Saku, Japanese Pork Cutlet


  • $15 – $25
  • 3 Star
  • 4 Star
  • Casual
  • Japanese
  • Number Katsu
  • Vancouver West

Saku, Japanese Pork Cutlet


I obtained the limited time offer: Miso Katsu (150g). Pork cutlet is placed on steel stand to remain free from sogginess from hefty vapor. The bite is not exceedingly crunchy, nonetheless I can taste the top quality. This is actually authentic Japanese pork cutlet. It is truly … Saku merely opened it’s new location on W Broadway Vancouver. They live in the old location of Honolulu Coffee. A few of the interior decoration remained.

The smooth concrete covering puts the eating facility a grey tone. Home furnishings are mainly white as well as additionally hardwood surface area. These 3 neutral color developed the standard tone contrasted to the comfortable wood layers in their preliminary location. The area is in addition rather dark contrasted to the Saku on Robson.

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Grey, Neutral as well as likewise Modern.

As swiftly as you enter the eating facility, you can scent the deep deep-fried oil. I was supplied an option in between bench handling gone or bench near the kitchen location. I took the house window seat for far better air circulation, nonetheless afterwards customers waiting outdoors conserved considering my beneficial pork cutlet. It’s not actually comfortable. Complying with time, I’ll remain on the within.

Willpower is a Virtue, as well as likewise it’s worth it

After obtaining, my food took 32 minutes to locate. I came right below before the eating facility is still not totally seated. The only variable is they took genuinely superb therapy of the pork. They greater than most likely bread along with fry the pork cutlet by order. I’m not a chef, nevertheless reviewing by the pork, I can educate they make use of decreased cozy to preserve the juiciness as well as likewise preserve panko from getting likewise crunchy.


I got the marginal time bargain: Miso Katsu (150g). Pork cutlet is placed on steel stand to stop sogginess from vapor. The bite is not very crunchy, yet I can taste the high quality. This is truly real Japanese pork cutlet. It is incredibly delicious to the element of dripping. Pleasant black miso along with fresh (in addition positive) environment-friendly onion is an in fact excellent mix on the pork cutlet. It’ll be a pity to see it pass September. Definitely, the absolute best part of the meat is the different look of tendon on the side. Out of the 6 products of pork, the 2 things at the limit has means excessive bread. The 2 things in between is genuinely delicious as well as additionally absolutely terrific.

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Real Japanese Presentation

My recipe included rice, pork cutlet, soup, cabbage salad, flavor, in addition to lemon salt with a little bit of wasabi. They are supplied in a substantial timber tray so you have large amounts of area to indulge in your food. I really such as the conversation. It’s exceptionally Japanese.


Fresh cabbage are reduced really carefully. I positioned some sesame apparel on the leading as well as likewise valued with a control panel of lemon juice. They are crunchy as well as additionally invigorating when pork cutlet acquires boring. They are not as crunchy as I bore in mind in Saku Robson, yet still exceptional to have.

Soup has onion, extremely carefully reduced carrots as well as likewise a little of lean meat in it. It is a little salty, so I left it for after the meal.

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The 3 colored seasonings contains yellow radish, Japanese pickle in addition to something purple. The first 2 are crunchy with a bit of sourness. That purple factor though, is not crunchy, along with in fact sour. I might not finish it.

There’s a dish that I thought was uninhabited at first, yet it remains in truth not left over from previous customer. This is lemon salt with a little fresh yellow wasabi at the side. It’s enhances my pork cutlet by having turning choices.


Rice along with salads are refillable so you can be particular that you will certainly not leave this eating facility depriving. I paid attention to the workers asking the lady close to me, nonetheless I straight actually did not acquire asked. Perhaps there are a great deal of customers lining up when I was taking in.

The entire recipe does not look like a whole lot, nonetheless I headed out of there being total likewise without any refill. Perhaps it’s all the oil from the food. Nevertheless, no gripes on the quantity of food.

604 Food Critic Assessment: Expensive, nevertheless real.

The recipe was wonderful, yet it’s relatively expensive. I spent $18.12 on a $15 recipe. The manufacturer default to 15% minimum pointers which I’m not too pleased pertaining to. Their remedy is simply ordinary with very little group offering great deals of customers. That being declared, I would definitely still come listed below when I have real Japanese pork cutlet food desire.