Hiroshima, Japan｜Tonkatsu & Salad Buffet Benkei Ishiuchi

I visited on Sunday afternoon. It wasn't that crowded. Almost all menus come with a buffet, which includes not only salads and curry, but also desserts and drinks. The price was average, but I was very satisfied because I was able to spend a relaxing time without any time restrictions. Tonkatsu, fillet cutlet, and fried chicken were all very delicious!

If you go during lunch time, they have a salad buffet, which is a good deal. We ordered ``Benkei lunch'' and ``fin loin lunch.'' The recommendation here is pork cutlet and shrimp cutlet, so I chose the "Benkei lunch" which included both without hesitation. The tonkatsu is made with carefully selected Sangenton pork marinated in salt koji. The batter is crispy and the inside is juicy and soft. I'm glad that you can feel the attention to detail that you would expect from a specialty store. The reason why the shrimp cutlet is "100% shrimp" is because they use ground shrimp for the filling. It has a richer flavor than fried shrimp and is exquisite. It comes with curry and a small dessert, so most people will probably be full.

2022/8 revisited, I visited during the hot lunch time before Obon. Almost full with people of all ages, from the elderly to children! Well, it's all you can eat from pork cutlet + salad bar to curry and sweets, so it's only natural. It's a pork cutlet restaurant, but the chicken cutlet was also delicious. The shrimp cutlet is also consistently delicious! It makes you happy when you eat it on curry rice! ! This dreamy meal...I wish I could have eaten it when I was a kid. === I've known about this restaurant for a long time, but since it's pork cutlet, it seems expensive and high in calories, so to be honest, I've been avoiding it. However...there is something called a salad buffet! When we found out about this, our family, who loves salad bars, couldn't pass up the offer... so we decided to check it out. At a tonkatsu restaurant, you can ask for as many refills as you like for rice, miso soup, and shredded cabbage! There are many shops called. However, this tonkatsu restaurant Benkei has rice, miso soup, shredded cabbage, and a variety of other things such as potato salad and spa salad.They also have various dressings, pickled vegetables, curry rice, drinks, and even sweets, so you don't have to ask for anything that you like... You can order as many refills as you like, in any combination you like! ! In other words, these are essentially Vikings. It's a buffet that includes curry rice and sweets. The loin cutlet and shrimp cutlet lunch that comes with the buffet costs over 1,000 yen. In this case, the cost performance is much better than Hama○ etc. What's more, since curry and rice are included in the buffet, you can first enjoy tonkatsu with sweet and spicy sauces, then enjoy it with cutlet curry. And what's more...you can enjoy Benkei's original tonkatsu chazuke. It's a buffet rather than an order system, so you can enjoy it as you like! ! Well...it's sad, but Big Boy in Mihara has also closed...there are very few salad bar restaurants around Hiroshima. Probably Steak Gusto and Oishi Yoshiyama. Benkei's salad bar is truly priceless. And...the main pork cutlet is delicious, and the shrimp cutlet is chock full of chunks of shrimp and is extremely delicious...I'm worried that the original price may be lower than the original price. As a tonkatsu restaurant in this price range, I have no complaints. In fact, I'm very satisfied, thank you very much. I'm rooting for you, I'll bring my relatives and friends, and I wish you all the best for a long time.