noun
pork steak with tangy sauce
A Japanese-style pork steak dish, typically pan-fried and served with a savory-sweet, tangy sauce. Common in casual dining and teishoku restaurants.
今日のランチはトンテキ定食にしよう。
I'll have the pork steak set meal for lunch today.
この店のトンテキはにんにくが効いていて美味しい。
The pork steak at this restaurant is delicious with a strong garlic flavor.
ビフテキ is beef steak, a similar Japanese-style dish but made with beef instead of pork.
A compound of 豚 (ton, 'pork') and テキ (teki), a clipping of ステーキ (sutēki, 'steak'). The word follows the pattern of ビフテキ (bifuteki, 'beef steak').