Tonkatsu by Ma Maison @ Eat Paradise,
Level 2, Isetan, One Utama Shopping Centre (1U),
1, Lebuh Bandar Utama, Bandar Utama (BU)
Petaling Jaya (PJ), 47800 Selangor
Opening Hours:
Mon-Sun:
11:00 am - 9:30 pm
Time Visited:
6:45pm, Saturday night with my buddy
Attire worn:
Casual
Item(s) Ordered (Photos taken as inconspicuous as possible with my phone):
Jumbo Rosu Katsu set and a Root Beer Float
Everytime I think back about Tonkatsu by Ma Maison, my heart flutters and I get all excited and happy about it. It's similar to being in love but with a milder effect with longing eyes and my mouth watering everytime I think about the tasty pork loins.
It started off with a plan to stay at home the whole day sleeping since my plans to watch Batman vs Superman were seemingly dashed when my friend told me that he's going back to our hometown for the celebration of Qing Ming (think of it as a Chinese All-Souls Day). But he told me in a very unconfirmed way that he'll tell me again whether that it's happening. The day came and I thought nothing about it and so I slept till way past noon and then I saw the message from my friend indicating to me that his plan was cancelled and asking whether I wanna watch Batman vs Superman. But since I slept past noon, we can't make it for the morning show anymore. I was suggesting to go on Sunday but it seems he already had plans with his family on Sunday and so suggested that we go that evening itself. And thus was born this day where we had dinner at Tonkatsu by Ma Maison.
Despite this place looking pack everytime I pass by, there's plenty of room that day and we chose a brightly lighted up place to sit at. There's instructions on the table that tells you how to enjoy your tonkatsu more and looking at the array of condiments to play with just makes me feel happy. My friend had reservations in ordering the Jumbo Rosu Katsu set because he said that he was full to the brim the last time he ordered but as for me, I just saw that the meat provided was a mere 250g and that made me question in my mind, isn't that equivalent to a steak? I felt that it was almost the same as a steak dish and so I ordered that anyway and enticed him to do the same. LOL. I then ordered a Root Beer Float to quench my thirst which had also enticed my friend to do the same. Haha. They first serve a ball radish as an appetizer where you can add in Tamari Dressing (which is basically soy sauce) to eat with. The radish ball is refreshing and tends to cleanse my palate incredibly.
What's great about the Tonkatsu Sets at Tonkatsu by Ma Maison is that it comes with refillable rice, cabbage and tonjiru (type of miso soup that's made with pork. Also known as Butajiru). It took quite a while of waiting for our meals to come but the funny thing was that they served to us one by one instead of both at once even though we ordered the same thing. That's rather unusual in my books but nonetheless a small forgivable and negligible thing to be concern about. The portion looks huge especially with that mountain of cabbage and the presentation was impressive. As for the condiments, I followed down to the tee by putting rock salt on all 3 compartments of the sauce dish and adding in the sweet sauce at the sweet section and the spicy one at the spicy section. As for the rice, I added in sesame seed to it to enhance some flavors into it. I sure love playing with all those condiments. LOL. What I always like to do is that I love taking the pork loin and dip firsthand on the spicy sauce, then on the sweet sauce and finally onto the rock salt. It greatly increases the taste of the pork loin by hundredfold! If you were to just dip it on one of the sauces, it does give out some good taste and probably enhance the taste a bit, but to me, I gotta dip it on all three. This really does elevate the tastiness to a whole new level. Yum! The cabbage is served along with a dollop of mustard at the side and I can tell you, their mustard is way spicy. I think it contains some wasabi because it gets to my nose.
Anyway, the pork loin meat is awesome with it's thick cutlets and juicy but a little bit oily pieces but all that increases many times when I combine the sauces. Haha. The rice was lovely and is something I can actually eat it on it's own. And the cabbage....well it's cabbage. Hehe. As for the Tonjiru, it's very tasty and since it's made with pork, it does have that much edgier taste compared to a normal miso soup. All in all, I just love, love, love their Tonkatsu meal.
Though this may not be my first time eating Tonkatsu by Ma Maison, it certainly added to my wonderful experience with them. I will continue to feel delighted everytime I hear the name from now on as I reminisce about their lovely pork cutlets and the wonderful time with my friend. :D
Total Wallet Damage:
Ahem. What can you expect from a place like this. It's bound to be expensive. 2 of our meals amount to a total of RM89.55. How 2 of the same order came up to a figure that's not divisible by 2 is really beyond me. But it looks like the culprit came from the 6% GST. There's a 10% service charge involved.
Final Verdict:
9.5/10. This is almost heaven to me. Perfect pork dish, loads of condiments to fiddle with, nice ambiance, attentive staff (I was wondering why they were serving my drink first and not along with my friend's since it's the same order and I look back over my shoulder and they knew what I was thinking and assured me 5 minutes) a decent price for that kind of food. Not to forget, many of their refillable items which makes it very worth it. Not only will I come back again, but I know I will definitely crave for it after awhile. After all, I love pork. :P
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