Katsu don lunch set ($9.90+)!
Outram Park Japanese — katsu don with panko pork, soft scrambled egg, onion, beni shoga pickled ginger, white leek shreds, chuka wakame and salad sides. $9.90+ set.
Lunch today: katsu don set at an Outram Park Japanese spot for $9.90+. 😋
What was on the tray ($9.90+ set):
- Katsudon bowl: panko pork cutlet under a soft-set egg, with simmered onion, shredded white negi leek and beni shoga (red pickled ginger) on top.
- Chuka wakame (seasoned seaweed) side dish.
- Garden salad with mesclun, red cabbage and cherry tomato.
Katsudon is the comfort-food classic where a tonkatsu (panko-crumbed pork cutlet) is simmered briefly with onions in a sweet-savoury dashi-soy-mirin sauce, then bound with beaten egg poured over the top and cooked just until it sets into soft, custardy folds. The whole thing is slid over a bowl of rice so the sauce and egg seep down into the grains. The trade-off, and the sign it’s done right, is that the cutlet goes from shatteringly crisp to tender at the edges while still holding some bite, which this one managed.
The beni shoga is the smart finishing touch, its sharp pink-ginger acidity cuts through the rich egg-and-pork, while the chuka wakame and crisp garden salad on the side keep the set feeling balanced rather than heavy. A satisfying, wallet-friendly Japanese lunch at under $10.
Overall: 4.2 / 5. The egg was properly soft-set, the katsu stayed mostly crisp, and the beni shoga and wakame balanced the richness. Solid Outram Park set. 😋👍🏼
