Kappa — Restaurant in Kurashiki

This is a famous Curry tonkatsu restaurant in this area. So much people are waiting for seat to tryouts their tonkatsu. I waited about an hour. Finally catch up the last order at 1400pm. They have English menu for tourists. And their friendly staff can speak some English and explain the menu to you. Having 2 set combo for lunch. Curry tonkatsu and Curry burger meet,croquettes and fired shrimp. The fired shrimp is taste fresh and the size is perfect! The croquettes mixed some potatoes and vegetables inside, that made the taste more complex and delicious. And most importantly, the tonkatsu was perfectly done. Really crunchy, it go so well with the curry and surprisingly is a mild rare pork.(I heard some Japanese pork can do that😂) Is so crunchy on the outside and juicy in the middle. Its perfect. The curry tastes a bit sour than usual. It go well with all the meats. However a bit not so good if you like mixing the...

If you are staying in Kurashiki the tip to not waiting in line is to go around 9:15-9:30am and sign up on the wait list. Then just come back at 11am for the 11:20 seating. We walked around the town and had a coffee and pastry for breakfast while we waited.

They serve in waves so there is a bit of a wait after sitting because they are preparing the food in large batches rather than table by table. We had the chicken livers (really yummy and well soaked to remove the iron taste!) "cheese" which you can skip. It's nothing exciting. For the entrees we had the beef katsu and pork katsu with rice and gravy. It was fabulous. We both preferred the pork but the beef was great as well. I loved the gravy, it reminded me of gravy on a loco moco growing up in Hawai.

One thing to note is they do not want people photographing or taking a video of the staff or kitchen. ...

Small tonkatsu shop. Menu is available in japanese , chinese and english. You can put your name down on the reservation sheet before the shop opens. 2 time slots. afternoon (not sure from when) or evening (from 5pm). You dont specify a time, but they will call you, and if you're not there, they will just skip you, and when you do turn up, just let them know.

The restaurants recommended dish is the tonkatsu (no.1 with rice). the portion size is pretty large, so they also offer a mini version, and even that, its a pretty decent portion. But the pork of the mini version is definitely more lean than the pork of the normal version.

When writing down your name for the reservation, you have 3 options next to it for table type: table, counter, either (i dont remember the order of the first 2 but the 3rd option is...