Tonkatsu

I am blessed with generous friends... 

Le Chink took me to Ginza Bairin, a Japanese restaurant in Greenbelt, Makati earlier this month. Apparently, the Japanese food scene in Manila is now focused on tonkatsu.

There are various options to eat the tonkatsu with, but what I enjoyed most was dipping the tonkatsu in the sesame seeds grounded with Himalayan salt. Apparently, I am a "purist," or so says their menu-guide... 

Overall, it was a very elegant and novel dining experience--except when the salad would be awkwardly stuffed in my mouth in my excitement to eat... hehe... The wasabi shoyu dressing had a stronger kick than the subtler roasted sesame seed dressing but both were wonderful. Unlimited salad. Unlimited rice. We had one cup of rice shared between us and about four servings of salad. Ang sarap!