Tonkatsu Toku Restaurant Silom Bangkok

Tonkatsu Toku is a very good quality restaurant serving up traditional Japanese deep fried Pork Cutlet (Tonkatsu in Japanese). Tonkatsu Toku is located on the 4th Floor of the Thaniya Shopping Centre, located on Soi Thaniya which is known as Little Tokyo due to the large number of Japanese restaurants. Tonkatsu is my favourite Japanese food so I had to go in an try their food when I walked past at lunch time. The Sala Daeng BTS Station is located at the top of Soi Thaniya just 2 minutes walk to the restaurant. If you are love playing Golf, then the Thaniya Shopping Centre will be of interest to you as there are over 30 Golf specialty stores here.

Tonkatsu Toku Restaurant Thaniya Mall Bangkok

The restaurant is very bright, modern and clean, with an open kitchen to see all the chef action. I got there just after 12pm and the restaurant was full. Just like in Japan, there are small stolls out the front for waiting. I only had to wait about 10 minutes for a table to become available.

Inside Tonkatsu Toku Restaurant Silom Bangkok

I orderd the classic Pork Loin Tonkatsu set which comes with steamed rice, sliced cabbage, miso soup and pickles. The pork cutlet looked sensational with the golden brown panko bread crumbs. This was top quality pork, very tender and juice with just the right amount of fat. The rice was fluffy and the miso soup was very tasty with some small clams inside the soup. I very much enjoyed this meal and would highly recommend it to you.

Port Loin Tonkatsu set at Tonkatsu Toku Restaurant Silom Bangkok (Medium)

They did bring a small bowl of sesame seeds with a pestal to grind the sesame seeds which you can sprinkle over the pork cutlet. I have seen this in a few restaurants in Japan but I pass on the sesame seeds and just cover my cutlet with the delicious BBQ Tonkatsu sauce which is also traditional. They also gave 2 satchels of hot, yellow mustard.

Seseame Seeds at Tonkatsu Toku Restaurant Silom Bangkok

Tonkatsu meal at Tonkatsu Toku Restaurant Silom Bangkok

In Japan, Tonkatsu never has any spice to it but this being Thailand, the restaurant offers a spicy Tonkatsu sauce which is just the standard BBQ Tonkatsu sauce cooked with red chillis to give it heat which is for the local Thai taste. It’s an extra 50 Baht for the spicy Tonkatsu sauce.

Spicy Tonkatsu sauce at Tonkatsu Toku Restaurant Silom Bangkok

The cost of my meal was 340 Thb which is around A$15 which is an above average price for a meal in Bangkok but still much cheaper than the same meal in Sydney.