Katsukura / かつくら

蟹のクリームコロッケとヒレかつ膳, a photo by fumika yamamoto on Flickr.

I had lunch with Sonoko-chan at Katsukura. Katsukura is my favorite Tonkatsu restaurant in Tokyo. It is located on 14th floor of Takashimaya department in Shinjuku.

そのこちゃんと高島屋の14階にあるかつくらでランチ。東京にあるとんかつ屋さんではかつくらが一番好き。

I ordered my usual crab meat cream croquette and fillet cutlet set. Gush, I missed this dish very much. It was delicious like usual.

いつもの蟹のクリームコロッケとヒレかつ膳をオーダーした。３年ぶりくらいだったのでとっても嬉しかった～

I like how they let us grind sesame seeds at the table and put them in katsu sauce. Not only sesame seeds smell so good in katsu sauce, but also they are good for your body.

かつくらのソースは自分でその場で胡麻をすってソースとまぜるので胡麻の良い香りがテーブルに広がる。胡麻好きの私にはたまらない。

This time I tried tofu from Kyoto with my meal instead of Kyoto veggie pickles since Kyoto is famous for tofu because of their fresh and tasty water.

今回は京都のお漬物以外に京都のお豆腐のチョイスがあったのでお豆腐を頼んだ。やっぱり京都のお豆腐のせいか味がしっかりと付いていて美味しかった。

I was hoping Mia to be sleeping during our lunch, however she woke up as soon she heard Sonoko-chan's voice.

Babies do not like to stay at one place for long time because they get bored. Mia got tired of just watching us eat, so she started crying. I took her to outside; she stopped crying, but every time when I went back to the restaurant, she started to cry. She cried so hard that made her to cough. Mia got tired after crying hard, and she slept well in a stroller.

娘がランチ中は寝てくれる事を期待。でもそのこちゃんの声を聞いたら起きてしまいレストランに長くいたせいか大泣き。赤ちゃんって同じ場所に長くいるとあきるみたいなので、いったん外に出て泣き止んだらまたレストランに戻ってみたけど、また泣き始めた。大泣きして疲れた実愛はその後はベビーカーでぐっすり寝ていた。

I found another Baby Care Lounge on 14th floor of Takashimaya. It was smaller than the one on 9th floor, but I liked this one too because it was clean and it got individual breastfeeding rooms. Breastfeeding outside is hard, therefore I appreciate Takashimaya making individual breastfeeding rooms for mothers.

かつくらのすぐ側にも赤ちゃん休憩室を発見。９階の赤ちゃん休憩室よりも小さいけど、ここも個室の授乳室があったりキッチンなどもあって赤ちゃん連れのママやパパには便利ねと感心した。

I have been only breastfeeding my daughter, so I have never really got to use their kitchen to make milk except washing my hands. I think it is awesome that they have hot water to make milk for babies.

キッチンは完母なので手を洗うくらいしかした事がないけれど、ちゃんとミルク用の熱いお湯も出てGOOD！