I visited the Gyukatsu Motomura Nishi-Shinjuku (牛かつ もと村 新宿店) Restaurant in Tokyo, Japan on 2 Nov 2018. The specialty of the restaurant is beef tonkatsu, which is deep fried beef, rather than the usual pork tonkatsu found in Japan.
Please continue reading the rest of the article to find out more about my dinner at Gyukatsu Motomura Nishi-Shinjuku and to see more photographs.
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Like the previous post for the Tonkatsu Dinner at Fujiki Ningyocho Restaurant, Tokyo, Japan:
I found out about this place on Facebook through a video by Red Duck Post:
Watch the video to understand why this restaurant has a different way of making tonkatsu.
It turns out that this is a chain of restaurants in Tokyo (and maybe other parts of Japan), and there was a branch near where I was staying. The restaurant is in a basement, which is not unusual in Japan, given the need to maximize space usage in Tokyo. So the unique feature of this restaurant is the use of a hot stone to grill the beef after being deep fried. There's a picture of a piece of the beef tonkatsu grilling on the stone in the blog (which cannot be included in Facebook posts), see:
The beef is cooked rare, so further grilling after spreading some wasabi on the beef (and then dipping in soy sauce) or salting before grilling (and then dipping in a thin sesame paste) are the two ways to eat this dish. There's also a tonkatsu sauce that can be spread on the beef after grilling, as well as the usual homemade cabbage sauce. After grilling, the beef is still very tender and tasty.
Beef tonkatsu is the only dish that's served at this restaurant. Restaurants specializing in only one type of Japanese cuisine or dish are common in Japan. You get a choice of four small side dishes and you can choose up to three of them. The price, of course, increases with the number of side dishes chosen. The only other option is if you want 130- (a little over 1/4 pound) or 260 grams (a little over 1/2 pound) of beef.
Finally, grated yam is served to top the rice. You mix a little soy sauce with the grated yam and then pour it on your rice. Apparently most non-Japanese forgo the yam due to it's slimy consistency, but I opted leave it in. It turns out not to be that bad on rice. So just think of eating the grated yam as a cultural experience!
It turns out that the person in charge that night spoke English. As soon as I said that I didn't speak Japanese, he started explaining how to eat beef tonkatsu in English. He had lived in the United States for a while and decided to move back to Japan. He has a goal to spread beef tonkatsu restaurants throughout Asia and was learning the business with that goal in mind. Just like at Fujiki Ningyocho Restaurant, he asked where I was from (California) and how I found out about the place (Facebook). He also had not seen the video from Red Duck Post, so I played it on my mobile phone for him. It seems that I'm advertising for Red Duck Post at these restaurants!
Gyukatsu Motomura Nishi-Shinjuku ( (牛かつもと村 西新宿店) Information and Access
Name:
- Gyukatsu Motomura Nishi-Shinjuku
- 牛かつもと村 西新宿店
Address:
- 160 - 0023 B1 Floor Kawayasu Bldg., 7-1-2 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023
- 160-0023 東京都新宿区西新宿7-1-2 川安ビル地下1階
Access:
- 5 min walk from Shinjuku Station West Exit
Hours:
- 11:00-22:00
Order:
- 130g Gyukatsu (¥1500 for 1-, ¥1600 for 2-, or ¥1700 for 3-side dishes).
- 260g Gyukatsu (¥2300 for 1-, ¥2400 for 2-, or ¥2500 for 3-side dishes).
- Prices accurate as of 2 Nov 2018 visit date.
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