The crispy fried pork cutlet is bound with an egg and put on other rice, and the katsudon is delicious, isn't it? I also love hot katsudon. But! On a hot day when your appetite is low, you should definitely try the cool and cold "Chilled Katsudon"!

◆ Katsuyoshi's "Chilled Katsudon"

For a hot summer lunch, we recommend the Tonkatsu specialty store Katsukichi's "Chilled Katsudon". It is a seasonal menu that has been sold every summer since 2002. It was a hot topic on the internet, so you may know it.


You can choose chilled katsudon meat from chicken breast (1,300 yen), pork loin (1,500 yen), and pork tenderloin (1,600 yen). This time, I will show you the chilled pork loin bowl that I ate, which is said to be the most popular at the Hibiya store.

◆ Cold soup

The chilled katsudon is, so to speak, a katsudon that has been soaked in cold soup stock . Rice is sunk on the bottom of the bowl, and bite-sized thick-sliced loin and fluffy floats on the surface of the water.


Summer vegetables such as cucumber, Japanese ginger, and okra add color. In addition, it has plenty of tororo. It seems that you will be fine. By the way, there is no egg element.


The soup is based on a light soy sauce. You will be healed by the gentle taste of salty Hikame. Perhaps it's because the meat and vegetables produce good soup stock, and I feel a layer of taste even in the deep atmosphere.

Rice has a plump and die even sucking moisture, eaten without Turuturu' and endlessly dressed in Tororo that was or have. The throat is also refreshing.


Katsuno's clothes are soup-sucked and simmered, but when eaten, the crispy texture remains at the end. The more you chew, the more fragrant the frying oil and the sweetness of the fat that overflows from the thick meat. However, it's not heavy because the cold soup flushes it cleanly!


If you eat a little, the pickled plums will come out. If you eat while breaking the flesh, it will become sour in some places and the mouth will be refreshed. In the second half, when you're almost full, it's recommended that you change the taste with this plum, bittersweet Japanese ginger, and condiment wasabi, as it will rekindle your appetite.

After all, the soup is so delicious that you can drink up to the last drop. I think it's the happiest thing to go into a cool store on a hot day and eat it to cool down from your stomach.


Chilled katsudon is scheduled to be sold until mid-September this year. By the way, each Katsuyoshi store is also developing a store-limited menu. The Hibiya store is "chilled tomato katsudon", the Shibuya store is "chilled curry katsudon", and the Shinmaru Building store is "chilled spicy miso katsudon". Please try this too!