So I am heading up to SF to run the Nike Women's Marathon and I would like to know where I can eat a good katsu don. I need to eat a katsu don a day or two before I run a marathon(Marathon is sunday and I am driving up tomorrow)... it's like a tradition. I'll be staying in San Mateo thur so it can be anyway from like San Jose to SF.

Good Katsu Don for good luck. Please help a brother out

I am also gonna bike around the area. Suggestion? I'll definitely bike around the golden gate bridge.

Thanks!

 

J-town?

hell just ask Ryan (Choku Dori)

 

I personally love the katsu don at Kintetsu Mall in Japantown, in SF. There's a place at the west end like next to or one space away from a crepe place. I can't remember the name 100% and don't want to toss out random names of restaurants there and send you to the wrong one! There are a ton of places in that mall to eat though, most of which will have katsu don.

 

damn, now I want Katsudon, havent had it since Sapporo

BTW Vodka, love your SN and avatar, think Im gonna get some Goose and tonic tonite... with Katsudon

 

haha, havnt had that in awhile because I've been so sick of it growing up, I gots the craving for it now.

 

hahah yeah i just got hungry...my mom makes really good katsu...

iono if they have katsu don but my favorite japanese place is shimo on 25th and clement...my friends dad owns it, so i used to be there A LOT....

 

what is katsu don?

 

simply put, fried pork

 

^^^over rice

tonkatsu is just the fried pork

 

my favorite place to eat and its in san mateo is sushi sams on third st. Here is the linky http://www.sushisams.com/index.html . They have the best sushi and food around.

 

I don't know any in the city ;x
however I can recommend nama sushi, damo sushi, and matsu sushi in concord. house of sake is good too but I don't know the owner there.

 

katsu-don is actually just short for Tonkatsu Donburi.

i suggest yelping for it.

 

If you're in San Mateo -- Try Hotaru on 3rd street

33 E 3rd Ave
San Mateo, CA 94401
(650) 343-1152

 

If you're in San Mateo, Yuzu makes all other sushi joints look like little *****es

But for katsudon... ya got me stumped! Lemme think about it a bit and get back to you

 

Man, Abi and I spent over $200 at Yuzu's. It's fun talking cantonese with the chief.