Review of Japanese Katsu Don at Privé Wheelock by dafnelately

It’s funny to revisit this dish a full 2 years after I swore I’d never eat pork again. At the start of the #covid19 pandemic, I was at most a flexitarian that had lost her way and had begun eating more meat again; I was not of the best mental health so you know what? Give me a break. I ordered the same katsu curry from the same place pretty much every other day. It was nice and frankly I appreciated the routine. I was getting better, mentally, but food still all tasted like fluff and it was a means for de-stressing for me. Day after day though, I found myself getting more and more sick of it and I could eventually not take pork at all any more, and eventually even all battered foods. So come this dish, it was a bit hard to order. It looks so akin to that dish I had begun to loathe, albeit with white rice in place of fried rice. Meat by TiNDLE instead of pork or the more common vegan substitute, mushroom. I brought myself together to order it and #wow was that ever the right decision! I couldn’t even hold off from texting my friends a few bites in about how good it was 😭 The crisp alone was a work of art! Say no mention even the quality of the #fakemeat! I can’t tell what it’s trying to mimic; Pork? Chicken? It needn’t matter, the food of the future is plant-based and #crueltyfree 💛 The extra #curry came in handy to pour over my final few cuts of the fillet and the side of some apple salad, not visible in the photo, provided a nice acidic contrast to its richness. I’m in awe, I’ll definitely be heading back to give their other #bestpicks dishes a try 😋