Tori Box

*btw, typo: tonkatsu not tongkatsu!

 

With all the tonkatsu places opening in Manila, a little cute store has opened near my home! Yey! They serve tonkatsu and other related dishes. As this was my first time in Tori Box, I ordered their standard tonkatsu which comes with a bowl of good japanese rice and a side salad of shredded cabbage with sesame dressing.

While Yabu still is the best for me (in terms of meat quality, refillable rice AND salad), Tori Box tasted pretty good. While I would have preferred a bit more cabbage, I think for the price I paid (half of Yabu), it was quite affordable.

Aside from the decent food, the place is really cute. Loved the edison lights, burlap/hemp upholstered chair, finished cement floors and all the small knicknacks around the place. Yes, I even liked the fake plant in a paper bag (which I saw at Landmark). I haven’t been back yet, but in a few weeks, I’ll go back to see how they have progressed. I saw La Creperie open beside it, and also heard that down the road they will open a Spanish resto. yey!!!

Yabu

Can I tell you how much I love Yabu? Yes! I love it!

Together with my friend G, we went on what was one of many Yabu visits. I told her that I’m getting the choice selection – kurobota tonkatsu set. We told the waiter that it was our first time, and he showed us how to grind the black and white sesame, pour the sauce. Yum! As promised, the tonkatsu was fried to perfection, the meat was juicy.

Each set comes with miso soup, veggies, unlimited rice and shredded cabbage. I seriously enjoyed the sesame salad dressing that I had several refills of shredded cabbage.

On my next visit, I tried the normal pork – Rosu Tonkatsu Set. At first bite, I knew that this was the better deal. At half the price, I really couldn’t tell the difference between the Rosu and Kurobota set, especially with the dipping sauce.

Last week, I tried the Curry Rosu set, and again it was delicious! Fried pork really makes the world go around! Hahahaha!