Japanese-Singaporean couple spend $20k to open authentic tonkatsu stall, build kitchen with secondhand equipment from Carousell

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Japanese-Singaporean couple spend $20k to open authentic tonkatsu stall, build kitchen with secondhand equipment from Carousell
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Many Singaporeans love all things Japan, so it's unsurprising that there are a plethora of Japanese eateries and supermarkets dotted around our tiny island. Despite this, some Japanese nationals living here still struggle to find affordable, authentic food similar to what they can get at home. One of them is Mayu Tanabe, 32, who moved to Singapore last October with...

, so it's unsurprising that there are a plethora of Japanese eateries and supermarkets dotted around our tiny island.

And though they've only been there for a little over a month since they first opened on July 20, Daniel told us that they already have a few regulars.The pandemic made them cook more The bulk of their recipes were inspired by food they often had when they ate out in Japan, as well as what one would normally find in a Japanese bento box.

But to make sure that this was an ideal setup for the family, they came to Singapore for a few months in February 2022 for a "trial" period. In fact, with their two kids in tow, they would camp at various hawker centres and manually count the number of customers patronising the stalls there in an hour. This was to get a gauge of what the footfall in that particular hawker centre was like.

One of them even arranged an appointment with Daniel but didn't turn up, leaving him waiting for over an hour. After measuring and organising the kitchen layout by himself, he arranged the equipment in a configuration that he felt worked best for him."If we had bought the equipment brand new, I think we would have forked out $50,000 for the business instead," revealed Daniel.

The breading of the shrimp and pork was excellently done and when I ran a fork down the proteins, they let out a satisfying crackling sound. I also appreciate how these weren't drenched in oil despite just coming out fresh from the fryer.

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