Taku Sando
Sandwich shop · Greenpoint ·
Japanese sandwiches on fluffy milk bread with katsu & egg
Japanese sandwiches on fluffy milk bread with katsu & egg
"From September 15–21 Taku Sando in NYC will feature a katsu sando layered with red tomato sauce as its Eater collaboration special." - Eater Staff
"If a Transmitter Park or McCarren Park picnic sounds like your ideal lunch plan, you should pick up your food from Taku Sando. The Japanese sandwich shop in Greenpoint specializes in shokupan that’s almost donut-like in its light chew, with a whisper of milky sweetness. Whatever bread they don’t sell is turned into panko that breads their katsu. They’ve got some indoor and outdoor seating, and sell natural wine by the glass in the restaurant." - willa moore, bryan kim, molly fitzpatrick, will hartman, sonal shah
"If we had an award on this guide for the most pillowy soft bread made in-house, it would probably go to Taku Sando. It’s a small Greenpoint shop from the people behind Takumen, one of LIC’s best izakayas, and did we mention how good their milk bread is? They use it to sandwich juicy katsu cutlets, creamy and sweet egg salad, and to bread their potato korokke. The Order: Ton-Katsu Sando. It’s classic, it’s rich, there are textures galore, and it does the best job of showcasing the shokupan." - will hartman, willa moore, neha talreja, bryan kim, sonal shah, molly fitzpatrick
"Taku Sando’s house-baked milk bread tastes like an unglazed cake donut, and it's the calling card of this Japanese sandwich shop that’s one of our favorite lunch options in the neighborhood. Our favorite way to go here is the pork tonkatsu sando. Between the breading on the cutlet and the thin slivers of cabbage, there’s lots of crunch that gets air bagged by the milk bread. Add in a punchy mustard and mayo combo, and you’ve got yourself a mighty fine sandwich. Either take your sando, plus some seaweed-forward ribbon fries, to Transmitter Park just a few steps away, or hang out in their backyard with a glass of natural wine." - bryan kim, neha talreja, will hartman, molly fitzpatrick
"Taku Sando in Greenpoint bakes all their own bread, which is fluffier than a cotton field, with crust the texture of a perfectly smushed donut. Their uber fatty pork shoulder katsu and chicken thigh katsu need every shred of cabbage and mustard-mayo sauce to balance them out, but the resulting sandwiches are awesome, and the egg salad sandos eat almost like egg pudding for breakfast. From the people behind Takumen, this spot also serves natural wine, and has an astroturfed backyard." - will hartman, neha talreja, bryan kim, willa moore