Demi-katsu Don

**Say demi-katsu if you want the egg version instead.** In Okayama the default katsudon on many menus is this one. Asking for the Tokyo style needs to be explicit. **The peas are not decoration.** They have been on it since the 1930s and shops that leave them off get told about it. **Weekday hours are lunch only at the originator.** Weekends have an evening sitting. **The sauce takes days.** This is a French reduction made in a Japanese tonkatsu shop, and the shops that are proud of it will tell you how long theirs simmers. **Okayama Castle and Korakuen are nearby on foot.** Lunch here fits into the standard city day without a detour.