Misokatsu Yabaton Yaba-cho Honten

3.5 stars Venue: A few minutes walk from the closest subway. Very attractive looking building. A big pig status outside. There is a souvenir corner. Always full. Come before 5 pm to avoid queue (from outside to second floor). People in the queue started reading the menu. There was a lift, but we needed to walk upstairs. Some tables upstairs have better window views. Packed. --- 7/10 Service: busy but efficient. Polite staff. Wait to be seated at the stairs. Seated soon. There was a big jar of green tea, seasonings, pickles, and wet tissues on the table. We were given chilled green tea and the Japanese menu only. Waitpersons will come to take orders at the table. Food served fast. Paid on the ground floor. --- 7.4/10 F&B: Menu with big photos and main ingredients. Normal presentation. Normal portion. Good value.

• Deep-fried Shrimp with Rice and Pork Curry Sauce, ¥1790 (incl. tax): served with pickles and potato salad. There are many pork slices in the sweet curry sauce. --- 7/10
• Waraji Tonkatsu Pork Cutlet, ¥1900 (incl tax): including lotus root pickles, miso soup, and rice. Can choose "half and half." That's a homemade Worcester sauce on one half, and red miso sauce will be poured onto the other half jambo deep-fried pork cutlet when served. The sauces were good with rice. Rice was well-cooked. Can refill rice and cabbage. Pork with some fat, but a bit dry and slightly chewy for 2-3 bites --- 7.4/10