I can 't believe that I posted on EE Nami back in May and even did a revisit post. It just seems like so long ago.
I was craving decent tonkatsu after the rather unsatisfactory version from Zen Curry. I hadn't revisited EE Nami since the end of May. I know they had opened the outdoor dining area; JeffP told me that he had enjoyed the Izakaya menu. Me, well…..call me gun shy; I'm still not ready for that. So, I decided to just order from the abbreviated takeout menu on my way home to check on Frankie. After all, it was Tonkatsu that I was after, right?
As before the whole process was painless; my food as waiting hen I arrived, less than five minutes later I was in my car headed home.
On my previous visits; I had enjoyed the Pork Loin Katsu more than the Filet, so I stuck with that. I added rice and miso soup to make it a "set".
The portion of rice and shredded cabbage seemed a bit more than on previous takeout visits. The miso soup was even weaker than before though. The pickles did a nice job of cutting of accenting the meal; making sure that the fried loveliness of the tonkatsu wasn't "too much of a good thing".
Of course, this was all about the katsu…..
And while it might have seemed like the pork had been fried a bit too much at first glance this was quite good. The breading wasn't separating from the moist, pleasantly toothsome, porky, loin. It was crisp, the panko fairly light, not greasy in the least bit. I've become used to the slightly sweeter katsu sauce over time…I guess it has grown on me.
It really did "scratch that itch"…….
Like I mentioned before; once we get pass all of this; I'm looking forward to trying all of their other dishes.
EE Nami
4706 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92117
858-246-6903