So what does tonkatsu mean

Tom means Pig and cutsu the it's short for the English word cutlet Katsuletsu

This actually comes from the French word cutlet which means meat chop. So tonkatsu literally means pork chop

Back in the late 1800s. The practice of cooking cutlets came to Japan from Europe. And what is Western food called in Japan?

Yo Shoku, yo means Western

Shoku means food or meal

Over time the Japanese made it their owns

To start they use a boneless thick cut of pork and instead of pan fry we deep

fry it you add flour

then dip it in egg and then put panko just coarse bread crumbs over it and then put it in oil and

Because I borrowed this footage from bulldog a popular maker of tonkatsu sauce. Here's their money shot

*Japanese*- okay shredded cabbage

I'm grinding the sesame seeds

Okay, and why are you grinding them why don't they grind them for you?

So you grind them right before you put it on your tonkatsu so it's fresh and it smells really good

Yeah, It did actually smell really nice

And then what are you pouring on top of it? That's tonkatsu sauce

Yeah tonkatsu sauce is actually a brown sauce based on the English Worcestershire shauce xD sauce or Worcestershire *chuckles*

Wishy-washy sauce,Worcestershire sauce, whatever close it out

I'm eating, Okosama lunch this is the kids lunch but only like

What do you think about tonkatsu um..yummy

So nowadays you can order more than just like pork loin tonkatsu, right?

right like we ordered tonight umeboshi and shiso wrapped in a thin slice of pork that

cheese stuffed ones and also ebi which means shrimp right and there's even a little special sauce for it

Yeah tartar sauce

Can you tell me what a typical meal comes with? Yeah, that's rice

cabbage

miso soup

tsukemonowhich is pickled stuff right and sauce and some other little dishes

What are you doing chin? I was picking what juice i'm going to drink and what's did you choose? apple

pineapple

How was it great?

So what you're doing Aiko? I'm getting dessert. for yourself? for mommy. You don't get one. No, so sad

So I heard you can get as much as you want, is that true

I just got lots of rice one more rice again

and

my mom got cabbage

can you get extra.. Tonkatsu? no. you can get extra miso soup too

Now I read that katsu can also mean something else in Japanese it means victory

So before school exam or big sports competition, this might be eaten. so how much was the meal?

7,354 yen or 67 US dollars. Thanks for watching. See you next time. Bye

What our pork cutlets? are chops like where you're from?