{"id":31241,"date":"2014-11-13T15:30:20","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T07:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/?p=31241"},"modified":"2014-11-13T12:33:18","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T04:33:18","slug":"tonzaemon-tonkatsu-chijmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/zh\/2014\/11\/13\/tonzaemon-tonkatsu-chijmes\/","title":{"rendered":"Tonzaemon by Ma Maison \u8c5a\u4f50\u885b\u9580, CHIJMES: Quiet and Affordable Tonkatsu and Sake Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tonzaemon
\nMy introduction to Japanese food started not with\u00a0sushi, but with\u00a0tonkatsu at Tonkichi<\/a>. So breaded deep-fried pork has a special place in my stomach. Here, we three ordered a range to try, from expensive ones to newfangled types. You can add $3 to make it a set, to include rice and miso soup. The rice (choice of white rice or multi-grain) comes in a small, cute pot, to keep the rice warm, enough for two persons to share. You can top up the cabbage for free.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"TonzaemonChiobu exclaimed, the strip of fat in the\u00a0Otsumani black tonkatsu<\/strong> ($13.80+, above) was delicious. The tonkatsu was laced with cuttlefish flavor, to give it its black coloring, and paired with a tomato sauce with chunks of tomato. But it tasted ordinary to me. The\u00a0mille-feuille cheese Katsu set<\/strong> ($25.80) was layers of sliced pork with cheese in the middle–not bad, but the cheese was sparse, didn’t reach to the corners of the cutlet. The Kurobuta hire set<\/b> ($31.80), one of the more premium items in the menu, was disappointingly tough.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"TonzaemonKurobuta hire<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"TonzaemonMille-feuille cheese Katsu<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

For variety, the\u00a0deep-fried oysters<\/strong> ($23.80+) was so-so; and Huccalyly was sorely annoyed with the\u00a0foie gras gyozas<\/strong> ($7.90+). “Where is the foie gras? I can’t taste any!” She asked.<\/span><\/p>\n

I responded, “It’s $7.90. The foie gras is blended into the pork meat\u00a0lah<\/em>.”<\/span>
\n\"TonzaemonOysters<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"TonzaemonFoie Gras gyoza<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In general, the deep-fried food needed much more marination, more salt, more taste.\u00a0When I inevitably\u00a0compare Tonzaemon to Tonkichi, I found Tonzaemon’s tonkatsu drier and bland.<\/span><\/p>\n

Furthermore, manpower is an issue, hence understandable. The food came slowly (only 2 chefs), and the two waitresses, one of them new, though friendly and nice, couldn’t cope with\u00a0the crowd on a Friday night. The small restaurant was only 60%-70% full.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Tonkatsu
\nIncluding two scoops of overly sweet ice cream, we paid $129 for three persons<\/strong>. We won’t\u00a0return. There is a reason why it was quiet on a Friday night.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tonzaemon by Ma Maison<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

30 Victoria Street #01-09 CHIJMES Singapore 187996
\nT: +65 6338 5907
\nRating: 3.25\/5 stars<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Written by\u00a0A. Nathanael Ho.<\/a><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nope, not chao tah. It’s cuttlefish ink. 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