This MI Restaurant's Katsu Curry Made New York Times' 'Best Of' list

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — A popular dish at a Michigan restaurant was picked among the New York Time’s "best of" 2023 list.

KCM, a popular Tonkatsu restaurant in Grand Rapids known for their Hire Katsu Curry, which the newspaper picked as one of the best dishes in the nation.

"Perhaps you live in a part of the country where katsu curry is abundant, and thus does not turn heads. Grand Rapids is not such a place, which is part of the reason my visit to KCM was so memorable," New York Times Food desk contributor Brett Anderson wrote. "Larger reasons were the crisp perfection of the fried pork and the chef-owner Jason Kim’s convivial, prideful hospitality."

KCM thanked the New York Times in a social media post and added the dish was very popular after its recognition in the newspaper.

"As always, We are committed to providing fresh and delicious meals," the restaurant wrote. "Thank you all for your support!"

Other dishes that made the newspapers' list include, a stuffed cabbage dish found in Cleveland and a Rocky Road Ice Cream With Macadamia Nut Dragées found in Hawaii.

New York Times editors and reporters ate "hundreds of meals in dozens of states" to determine the best dishes in the nation.

"Inevitably we come across that one dish that we almost wish we’d ordered two of, and wish we could find closer to home," the newspaper said.

See the New York Times' list of best dishes here