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When did hipsters start calling fried chicken breast katsu

Tell them I hate them
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Does it have to be Panko breaded to be katsu?
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LookANinja posted...

Does it have to be Panko breaded to be katsu?

Doesnt seem like it
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Legit never heard of this word until this year.

I swear hipsters love this kinda shit cus it makes them sound more cultured than they are.

Its fried chicken, bitch
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I recently had Chicken Katsu

(It was at a Japanese place, so it's okay)
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I didnt know hipsters highjacked this word...
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Metallic Slug13 posted...

I recently had Chicken Katsu

(It was at a Japanese place, so it's okay)

Yeah I've had it at a Japanese place. Really thin sliced breast meat. Panko breading. Japanese BBQish sauce. Pretty good. Mostly got it because my friend wanted sushi and I just really wasn't feeling sushi that time.

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R1masher posted...

I didnt know hipsters highjacked this word...

They done have
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R1masher posted...

I didnt know hipsters highjacked this word...

Im guessing TCs just blowing stupid shit out of proportion here.
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I only see it be call katsu in Japanese or Hawaiian restaurants. Everywhere else I see calls it a cutlet.
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Are they talking about actual katsudon or whatever? Or are they saying hey man lets go to Chic Fil A for some chicken katsu

Because actual Chicken Katsu is delicious and usually pretty cheap
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mattnd2007 posted...

Metallic Slug13 posted...

I recently had Chicken Katsu

(It was at a Japanese place, so it's okay)

Yeah I've had it at a Japanese place. Really thin sliced breast meat. Panko breading. Japanese BBQish sauce. Pretty good. Mostly got it because my friend wanted sushi and I just really wasn't feeling sushi that time.

Yeah I'm always up for sushi, but if not, chicken katsu, prawn tempura, gyoza, etc. always satisfies.
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Imagine complaining about hipsters in 2019.
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QueenCarly posted...

Imagine complaining about hipsters in 2019.

Hipster defence force
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Heres another word hipsters love lately.

B E S P O K E
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SwayM posted...

R1masher posted...

I didnt know hipsters highjacked this word...

They done have

For me it's hard to tell coz I live in LA, where there's so many Asians that katsu has always been in regular usage
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Have you guys tried the Popeye's Katsu sandwich?
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Kentucky Fried Katsu
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SwayM posted...

Legit never heard of this word until this year.

Blaming others for not having knowledge.

If it's made Japanese style then it should be called katsu

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sLaCkEr408___RJ posted...

SwayM posted...

Legit never heard of this word until this year.

Blaming others for not having knowledge.

Appropriating cultures to sound more interesting
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SwayM posted...

Legit never heard of this word until this year.

I swear hipsters love this kinda shit cus it makes them sound more cultured than they are.

Its fried chicken, bitch

Chicken katsu Don is one of my favorite dishes. Noodles and a light sauce with the fried chicken breasts in it.

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You're mad because you just found out about this word or people misusing it?

Proofpyros posted...

You're mad because you just found out about this word or people misusing it?

Its literally just become a thing.

As someone who

1) ducking LOVES all things fried chicken And

2) has been tuned into food culture for decades

Yall cant pull a fast one by me. Maybe in Japanese culture this has been around for a while but people are just now trying to make it a thing.

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%2Fm%2F07sbflb
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SwayM posted...

Its literally just become a thing.

As someone who

1) ducking LOVES all things fried chicken And

2) has been tuned into food culture for decades

Yall cant pull a fast one by me. Maybe in Japanese culture this has been around for a while but people are just now trying to make it a thing.

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%2Fm%2F07sbflb

It's been around forever. I've been eating chicken katsu noodle dishes at a local spot for years.

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Having lived in Hawaii for almost 31 years now, chicken katsu is the norm. You call it chicken cutlet here and you'll probably get weird looks lol
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOsikxHW0JQ" data-time="

Perfect example.

Its Literally just a fried chicken sammich

One Japanese ingredient(its just breadcrumbs, I wouldnt even call it Japanese). No one would have called katsu 2-3 years ago
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YugiNoob posted...

Having lived in Hawaii for almost 31 years now, chicken katsu is the norm. You call it "chicken cutlet" here and you'll probably get weird looks lol

I think it's the sauce that makes the difference. For example, L&L Drive-in serves fried chicken cutlets with either gravy or a ketchup-like sauce, but only the latter is called "katsu."
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Pretty sure chicken katsu is more common in Hawai'i than in japan even (pork katsu being more popular there).

And it's been that way since before you were born.
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SwayM posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOsikxHW0JQ" data-time="

Perfect example.

Its Literally just a fried chicken sammich

One Japanese ingredient(its just breadcrumbs, I wouldnt even call it Japanese). No one would have called katsu 2-3 years ago

itp japanese ppl didn't exist before 2017.

god damn, how fucking ignorant do you have to be to have never heard of katsu before

especially for somebody who's been "tuned into food culture for decades"
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tamagucci posted...

SwayM posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOsikxHW0JQ" data-time="

Perfect example.

Its Literally just a fried chicken sammich

One Japanese ingredient(its just breadcrumbs, I wouldnt even call it Japanese). No one would have called katsu 2-3 years ago

itp japanese ppl didn't exist before 2017.

ITT: people dont understand the concept of food trends
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I actually heard that katsu and cutlet are different in that cutlet is just breaded, whereas katsu has panko, making it crunchier. Not sure if that's accurate or not though. They have different sauce that you can have with either though. I mean there's cream of mushroom chicken katsu which is pretty good :3
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Holy shit you uncultured swine.
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cavalierking posted...

god damn, how fucking ignorant do you have to be to have never heard of katsu before

especially for somebody who's been "tuned into food culture for decades"

You go ahead and act like its a common dish champ.

Not buying it.
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SwayM posted...

cavalierking posted...

god damn, how fucking ignorant do you have to be to have never heard of katsu before

especially for somebody who's been "tuned into food culture for decades"

You go ahead and act like its a common dish champ.

Not buying it.

It is common.

tainted_emerald posted...

Pretty sure chicken katsu is more common in Hawai'i than in japan even (pork katsu being more popular there).

And it's been that way since before you were born.

Well yeah, chicken katsu is a local thing here while tonkatsu is much more common in Japan. Hell it was actually hard for me to find places that had chicken katsu in Japan, which kind of sucked since that's my katsu of choice.
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TC absolutely nobody is agreeing with you ITT. There comes a point where you have to look at yourself and ask, am I in the wrong here?
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Gafemage posted...

TC absolutely nobody is agreeing with you ITT. There comes a point where you have to look at yourself and ask, am I in the wrong here?

Nah, he's asking himself "how many more people will take the bait..."
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SwayM posted...

You go ahead and act like its a common dish champ.

Not buying it.

you might've had a point had you not bragged about how culturally informed you are about food

still, though, lmao, imagine having never heard of katsu until this year

wtf do you live
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tamagucci posted...

SwayM posted...

cavalierking posted...

god damn, how fucking ignorant do you have to be to have never heard of katsu before

especially for somebody who's been "tuned into food culture for decades"

You go ahead and act like its a common dish champ.

Not buying it.

It is common.

it is common.

TC literally arguing that it's just fried chicken. Is it chicken? Yes. Is it fried? Yes. Is it fried Chicken? Sure. Is it Katsu? If it's cooked using panko breadcrumbs with a japanese bbq katsu sauce then fucking yes, it's katsu.

Your whining is like someone saying "I had a kale salad for lunch" and you argue and say "OMG ITS A VEGETABLE SALAD"
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Gafemage posted...

TC absolutely nobody is agreeing with you ITT. There comes a point where you have to look at yourself and ask, am I in the wrong here?

Its current events. Yall absolutely relish any opportunity to argue anything.

Especially a juicy topic like this

All people have to do is say oh yeah Ive been eating katsu for 67 years. Theres a katsu restaurant on every street of my home town. They even serve it at McDonalds

Trying to act like its more well known then it actually is.The Google trends Link proved my point a long time ago. Yall just wanna be thick-headed.
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LookANinja posted...

tamagucci posted...

SwayM posted...

cavalierking posted...

god damn, how fucking ignorant do you have to be to have never heard of katsu before

especially for somebody who's been "tuned into food culture for decades"

You go ahead and act like its a common dish champ.

Not buying it.

It is common.

it is common.

TC literally arguing that it's just fried chicken. Is it chicken? Yes. Is it fried? Yes. Is it fried Chicken? Sure. Is it Katsu? If it's cooked using panko breadcrumbs with a japanese bbq katsu sauce then fucking yes, it's katsu.

Your whining is like someone saying "I had a kale salad for lunch" and you argue and say "OMG ITS A VEGETABLE SALAD"

Lol

You didnt watch that video I linked did you. The only Japanese ingredient used is Panko breadcrumbs.

If I put soy sauce on a burrito that doesnt suddenly make it Chinese / Japanese.
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Better than chicken "makeru".

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SwayM posted...

Gafemage posted...

TC absolutely nobody is agreeing with you ITT. There comes a point where you have to look at yourself and ask, am I in the wrong here?

Its current events. Yall absolutely relish any opportunity to argue anything.

Especially a juicy topic like this

All people have to do is say oh yeah Ive been eating katsu for 67 years. Theres a katsu restaurant on every street of my home town. They even serve it at McDonalds

Trying to act like its more well known then it actually is.The Google trends Link proved my point a long time ago. Yall just wanna be thick-headed.

You could definitely get chicken katsu at 90% of the shopping centers in Hawai'i.

McDonalds doesn't do plate lunches, but they do have breakfast platters (i.e. Portuguese sausage, eggs, and rice, and spam, eggs, and rice).
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tainted_emerald posted...

SwayM posted...

Gafemage posted...

TC absolutely nobody is agreeing with you ITT. There comes a point where you have to look at yourself and ask, am I in the wrong here?

Its current events. Yall absolutely relish any opportunity to argue anything.

Especially a juicy topic like this

All people have to do is say oh yeah Ive been eating katsu for 67 years. Theres a katsu restaurant on every street of my home town. They even serve it at McDonalds

Trying to act like its more well known then it actually is.The Google trends Link proved my point a long time ago. Yall just wanna be thick-headed.

You could definitely get chicken katsu at 90% of the shopping centers in Hawai'i.

McDonalds doesn't do plate lunches, but they do have breakfast platters (i.e. Portuguese sausage, eggs, and rice, and spam, eggs, and rice).

Hawaii has a pretty unique food culture though
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SwayM posted...

Its current events. Yall absolutely relish any opportunity to argue anything.

...Look in the mirror dude.
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DeadBankerDream posted...

SwayM posted...

Its current events. Yall absolutely relish any opportunity to argue anything.

...Look in the mirror dude.

Im not being dragged down to your level.
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SwayM posted...

Its fried chicken, bitch

this 100%
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