Special Katsudon table with a light?


Based on the text below, apparently there is a special type of table in some
Japanese restaurants made for eating Katsudon.

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    どうしてレストランのテーブルにデスクランプがあるんだろう。
    デスクランプのあるテーブルを挟んで座るって、なんだか取調室を連想させる。カツ丼専用席だろうか。
    
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But why would tables for eating Katsudon have a light in the middle? Why would
you want to lighten up just Katuson and not other foods?

I did some online searches and can't seem to figure out what the reason for
this is.




「デスクランプのあるテーブルを挟んで座る」(Sitting face to face at a table/desk with a desk light
on it) reminds us of 警察の取り調べ室 (police interrogation room), which is often
depicted in fiction like this:

[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1WX7G.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1WX7G.jpg)

And 取り調べ室 often conjures up a stereotyped image of serving かつ丼 to the suspect:

[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Yis7U.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Yis7U.jpg)

This is because this situation is (or rather, used to be) often seen in police
dramas on TV.

[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rCQzE.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rCQzE.jpg)

In the real world, however, かつ丼 is never served in a police interrogation
room.

参考: [Wikipedia 「カツ丼 --
刑事ドラマ」](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%84%E4%B8%BC#.E5.88.91.E4.BA.8B.E3.83.89.E3.83.A9.E3.83.9E)




「デスクランプのあるテーブルを挟んで座る」(Sitting face to face at a table/desk with a desk light
on it) reminds us of 警察の取り調べ室 (police interrogation room), which is often
depicted in fiction like this:

[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1WX7G.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1WX7G.jpg)

And 取り調べ室 often conjures up a stereotyped image of serving かつ丼 to the suspect:

[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Yis7U.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Yis7U.jpg)

This is because this situation is (or rather, used to be) often seen in police
dramas on TV.

[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rCQzE.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rCQzE.jpg)

In the real world, however, かつ丼 is never served in a police interrogation
room.

参考: [Wikipedia 「カツ丼 --
刑事ドラマ」](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%84%E4%B8%BC#.E5.88.91.E4.BA.8B.E3.83.89.E3.83.A9.E3.83.9E)

