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Tonkatsu
Tonkatsu is a crisp, breaded pork cutlet served with a sweet, fruity-savoury brown sauce and shredded cabbage, so the wine must cut the fried fat and have enough fruit or gentle sweetness to meet the sauce. An off-dry aromatic white is the sweet spot. Avoid tannin and oak.
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