![]() I was feeding 3 kids for less than what it takes to feed just ME today. I could go on for days, but I think I made my point. ![]() ![]() Now you can't get a can of soup for less than $1.29 and there's no way it's feeding more than one person. When I was 15(Summer of '81), we ate a LOT of tacos, corn on the cob, burgers, salads, etc because hamburger was cheap and we grew our own vegetables, when my kids were little(late '80s, early '90s), ramen was 10/$1.00, Kraft mac & cheese was 3/$1.00, a can of Campbell's Chicken Noodle or Tomato soup was. Upvotes Follow Unfollow 1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Most of the hispanic and black minority have moved to places like Queens and inner city Bronx or Brooklyn, you know. I would go up to my Grandmothers and climb out onto the fire escape and just gaze at them and I would never get bored. I remember walking past as a child with my mom and just being in awe of how many people were just having dinner, drinking wine and just genuinely happy. The streets on a Saturday night would be closed off, you could smell the food the entire block, people among people among people. She lived there during the peak, and eventual, fall of the Mafia. She lived in the same apartment on Mulberry St for that long and everyone knew who she was. My grandmother lived in Little Italy for over 55 years before she passed away in 2019. Crazy to think right? I mean it's NEW YORK. Tonkatsu set with an extra $3 side of curry at Katsu Jin.Mind you, I'm Puerto Rican, from New York and the diversity that once thrived in that city was 10 fold what it is today. Eventually, service will extend to seven days. ![]() Current hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. Katsu Jin is open at 711 Fair Oaks Avenue, Suite K, South Pasadena, CA 91030. “I just really wanted to share my katsu experience with other people,” Piyarat says. There is a katsu sando on the menu at Katsu Jin, but to really taste the good stuff, it’s best to just get the whole set menu. Katsu as a standalone dish hasn’t caught on in the way that katsu sandos have, popularized at Konbi, Katsu Bar, and Katsu Sando in Los Angeles. Though he was concerned that customers were going to question the restaurant’s validity because he isn’t Japanese, Piyarat pressed on, just following his passion.Įventually, he hopes to add more exotic cuts of pork and other meats once he builds a team, just like the one that has kept sister restaurant Patakan going for a decade now. For those who may not like katsu, Piyarat also offers ramen, which he makes on the premises after a minimum 8-hour boil. The details of the presentation and even the minimalist decor all convey a dedication to tonkatsu, and it all comes at an approachable price of under $20 for a full set of cabbage salad, miso soup, pickles, silken tofu, steamed rice, and a choice of katsu. For the miso soup, Piyarat soaks kombu overnight and uses a special Japanese miso base for an umami-rich broth. Piyarat makes everything in-house, including the tangerine-colored cabbage dressing and the tangy katsu dipping sauce. The pork katsu at Katsu Jin comes in thick but tender slices with a gorgeous golden brown crust. Piyarat also opened a katsu restaurant because he didn’t find a wealth of quality places serving the dish in LA, though he says he’s enjoyed katsu specialists Wako in Koreatown and Kagura in Torrance. He’s doing the same at Katsu Jin, where he oversees the preparation of almost every dish during this opening phase. When Patakan first opened, Piyarat had no professional cooking experience but developed the menu based on his own recipes. cooking the dish often at home, refining the flavors and technique through online videos. Later, he visited other katsu restaurants and returned to the U.S. A friend had packed him a cold bento of katsu for the trip, and despite the temperature, he was blown away by how delicious it was. Piyarat says his love of katsu developed when he took a Shinkansen bullet train to Osaka. Piyarat has operated the next-door Patakan Thai restaurant for a decade and opted to pursue his passion for katsu when the space became available. Katsu Jin, from Kevin Piyarat, opened on January 17, serving a tight menu of pork, chicken, and cheese katsu, plus a few types of ramen and other izakaya-style snacks. A newish katsu restaurant has graced a busy strip mall in South Pasadena, and a few eager locals have already caught on.
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