Ginza Bairin Tonkatsu (since 1927) restaurant is located at the recently opened ION Orchard Singapore Shopping Mall, Basement 4 beside the Food Court.
Understand the head chef and founder hails from Japan and was in Singapore when the restaurant opened then. This place offers a selection of good quality Japanese tonkatsu (pork cutlet), torikatsu (chicken cutlet) and their famous katsu-curry dishes. The cashier counter had plastic replicas of the food offerings and we could easily pick what we want to eat. Being new to the restaurant, we tried the usual beginners course - tonkatsu and katsu-curry set at about $13 each.
After trying the food, I found the tonkatsu here pales in comparison to some of the Japanese restaurants we tried, in terms of its crispiness. I think it might be worthwhile to try the hire-katsu fillets next time as fillets are generally more juicy and tender though smaller piece in sizes. The salad dressing was a little too vinegary sour for my liking. We thought the katsu-curry was better. The katsu-curry sauce was very tasy and delicious and goes very well with the katsu. We would give this a thumbs up! The food also came served with an icy cold green tea which was very refreshing indeed. One thing to note is that this is probably one of the rare places in Singapore to offer those little boxed katsu-sandwiches at the cashier counter - just like those you always find in Japan for take-away.
I would say this place is worth a try if you are nearby the place. Ginza Bairin Tonkatsu is at 2 Orchard Turn, Basement 4-39/40/41/42, ION Orchard, Singapore 238801 Tel: 65-6509 8101.
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