. Third the curry was nice addition. I cannot eat too spicy and thought it was mild enough that I wasn’t sweating from the spiciness. Also the rice was really nice slightly chewy texture. Lastly, it was a huge meal and I cleared my plate. I was very full when I left however I was pleasantly surprised that very soon after I didn’t have a heavy feeling in my stomach or feel the meal was too oily. Overall an amazing meal. Thank you.