Europe-ken Tsuruga branch — Restaurant in Tsuruga

When I conducted research before visiting Tsuruga I found this restaurant. The website of this restaurant claims that it has 100 year of history and the founder learned his trade in a Germany for 6 years and was with the Chef of the Japanese Emperor. However the photos of the food on their website didn’t look appealing at all. Still I decided to have a try when I visited Tsuruga and I ordered their signature dish, the sauced katsudon. The taste of the food was actually better than what it looked. However the vinegar of the sauce was so strong that I felt like it penetrated my nose. To conclude, I don’t regret trying this restaurant but I definitely had had better sauced katsudon before.

P.S. the restaurant shows a commutative plate from Yoshirō Mori, the former Prime Minister of Japan. The plate writes “春風接人”, which means “to treat people with warmth and tender like the breeze in Spring”. However the whole phrase actually came from “以春風接人　以秋霜自粛” by Satō Issai, a Japanese Confucian scholar during the late Edō to Bakumatsu period. “以秋霜自粛” means “to treat yourself with strictness and modesty like the frost in Autumn”. Does it mean that former Prime Minister actually meant to remind the restaurant to keep working on their quality of food...

Sauce Katsudon the most famous Fukui dish! Yo-Roppa, the best place to have it! The rice quantity is pretty huge. If you don't eat so much rice may be go for smaller quantities. But the fried meat in top is incredibly delicious 😋 Try the mix so that you can get to feel chicken and beef cutlet too, but pork...

走進去後還要到二樓才是吃飯的地方 排隊記得要先登記名字 店內僅有日文菜單 而菜單都在桌子上 要點餐的話就需要呼叫服務人員來 整間店的氛圍非常懷舊 那個倒茶是用碗裝加上是用一整個燒水壺裝的方式真的超愛 此次點選的是特製豬排丼 特製的差別就是豬排幾乎沒有油 三片炸的剛剛好的豬排淋上特製的醬汁吃起來真的超棒

After entering, you’ll need to go up to the second floor — that’s where the dining area is. Be sure to write down your name on the waiting list when you arrive.

The menu is only available in Japanese and can be found on each table. To place your order, you’ll need to call a staff member over. The entire restaurant has a wonderfully nostalgic atmosphere. I especially loved how they serve tea — in a bowl, poured from a full kettle. This time, I ordered the special pork cutlet bowl. The “special” part is that the pork cutlet has almost no excess oil. Three perfectly fried cutlets topped with a house-made sauce —...