Okayama demi-katsudon

About Okayama demi-katsudon

“Okayama demi-katsudon” is an Okayama local bowl with freshly fried crispy pork cutlets topped with a hot, thick demi-glace sauce, and there are many restaurants in Okayama prefecture that serve it in Okayama city in particular. Established in 1931, the long-established tonkatsu restaurant “Ajiji Nomura” is known as the birthplace of demi-katsudon. The first owner ate the Imperial Hotel's demiglace sauce, and it seems that it was born from the desire to “let the locals eat that flavor.” Nowadays, the number of restaurants serving demi-katsudon in Okayama prefecture has increased, and it has become a local gourmet representative of Okayama. The demi-glace sauce and toppings, which are the key to Okayama demi-katsudon, are unique at each restaurant, and it's fun to eat and compare them.

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