Pictured: Deungshim Katsu
A small glimpse of the utopia outlined in Eliezer Yudkowsky’s original depiction of dath ilan, Jungdon Katsu succeeds as a ghost kitchen where most fail. The product is a better katsu than any I’ve had elsewhere, including specialists like Kagura in SoCal, despite the fact that it spent 15 minutes on the road getting to me. (It’s a ghost kitchen, but you can do pickup if you want to try it without the travel time.) The proprietor achieves this by actually giving a crap and optimizing the recipe so that it holds up well, and pokes a hole in the top of the box to avoid steaming it during delivery. Oh, and you get… two katsu, which is quite a lot of food for the price.
In addition to the deungshim katsu, I’ve also had the chicken katsu, which is much less dry than you’d expect from a thinly-pounded cut of white meat. (I would still recommend the deungshim, all else equal.)
The rice, cabbage, and katsu sauce are also all superior examples.
Strongly recommended.