> 'Katsu' is short for Katsudon Don't you mean short for katsuretsu (カツレツ), katakana for cutlet as adopted from the French? > If you haven't had a Japanese cu

> 'Katsu' is short for Katsudon Don't you mean short for katsuretsu (カツレツ), katakana for cutlet as adopted from the French? > If you haven't had a Japanese curry in Japan, and you didn't make it from scratch, whatever you get will be a poor imitation. Real Japanese curry tastes both fresh, simple, vegetal and clean, and artificial, at the same time. Meh. There are tons of diasporas across the world that would beg to differ; at the end of the day, it's inexpensive comfort food to this demographic. Personally, I'm more picky with the panko and quality of pork. It's easy to mask imperfection with curry, and almost as easy to make something distinctly tasty on the cheap.