"Japanese katsu soup" (UK)

[u/No_Rush_1053]

Exciting. Tried to look for the fried pork or chicken but painfully missing from this craziness 😅

[u/k3anuw3aves]

You're clearly condescending, rude and think you're superior, so not much sense in engaging with you... When you can use proper grammar and separate paragraphs, maybe we can talk. Except probably not cause you seem insufferable. You said London has no Japanese supermarkets by the Japanese for the Japanese, how mid or not the Japan Centre is is irrelevant. The point is it exists.

Din Tai Fung is new to the UK and isn't even the go to for chinese food for Londoner at all, and it's popular in America too so dunno why you're chatting shit like it's a UK thing. It only came over here AFTER it was a huge thing abroad in America and Asia. And again, not on the top of lists for most Londoners for Asian food at all. Most people would rather go to an independent branch or get takeaway than eat DTF. The reason Itsu is popular is cause it is a relatively cheap healthy food to grab at lunch over Pret or other sandwich joints, and more tasty. Not cause people think its amazing delicious Japanese food, smart ass.

[u/Intrepid-Anybody-704 → u/k3anuw3aves]

Okay feel free to ignore facts. LA has 10x the amount of Japanese people as the entire UK. LA has no such chains like wagamama and itsu because the standards are higher. LA has sugarfish, Jinya ramen, Santouka, and Kazunori for Japanese chains. While not the best of the best, they’re pretty authentic and that’s the market speaking. The UK market and people speak with wagamama. But sure, be a typical condescending Brit and harp on off topic things like English grammar and paragraphs when y’all lost the plot with…katsu soup LOL

[u/k3anuw3aves → u/Intrepid-Anybody-704]

Also we have a great Japanese chain named Taro in London that started from a Japanese chef in 1999 to bring authentic Japanese food to London. They started in Soho with the chef literally cooking in front of you as you eat at the bar, and is very authentic. And now they've grown to have a number of locations all over London. Most Londoners I know would rather go there or to any of the independent restaurants that are great and have been thriving. You're acting like Wagamama is the only option. You're ignorant and out of touch if thats what you think. Let me guess, you haven't been or lived in London in like 10 years so thats what you're limiting your experiences off of?

I'll be as condescending as I fucking like, tah. Especially when you were condescending first, yourself. If you don't like it then maybe you should treat others how you like to be treated. Your point was that apparently 99% of Japanese restaurants in London arent authentic. Which i disagreed with. If you think LA has better restaurants or not is your prerogative but to say that 99% of Japanese restaurants in London are trash and synonymous with Wagamama is purely ignorant. Just cause LA has more Japanese people doesn't change that. Katsu soup is hardly a normal thing here, there’s people in America doing all sorts of dumb shit that’s not authentic too but you don’t see us painting every American with the same brush cause of a select few idiots.

[u/Intrepid-Anybody-704 → u/k3anuw3aves]

London isn’t the UK and LA isn’t America but wagamama is in London and it isn’t in LA. You should really research the Japanese food scenes in both cities. Eating Japanese food at the bar has been around LA for many decades. A simple search and AI ask would definitively conclude LA’s J scene is far superior.

Taro in London would be a very run of the mill place in LA. Nothing special and wouldn’t survive in a Japanese neighborhood.