Before we moved offices; I did sort of a lunch farewell tour of various places; some of which I hadn't been to in a while. Musashiya surely falls into that category. While I'd had some fairly decent meals when this stand was Kayaba; my meals at Musashiya had really been lacking. But since we'd be changing locations in a few months I decided to see if the Tonkatsu there had improved.
And while the tonkatsu looked a bit better than what I'd had here previously.....
I'd say no. As you can tell by the color, this had been fried too long. The breading was super hard; not crisp, hard. The pork was dry and the breading had separated from the pork cutlet.
Other than that; the rice was hard, the potato salad way too salty.
The best items was the tamago; which, while on the too sweet side for me was decent.
I just couldn't bring myself to finish the tonkatsu.....
I hate wasting food; but I couldn't bring myself to finish this. The woman who buses the tables gave me the oddest look as I handed her my tray with two of the largest....and by the look of it; the driest slices of pork still on it.
Really sad. If you'd like to see a comparison of items between Kayaba and Musashiya you can check out this post. Though my last visit to Kayaba wasn;t that great either.
Bummer.
Musashiya
4240 Kearny Mesa Rd Ste 119 - In the Mitsuwa Marketplace
San Diego, CA 92111
:(
Posted by: kat | Thursday, 11 January 2018 at 10:48 PM
My katsu experience right before Christmas was the same as yours. It used to be much better, but lately it's just fallen off a cliff.
Posted by: James | Friday, 12 January 2018 at 05:51 AM
I know Kat.....bummer.
Hi James - It does seem like they've really ghone downhill.
Posted by: Kirk | Friday, 12 January 2018 at 07:45 AM
That's a dud, plus you're sitting there thinking "I could have spent my 10 bucks on Santouka instead and gotten a much better meal..."
Posted by: jason | Friday, 12 January 2018 at 08:08 AM
Katsu bento from the deli would've been better. Sad.
Posted by: Junichi | Friday, 12 January 2018 at 09:02 AM
Yeah; totally right Jason. Was a real bummer.
It would have Junichi....you're right.
Posted by: Kirk | Friday, 12 January 2018 at 10:42 AM
Hopefully, she passed that tidbit on to the kitchen! By the way, Tom and I had the best katsu ever in Tokyo over the holidays. First trip abroad ever. Tokyo was AWESOME!
Posted by: janfrederick | Friday, 12 January 2018 at 02:48 PM
That's awesome Jan! Glad you enjoyed Tokyo!
Posted by: Kirk | Friday, 12 January 2018 at 05:58 PM