Question I just went to a Japanese restaurant and had donburi I’ve had it at other places ect when it came out it felt old and soggy I don’t think I’ve had this version
Am I crazy for questioning the food?
by Upset_Independent261
Question I just went to a Japanese restaurant and had donburi I’ve had it at other places ect when it came out it felt old and soggy I don’t think I’ve had this version
Am I crazy for questioning the food?
by Upset_Independent261
6 comments
looks like chicken nanban. it’s drizzled with sauce usually. katsudon, another one, will also be soggy since it is cooked with sauce.
not authentic preparation, breaded chicken soaked in soup…. and rice noodles? ( no excuse to not know because of youtube ).
better to not order here.
I mean it looks like you had katsudon in which the crispy chicken gets placed on top of a liquidy sauce, then eggs are crackled and drizzled over the top and cooked. So it’s not exactly fresh out of the oil / fryer because it is cooked in various liquids. I don’t know about “old” though.
That’s a horrendous Katsudon…. 😅
It looks to me you’ve been to PSEUDO Japanese restaurant which is run by not real Japanese people it looks like. I see those in States a lot . They thinks you won’t figure it all out .
Not a Japanese restaurant in Japan though, right? The mushroom is not only out of place, but also it costs a few hundred yen for a pack of about six here, so nobody would chuck it on there even for fun. “Donburi” can have multiple different types of topping, from a huge pile of fish roe (ikuradon) to the katsudon you have here. Katsudon is usually pretty soggy what with being simmered for a few minutes in dashi so the breadcrumbs soak it up, and the simmered a little more in beaten egg.