Tonkatsu Ginza Bairin

Ginza Bairin’s secret menu

I’d been dying to go on another eating adventure with my friends who like to seek out off-menu items in restaurants. The secret menu, or “ura menu,” tends to be a selection of several items that are known only to…

Kimukatsu vs. Bairin

Happy Friday, tonkatsu fans, happy one week since the battle of the tonkatsu giants came to Shirokiya!I’ve found that in Hawaii, asking who likes tonkatsu is like asking who likes Spam. So this is momentous: Waikiki’s Kimukatsu debuted in a…

Whose tonkatsu reigns supreme?

I don’t know what it is about tonkatsu, but ever since Kimukatsu brought its storied 25-layer pork cutlet to Waikiki in March, the question I’ve been asked most is, Have you tried that new tonkatsu place yet?Yup.What did you think?…