Deep fried beef - New Kyoto Cuisine

How are you travel lovers?

Probably you have heard tonkatsu (deep fried pork), the popular Japanese dish. How about gyukatsu (dep fried beef)? If the answer is no, don't worry as it's unique and we need to make it be aware publicly.

And let me to write about the new Kyoto cuisine.

You will go to a gyukatsu restaurant to get the unique meal. Katsugyu has several premises in Kyoto (city centre, near Gion and Kiyomizu Temple, and around Kyoto Station) so try one of chain restaurants. Then a combo meal will be served in a tray - main dish deep fried beef and sliced cabbage are on is coming with rice, miso soup, spice and sauce.

Gyukatsu (large deep fried beef of 160 grams) combo meal

The authentic meal is cooked in a fryer for a minute basically, so it is a deed fried version of beef steak.

Chain restaurant's first choice of enjoying the new cuisine is putting wasabi on the red meat at first and then dipping into soy sauce (the lighter colour sauce in the white dish on the left bottom).

Dipping gyukatsu into soy sauce

Putting wasabi and soy sauce is the way we eat sashimi (raw fish), so it's like eating sashimi and reminding me eating a  traditional Japanese meal. Diffetence between sashimi and gyukatsu is texture.

Then putting deep fried beef into the Japanese peppers (the middle spice in the white plate) reminds me western dining although westerners would put beef streak into sauces afterwards. The taste is good with salty and bit spicy.

Wulster sauce (dark coloured one in the white plate) is a smooth sauce specialising for deep fried pork in Japan and provided at Katsugyu too. Its sweet texture suits deep fried beef too and wasabi's spice brings fresh ideas to dine and makes interesting.

Dipping deep fried beef into wulster sauce

Graced yum brings cremy tastings and matches deep fried beef well. The combination relaxes me for a while even I like spicy foods and love wasabi. Also it's a good topping on rice.

Dipping deep fried beef into graced yum

Graced yum on rice

Curry and rice is a popular meal in Japan. It's everyone's favourite and you can't miss it! The curry sauce comes with the combo meal. Its moderated spicy texture once again is a good partner of deep fried beef. The spicy smooth texture makes the deep fried beef attractive and me wanting more rice. Indeed dipping sauce on rice is the same as eating curry and rice.

Dipping deep fried beef into curry sauce

Curry sauce on rice

I hope you will enjoy foods in Kyoto too. Happy planning guys! See you later!