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About this place
If you’re choosing a few kushi-katsu skewers, consider adding some vegetables. One diner remembered the generous pieces and satisfying texture of the vegetable skewers at Kimura. The light batter lets the differences between ingredients come through: the menu includes shiitake mushrooms, green peppers, sardines, scallops and pike conger. You could focus on vegetables or mix in seafood; choosing a few different skewers lets you compare their flavours one by one.
One diner notes that the cabbage served with the skewers costs 200 yen. The house rule, as described, is not to dip a skewer in the sauce twice. Pickles and nikogori—a savoury set jelly—offer a change of pace between bites. Drinks include draft and bottled beer, as well as chūhai, a shōchū-based mixed drink. Order a few skewers with a drink, or make it a fuller meal with rice, rice balls or ochazuke (rice served with tea or broth).
For something beyond kushi-katsu, options include curry rice bowls and the dish listed as “fried meat, curry soba”. A diner who tried the lunchtime sauce-katsu-don enjoyed the pairing of crisp, thin-cut pork cutlet and sauce, along with red miso soup seasoned with sansho pepper. Lunch offerings may vary, so check ahead before visiting.
