Hawaii has long been terrible at making pork cutlet, or tonkatsu. Among the mediocre ones are at 15 Craigside. Certainly, you really need to consume this dish hot from the kitchen, and our buffet is really like a cafeteria. What can you expect? Well, they could not serve it, although some here say it is fine. They probably never ever had tonkatsu in Japan.
Wasabi's latest edition had a nice story about Menchanko-Tei:
- Kei Yoshida now runs the place, but the effort was initiated by his mother Yuko, who was helped by her mother, who had the recipe for tonkatsu.
- Kei in 2012 was interviewed by Midweek, where he was asked what was his favorite ramen. He responded, the ones at Goma Tei, located down the street.
- In 2018, the owner of Goma Tei closed shop, and passed on his recipe for ramen to Kei (below):
Menchanko-Tei, with a soft franchise link to Japan, serving Hakata (Fukuoka) food, was originally in Waikiki, and moved to this location in 2012. They specialize in ramen, nabe and tonkatsu. Honolulu magazine rates their tonkatsu only as good. I disagree. The tonkatsu (pork cutlet) here is the best I've ever had in Hawaii, rivaling that of Nagasaki. However, that magazine said Ginza Bairin (255 Beach Walk, Waikiki) is #1 in Hawaii, so I'll soon need to try this dish there.
I walked in at around 11:30AM and the place was just about filled. I ordered their tonkatsu lunch set, with glass of Kirin beer:
A nice touch is that you grind the sesame seeds to add to the sauce. Excellent tonkatsu. The cost, with tax and tip, was $34. There is parking behind the restaurant.
The day after Christmas, and one Honohono Orchid strand with a dozen buds are close to blooming. Will they flower before 2020?
The Dow Jones Industrial Average again broke its all-time record, up 106 to 28,621.
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The death toll of Typhoon Phanfone (Ursula) is now up to 20. The track is still towards Hainan, but the storm is weakening and will soon lose hurricane status:
Interestingly enough, a rare occurrence today, as an annular solar eclipse path passed over Typhoon Phanfone in the South China Sea, here showing a reddish-orange tint:
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