Lunch at Gochi-So Shokudo in Chinatown Point. Got the Duroc rosu and Iberico char siew set. The latter was sweet, tender and melty while the former was less tender with a strip of fat on the side that was not exactly flavourful. Why so? Remember me mentioning that they don't salt their katsu?
Looking at their portions in retrospect and with most things considered (including soups and sauces and salads), these guys are easily the same price if not more costly than Tonkatsu by Ma Maison. Which conversely implies that Tonkatsu by Ma Maison’s price point makes them a better deal. I believe I have my conclusion here.
What really bothered me about this visit involved salt. I asked for some because the tonkatsu was bland and I didn’t feel like having them with sauce. I asked if they had salt or shoyu - a requested that required little IQ to fulfil. The wait staff guy looked baffled and appeared not to understand what I wanted. He later returned with a bowl of salt from the kitchen. The salt in the picture up there was after I was done. Who the hell in the right mind would bring so much salt to a customer in a tonkatsu shop asking for some?
