[Los Angeles] [Japanese] Wako Donkasu

Wako Donkasu
和幸
3377 Wilshire Blvd, #112
Los Angeles, CA 90010
(213) 381-9256

週四的外食日，和同事一起訂了公司附近的Wako Donkasu，這是一家韓國人開的日式豬排店，因為上網讀了別人的食記，大部分人都推薦雞排比較好吃，所以我們雞排豬排都一起訂啦！最後覺得雞排真的比較嫩比較好吃，份量也比較多耶！這家店外賣的便當盒真是非常精美，不過好像外賣要多加$1的樣子。

Co-workers and I decided to try this tonkatsu restaurant one night.  Tonkatsu (or donkasu as Korean people named it) is Japanese deep fried pork cutlet.  I used to love eating those in Taiwan.  The reviews for Wako Donkasu are mostly positive.  So we want to give this place a try.



We made Korean coworker Tom called the restaurant to order in Korean.  We also sent him to go pick the order up.  When we opened the plastic bag, everyone went "Wow! Nice box!".  Each order came in a big box, which looks and feel kinda like a shoe box.  We ordered 4 dishes and calculated the total from the menu price.  We were exactly $4 short.  So either they raised the price by $1, or they charge $1 for to-go order.




Pork Cutlet ($8.95)

Most of the reviews said the chicken cutlet is better than pork cutlet.  But since it's a tonkatsu restaurant, we have to order a tonkatsu to try.  Claire and I decided to order one each and share.  The pork cutlet is smaller than the chicken cutlet, but the cut is thicker.  The meat was tender, yet a bit tougher than chicken.  It wasn't bad, but I thought the pork cutlet was just alright. 


Chicken Cutlet ($8.95)

Now the chicken cutlet is what I'm talking about!  I really like the chicken cutlet.  At first glance, I thought the chicken was over fried because the breaded skin had a darker color.  But it was actually alright.  Very crispy and flavorful.  Chicken was so tender.  And the portion is about twice of the pork cutlet.  I definately prefer chicken over pork.  The good looking bento box also had shredded lettuce, spicy radish, pickle jalapeno and rice all neatly placed in their own compartments.


Sauces

The brown sauce is for the katsu and the yellow one for the shredded salad.  Both sauces were pretty awesome.  The cutlet sauce was smokey and tangy.  Salad dressing tasted of sesame and ginger, a little sweet, a little sour.  I like both.


Chicken Curry Rice ($9.95)

David ordered chicken curry rice.  It's the same chicken cutlet but with curry sauce.  The curry is the Japanese kind of curry.  I had a taste.  It was pretty good.


Chicken Cutlet Combo ($11.95)

Tom had chicken cutlet combo.  It had chicken cutlet, shrimp and potato croquette.  This is a lot of food.  There's even more....


U-Dong

The combo also comes with an udon (they called it U-Dong on the menu).  I noticed the Korean udon broth has a much darker color than the Japanese version.  Tom can eat a lot.  But that day he couldn't even finish this combo. 

I like this restaurant.  Their chicken cutlet is super good.  I read that if you eat in the restaurant, you can grind your own sesame to go with the sauce.  I would love to eat there just to have some of that sesame grinding experience. 

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