Japanese Croquettes (Koroke)
Which restaurants serve them, and which ones are you favorites?
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9 Comments:
It would help if you told us what city/location you're hoping to find restaurants serving koroke in.
Adam Kuban at 6:05PM on 09/24/09
Well, a lot of izakaya have them and there are a lot. Hagi, Ariyoshi, Izakaya Ten.
armaniboi at 10:22PM on 09/24/09
There is only one place in the U.S. to go for authentic Japanese Croquettes. That is Delica rf-1 in the Ferry Building in San Francisco.
It is the only location outside of Japan for Rockfield, the Japanese company that popularized in the croquette and has locations in every train station and department store in Japan.
Truff at 11:28AM on 09/25/09
I'm not in NY, just to let you know, but this will work anywhere in the world.
Cleveland has a TON of Japanese restaurants, but most are run by other nationalities, so if it's not on the menu, no one knows what I am talking about. I go to the sole Japanese-owned restaurant in Cleveland and order it - not on the menu.
Not to be one of those people [but I will be]. They are really easy to make. :) If you're interested in my not so fancy recipe: http://cassaendra.blogspot.com/2009/02/cheap-eats.html
Cassaendra at 11:36AM on 09/25/09
Ariyoshi in Queens. Their crab coquettes are wonderful.
avaryne at 12:23PM on 09/25/09
there used to be a place called super corokke in Orange County CA but I'm not sure if its there anymore.
LetThemEatQueso at 12:30PM on 09/25/09
@Adam Kuban: I am posting under New York Talk so I am hoping to find koroke in New York. Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, and Staten Island.
Thanks for the suggestions! And for the recipe @Cassaendra. I think I will try Ariyoshi this weekend!
And just so that you know Sun Chan on Bway and 103 has it.
Carioca at 1:31PM on 09/25/09
cream (crab) korokke and potato korokke are two totally different things.
There are purists like me, who don't want ground meat in potato korokke (I'd say it's mainstream!) and there are people who enrich their korokke.
Japanese butchers' simple potato korokkes (and menchi-katsu) are the best! I bet you can get frozen pre-made korokke to fry or oven-bake from Asian markets, too (but as Cassaendra says, it's pretty easy to make, esp potato ones).
hmw0029 at 2:21PM on 09/25/09
id rather make it myself, so you can control what you put in and how you season it. and its super simple, and when i made it with my bf's sister, we made little domokun koroke. =]
disneydreamscometrue at 2:39PM on 09/25/09