Lunch at Tonkichi Orchard Central (Sat 19 Jun 10)

Was at Orchard Central for the book swop today and ended up at Tonkichi for lunch. Ma was lured by the giant pictures of tonkatsu on the poster at the entrance and took all of two seconds before deciding this was the place for lunch.

Nice condiment set:
Unusual plum sauce salad dressing:
Sesame with mortar and pestle:
Orders arrived pretty quickly.

Soft-shell crab karaage:

Shoyu ramen:
Hire (fillet) katsu set:
All three dishes were not bad. But the sides outshone the specialty. If I were to rank the three, I'd rate the crab the tastiest, followed by the ramen (though the broth was too salty for my liking as usual), with the katsu (their specialty) being the least good.

While walking out the restaurant, I learned from Ma that she picked this place (rather than Botejyu and Garuda on the same floor) based on the photos on the entrance poster - which she thought were advertising croquettes. Oh well.