Chopstix Too, one more time

Here you are, reading mmm-yoso!!!, a food blog with a recounting of meals enjoyed.  Today, Cathy is posting because Kirk is still on vacation.  

Kirk posted about the original Chopstix, on Convoy Street in 2005, He blogged about Chopstix Too when it first opened, in 2006.  In the interim, He and I have each posted about  one or the other over the years.  The restaurants serve fairly standard Japanese fare at good prices without pretense.

This location, in the same parking lot as Mitsuwa Marketplace is yet "another" place to get ramen with one stop parking.
The chalkboard by the soda machine shows daily specials.
The cucumber salad ($4) is a choice on most visits, because I like cucumber. The bowl is deceptive; there is a lot of the vinegared and salted vegetable. 
The agedashi tofu ($3) is lightly breaded with potato starch, crispy fried and served with a light soy/mirin/dashi sauce.  This simple treat is a nice addendum to any meal. 
If you read any of my prior Chopstix posts (go to that search box at the top left), you know that The Mister ends up ordering mabo ramen ($7.95) following his 'pretending' of reading the menu.   He enjoys the slightly sweet spiciness the sauce, filled with ground pork and tofu. The barely cooked egg is always shared.
The chicken katsu and tempura plate ($8.45) also comes with a bowl of miso soup and is properly fried: crunchy and not greasy. The refreshing salad arrives 'naked' and there is a container of salad dressing on the condiment tray on the table. 

A plate of eight shrimp shu mai ($5, on the chalkboard) was tasty, but not very shrimpy. Still, it was shared and rounded out the meal.