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AI-made picture of Genso maru menchi-katsu (元祖丸メンチカツ)

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Genso maru menchi-katsu (元祖丸メンチカツ)

Menchi-katsu, a round cutlet of Japanese beef and onion, breaded and fried in the house's own lard. Round, the shape the house says began here, and eaten on the street.

Satou

Japanese · butcher · menchi-katsu · Kichijōji, Tokyo

1-1-8 Kichijōji Honchō, Musashino, Tokyo 180-0004

A butcher's counter in Kichijōji where the line forms for one thing: a round fried mince cutlet, from the butcher's own beef. Eaten hot, on the street.

The proof, in the house's own words

Why the menchi-katsu

Strong evidence
  • Craft

    Fried in lard the company renders itself.

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  • Technique

    Fried round, not oval, as the original was.

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  • Sourcing

    Japanese beef only, with onions from contract farmers.

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  • Local choice

    The house's own original, the dish on its sign.

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We'd add

Gekiuma korokke (激うまコロッケ)

Korokke, a hand-made potato croquette with beef and onion, to the founder's own recipe.

  • Hand-made
  • The first owner's recipe
  • The season's Hokkaido potatoes

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