Kimssi Katsu - Buena Park

This place is a winner. The silver bowl plate with your choices of pork katsu or chicken katsu, curry beef or bulgogi comes with two scoops of rice and one scoop of macaroni salad. The katsu is crispy outside and soft inside, so good. The meat is tender and delicious, so good. The reason why I knocked off one star is their Mac salad. One of the worst Mac salad I've ever had. They probably tried to copy the Hawaiian Mac salad but they did not get it right. It looks like they have the ingredients but the ratio must be off. The texture is there but the flavoring is so off. Anyways, next time I go back, which I plan to, I will ask for all rice. Oh, and the potato rice hot dog was soooo good. It was so crunchy. Try it!

This place is so cute and literally tucked inside a supermarket. It's quiet, a legit storefront, and so good! The service was so nice I should've asked for the person's name but he was so kind when ordering and answered all the questions I had. I showed up with a couple friends 30 minutes before they closed and he reassured us to take our time. The food was great. I ordered the chicken Katsu with dry curry and the Dabang coffee. The dry curry is kind of like a ground pork consistency but so flavorful! Not too salty, but full of spices. The chicken Katsu was flaky, juicy, and well proportioned. I wasn't a huge fan of the coleslaw, it felt like pickled cabbage almost but when I mix it into the rice it isn't as pungent. I'd definitely go back it's perfect for lunch or dinner and then you get to walk it off in Hannam after :

I got chicken katsu with dry curry. First thought was Portion is bigger than expected. Round metal in in the pics makes it look small without something else in pic for scale. I was thinking the small metal tins your pasta comes in usually. NOPE. It's gigantic! There's enough to share between two people. Or you can save half for later. Katsu was tender and moist. A nice crunch and neutral taste that pairs well with sauce not too sweet. I'm still like wow that I was given two cutlets cut up. It's a good value for money.One scoop of Mac salad which is a is mix of mac and potato salad. Potato is unexpected. Not super mayo-y so it's okay.Cabbage slaw is not mayo based. Dressing reminds me of Chinese chicken salad dressing. It was okay,Rice sprinkled with a little furikake.Dry curry was beef. Kinda reminded me of chilli but no beans. It was good with the rice. Oh and the red pickles I love red pickles with curry.Portion size is big. It's a bit on the more pricey side but I'm not sure what pricey is with inflation. I just know it's a lot of food and I can't complain about the portion given. Chicken is tender. Dry curry I liked. Will try the pork katsu bulgogi soboro next time.I got chicken katsu with dry curry. First thought was Portion is bigger than expected. Round metal in in the pics makes it look small without something else in pic for scale. I was thinking the small metal tins your pasta comes in usually. NOPE. It's gigantic! There's enough to share between two people. Or you can save half for later. Katsu was tender and moist. A nice crunch and neutral taste that pairs well with sauce not too sweet. I'm still like wow that I was given two cutlets cut up. It's a good value for money.One scoop of Mac salad which is a is mix of mac and potato salad. Potato is unexpected. Not super mayo-y so it's okay.Cabbage slaw is not mayo based. Dressing reminds me of Chinese chicken salad dressing. It was okay,Rice sprinkled with a little furikake.Dry curry was beef. Kinda reminded me of chilli but no beans. It was good with the rice. Oh and the red pickles I love red pickles with curry.Portion size is big. It's a bit on the more pricey side but I'm not sure what pricey is with inflation. I just know it's a lot of food and I can't complain about the portion given. Chicken is tender. Dry curry I liked. Will try the pork katsu bulgogi soboro next time.I forgot to mention you order with a person. I was prepared to order through a Kiosk but looks like they were removed.

So yummy! My husband got the pork tonkatsu and bulgogi combo and I got the pork tonkatsu with dry curry combo. The portions are generous and price is reasonable. The pork tonkatsu is cut into strips, perfectly crispy and juicy. The mac salad was also yummy. The combo comes with rice, mac salad, coleslaw and tonkatsu sauce. We also got the regular corn dog and was so surprised! The batter is made from rice flour so it almost has a mochi-chew to it. The actual hot dog was also all beef. So yummy! We're so glad we tried this spot. Will definitely come back! Located inside the Korean market next to the food court. The service was fast and good. The place was clean. Highly recommend!

Location moved inside of the Hannam Chain supermarket on Beach Blvd and Malvern. It was a little hard to find at first. They do not have their own sign and are located inside of "Magpie Superette. "I 've tried both the chicken and pork katsu bowls with the Soboro beef. The katsu is nice and crispy, well seasoned. Some people are saying the katsu sauce is too vinegary for their taste, I disagree; I don 't think it 's overpowering at all. From my experience, Japanese/Hawaiian-style katsu sauce tends to have a bit more of a vinegar taste compared to the sauce served at a lot of Korean katsu restaurants. Not to say one is better than the other, it 's just different. The side of Soboro is nice and flavorful. Mac salad is good, it 's blander (in a good way) compared to some others, but overall a good complement to the meal. Not a huge fan of the cole slaw, it has a strong fermented?? vinegar taste that I don 't think complements the rest of the meal too well.Overall though this restaurant is pretty solid. For the price, you get a larger portion of higher quality food than compared to alot of the fast food chain Hawaiian restaurants out there (Looking at you Ono, charging $15 for a minuscule portion of katsu piled on top of 4 inches of soullessly boiled cabbage). I recommend trying it.