Food Review: Tonkatsuya, Poblacion Makati City

When the sister-in-law came home a couple of weeks ago, of course, there's got to be a lot of eating out. Lol! 

This time, we tried this restaurant in Poblacion in Makati. It was hard to find, it was actually hidden if I may say. We got there around 12 in the afternoon already, and I was surprised as it looks like we're the first customers, even the staff looks surprised because we're too many and it doesn't look like they're used to it. They looked overwhelmed actually. I think because as I've said, the place was really hidden, you've got to go inside a building first to get into the restaurant, and the building's pretty small.

When we sat down, they gave us their menu and served us their tea. Apparently it was not a hot tea as what most Japanese restaurants serve, but a cold one. It doesn't taste like the commercial iced tea, I think it tastes like an authentic one but it would have been better if it's a hot tea. But it's just me, so.

BTW, they don't have high chairs. This disappointed me. I mean, you wouldn't expect families with babies/toddlers to eat in the restaurant? It's just me being a mom. Lol. Our solution was to stick 3 chairs together and make Maco sit between the husband and I. It was hard. The little one was so kulit, that she wanted to roam around the restaurant. Well, fine by me as it was only us eating there.

These are what we ordered:

Tonkatsu Set | P 235.00

 I ordered the Tonkatsu Set and I liked it. The serving was big, I think it would be good for 2. It has cabbage with Japanese mayo and rice, and the pork was tender.

Ebi Tempura Set | P 295.00 

I wasn't able to taste this set but as what they've said, it was also good. Btw, the sets include rice, miso soup, and the bean sprouts thingy lol. I personally didn't like the bean sprouts :(

Ebi (Prawn) Fry | P 255.00

The husband ordered this. I was actually confused what's the difference between this one and the photo before this (Ebi Tempura Set), because the two were both shrimps. IDK. I love eating Japanese food, but I'm not really good with their food, y'know what I mean? Hehehe! Anyway, maybe because of it's breading? IDRK. Anyway, this one was also good. It's quite similar to Tempura but not really. The breading with this one is similar to Tonkatsu's.

Katsudon | P 255.00

I wasn't able to taste this one unfortunately. But when I asked how the dish was, my SIL said it was good. Sorry I can't elaborate with this dish.

So, as you've seen the orders were pretty big and you could probably share an order. So with the price, I think it's fine. And surprisingly, the food were great.

Honestly, the food were great, it's just the place was too hard to find. And as you can see, it's not really appealing, you wouldn't even think that a dish would cost P200 each, because it doesn't look like it, and the trays, come on. Maybe if they revamp the place, the price of the dishes would be fine. And maybe they could add a high chair or two, too.