Katsudon
Katsudon (カツ丼) is a popular Japanese food, a bowl of rice topped with a deep-fried pork cutlet, egg, vegetables, and condiments.
The dish takes its name from the Japanese words tonkatsu (for pork cutlet) and donburi (for rice bowl dish).
It has become a modern tradition for Japanese students to eat katsudon the night before taking a major test or school entrance exam. This is because "katsu" is a homophone of the verb 勝つ katsu, meaning "to win" or "to be victorious". It is also a famous gag of Japanese police films: many people think that suspects will speak the truth with tears when they have eaten katsudon and are asked, "Did you ever think about how your mother feels about this?" Even nowadays, the gag of "We must eat katsudon while interrogating" is popular in Japanese films.[1]
Variations
Variations include sauce katsudon (with tonkatsu sauce), demi katsudon (with demi-glace and often green peas, a specialty of Okayama), shio-katsudon (with salt, another Okayama variety), shōyu-dare katsudon (with soy sauce, Niigata style), and miso-katsudon (a favorite in Nagoya). Beef (gyū-katsu) and chicken (oyakodon) can substitute for the pork. Katsukarē is a variation with curry sauce instead of the usual egg.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ 警察のホント・ウソ 取調べのとき、被疑者はカツ丼を食べさせてもらえるってホント？ - 岡山県警察 採用情報
- ↑ Lonely Planet (1 February 2014). The World's Best Spicy Food: Where to Find it & How to Make it. Lonely Planet. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-74360-421-2.
External links
- Katsudon Recipe
- なぜ取り調べにはカツ丼が出るのか？ メディアファクトリー (2010/12/21) ISBN 978-4840136624
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