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Tasty Katsu Curry at Cafe Green Tea

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Cafe Green Tea
Location: 3160 Steeles Avenue East, Markham
Website: None

Though the name might make you think it’s a coffee shop of some sort, Cafe Green Tea is actually a delightful little restaurant in the J-Town area of Markham specializing in Japanese comfort food like soba, udon, and katsu curry.

Cafe Green Tea

I ordered the katsu curry, which you can either get with pork or chicken (I got pork).  It’s a counter service place, and they work quite fast; once I ordered, it only took a few minutes for my number to be called.

Cafe Green Tea

It’s a tasty plate of no-frills katsu curry.  The pork is slightly on the dry side, but otherwise everything here is right where it should be: the curry is rich and flavourful, and the katsu has a perfect level of exterior crispiness.

Cafe Green Tea

Bonus: at 14 bucks for a relatively hefty serving, it’s a solid deal.

Tasty, Cheesy Pork Katsu at Katsuya

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Katsuya
Location: 1224 Dundas Street West, Mississauga
Website: https://katsuya.ca/

There are very few dishes that wouldn’t be enhanced with the addition of gooey cheese.  Think about a dish.  Now think about that dish, but with gooey cheese.  It’s better, right?

Katsuya

(And if you’re thinking that this isn’t true for dessert, let me tell you: you’re wrong.)

Katsuya

They have a cheese option for the katsu at Katsuya, which finds the traditional pork loin topped with mozzarella cheese before its breaded and fried, and yeah, it’s delightful.  The pork is tender, the cheese is delightfully melty, and the exterior is nice and crispy.  How could that not be great?

Katsuya

I ordered the Katsuya Original, which comes topped with “Katsuya’s house sauce.”  I’d probably order one of their other options next time — the sauce was a bit sweet for me — but the katsu itself was so tasty that this was barely an issue.