Maisen Tonkatsu heads to Philippines

Maisen Tonkatsu, described as Japan’s “greatest tonkatsu restaurant”, is to open a sequence of eating places within the Philippines.

The primary restaurant, described as a flagship, will open at SM Megamall by the third quarter of 2015.

Maisen Tonkatsu, based in 1965, will increase into the Philippines underneath Katsucuisine Inc, a subsidiary of its Japanese father or mother Suyen Company.

Thought-about the market chief in its class in Tokyo, the restaurant model is steadily increasing in Asia. It has six branches in Bangkok, Thailand, a part of a community now numbering 1100 worldwide.

Foodies and vacationers alike typically queue outdoors the Tokyo eating places whose profile has been boosted by in depth reward on social media and by skilled reviewers.

The restaurant’s positioning slogan is: “Tender tonkatsu you’ll be able to minimize with chopsticks.”