{"id":459,"date":"2020-01-26T22:04:04","date_gmt":"2020-01-26T22:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willchews.com\/?p=459"},"modified":"2020-01-30T12:39:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T12:39:09","slug":"tonkatsuenraku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willchews.com\/index.php\/tonkatsuenraku\/","title":{"rendered":"(Tonkatsu) Enraku | Hire Tonkatsu"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"459\" class=\"elementor elementor-459\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-17ab59c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"17ab59c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f820795\" data-id=\"f820795\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0bada1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e0bada1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"id_5e2e0a013f74a4b76807934\" class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\">\n<p>Located in out-of-the-way Ikegami in Tokyo&#8217;s Ota ward, Enraku is rated as a top-10 tonkatsuya.&nbsp; The chef is a senpai of Mitani Seizo (then owner-chef of Narikura, arguably the best tonkatsu shop in Tokyo) when both trained at the original Enraku in Shimbashi. Yet unlike his kohai, he offers a meal that is delcious and drama-free: with no sudden closings, sudden changes to the ticket system, or cuts to the menu.&nbsp; <span class=\"text_exposed_show\">The meal at Enraku was a delicious and pleasant counterpoint to the shambolic meal I had at Narikura, where I got a terrible cut of meat that was roughly about 50% fat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Enraku&#8217;s chef is rightly proud of his ingredients: the pork is from Yamagata, the rice from Nagano, the lard derived from the middle of the pig rather than the more backfat that most other tonkatsu shops use, and the panko breading and potato salad are both made in-house. The filet was fried to a nice pink in the middle, there was plenty of cabbage (unlike Narikura), there was potato salad (and plenty of it), and the tonjiru (\u8c5a\u6c41 pork -miso soup) could&#8217;ve been a meal in of itself as it was loaded with just a ton of ingredients.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-975680a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"975680a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/willchews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20181220-DSC04879-1024x680.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-462\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willchews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20181220-DSC04879-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/willchews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20181220-DSC04879-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/willchews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20181220-DSC04879-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/willchews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20181220-DSC04879-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/willchews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20181220-DSC04879-2048x1361.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Enraku's explanation of its ingredients<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa651f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa651f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Plenty of choices on the menu, including loin, filet, fried shrimp, mix, and even katsudon and curry katsu. But unlike most other tonkatsu shops, there&#8217;s only one size for each option. Not really that big of a deal. Only other complaints are that the lighting is bad for photography, and its location all the way out in Ota-ku. But that may well be a silver lining, as there won&#8217;t be the lines here as there are at Narikura, Tonta, etc. Well worth continued future patronage.<\/p>\n<p><b>Rating: Strong Recommend<\/b><br><br><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u3068\u3093\u304b\u3064\u71d5\u697d (Tonkatsu Enraku)<br>\u6771\u4eac\u90fd\u5927\u7530\u533a\u6c60\u4e0a6-1-4<br><\/span>Ikegami Station (Tokyu Ikegami Line)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fe01414 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fe01414\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b4c949c\" data-id=\"b4c949c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-315e06f elementor-widget elementor-widget-google_maps\" data-id=\"315e06f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"google_maps.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-custom-embed\">\n\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=Tonkatsu%20Enraku%20Ota&#038;t=m&#038;z=15&#038;output=embed&#038;iwloc=near\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Tonkatsu Enraku Ota\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Tonkatsu Enraku Ota\"\n\t\t\t><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Located in out-of-the-way Ikegami in Tokyo&#8217;s Ota ward, Enraku is rated as a top-10 tonkatsuya.&nbsp; The chef is a senpai of Mitani Seizo (then owner-chef of Narikura, arguably the best tonkatsu shop in Tokyo) when both trained at the original Enraku in Shimbashi. 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