What is certain is that they are not a Japanese invention. The dish they call menchi katsu belongs to meals known as "yōshoku ...

Chicken Katsu and Menchi Katsu. The best part? Instead of Katsu Sauce, it's served with my handcrafted creamy homemade tartar sauce, elevating the flavors to a whole new level of deliciousness!

From Marc, Salmon Menchi-katsu: deep-fried breaded salmon cakes! Maki cooks up a delicious Chicken-nasu bento with her 3S sauce plus one. Also, a look at Taiwan's "san-bei" or "three-cup" cuisine.

Its most popular cheese menchi katsu (ground meat cutlet; ¥500) has a generously oozy cheesy filling. The standard croquette, on the other hand, has a 3:7 meat to potato ratio and it’s best ...