Petit Size Loco Moco Don

Chef: Ikumi Mito
In the manga: Chapter 31
In the anime: Episode 13
Cuisine and type: Hawaiian, Japanese, Breakfast

Petit Size Loco Moco Don is a dish made by Ikumi Mito for the Breakfast Buffet Challenge during the Tōtsuki Friendship and Rapport Training Camp.

A dish prepared by Ikumi Mito based around the popular local meal of Hawaii, the loco moco. Using soft sunny-side-up eggs, hamburger steak made of rib roast and white rice. Ikumi substituted the standard brown gravy with Vinaigrette to improve the viscosity of the egg and the juiciness of the hamburger steak. It is as if the dish is brimming fully with energy.

Real-world dishes

Real facts

A traditional loco moco is built in layers, starting with a serving of rice on the bottom, followed by a hamburger patty in the middle, and finally an over-easy/sunny-side-up egg on top. Brown gravy is added either on top of each layer or on the very top of the dish. Other variations of the loco moco include using different egg cooking such as scrambled eggs or substituting the hamburger with various types of meat such as a chicken patty, spam, or mahi-mahi.
The origin of this dish comes from the town of Hilo, Hawaii, created sometime in the 1940's and remains an iconic Hawaiian meal. The restaurant of origin has been generally narrowed to two restaurants, the Lincoln Grill and May's Fountain, both of which went out of business around that decade. Because of this, the true origin has never been confirmed and has been lost to history.
Another local Hilo restaurant, Cafe 100, began making the dish in 1949, which led to the widespread popularity of the dish across Hawai'i. To this day, Cafe 100 continues to serve the dish and has been known as the "Home of the Loco Moco." However, they have never claimed to have created the dish. The restaurant chain L&L Hawaiian Barbecue sells loco moco on their menu in places such as New York and Tokyo.
The origin of the name of the dish is also lost in history. Many local Hawai'i residents say that "Loco" means "crazy" while others say it is the Hawaiian Pidgin pronunciation of "Local". "Moco" was added simply because it rhymed and had no real meaning.
Hamburg steak is a patty of ground beef. It is closely similar to the Salisbury steak. Made popular worldwide by migrating Germans, it became a mainstream dish around the start of the nineteenth century.
Donburi (丼, literally "bowl", also frequently abbreviated as "don", less commonly spelled "domburi") is a Japanese "rice bowl dish" consisting of fish, meat, vegetables, or other ingredients simmered together and served over rice. Donburi meals are served in oversized rice bowls also called donburi. Donburi are sometimes called sweetened or savory stews on rice.

Dish details from the Shokugeki no Sōma Wiki (CC BY-SA).

Recipe

Wiki recipe, completed by Totsuki AI

Petit Size Loco Moco Don

Ikumi's breakfast-buffet loco moco — rib-roast hamburgers with a white-wine vinaigrette instead of gravy

Difficulty
Total time: 40 min
Hands-on: 40 min
Cost: ¥¥¥¥
Servings: 4

Equipmentfrying pan, food processor or knife, small bowls

Tastetangy, rich, comforting

Ingredients

+ added by Totsuki AI. ≈ amount estimated by Totsuki AI.

Mini hamburgers

300 g beef rib roast, hand-minced (amount estimated)
½ tsp salt (added by Totsuki AI)
black pepper, to taste (added by Totsuki AI)
1 tbsp neutral oil (added by Totsuki AI)

Vinaigrette sauce

2 tbsp white wine vinegar (amount estimated)
4 tbsp olive oil (added by Totsuki AI)
1 tsp dijon mustard (added by Totsuki AI)
1 tbsp shallot, minced (added by Totsuki AI)
salt, to taste (added by Totsuki AI)

To serve

4 small bowls white rice (amount estimated)
4 eggs, soft sunny-side up (amount estimated)
lettuce, to taste, shredded (amount estimated)
8 cherry tomatoes, halved (amount estimated)
1 avocado, diced (amount estimated)

Method

+ step written by Totsuki AI.

1
Season the minced rib roast, shape into 4 small patties without overworking, and fry for 2–3 minutes per side until 71 °C inside.+
2
Whisk the vinaigrette ingredients.+
3
Fry the eggs gently so the yolks stay soft.+
4
Fill small bowls with rice, then lettuce, a patty, a soft egg, tomatoes and avocado. Spoon over the vinaigrette.+