2pints-mate 0 Posted April 17, 2003 Share Posted April 17, 2003 I've read a few times on here about Japanese curry ("curry rice"?). So whats it like then? Similar to Indian curry? I'll be a happy camper when I get to Japan if it is! Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted April 17, 2003 Share Posted April 17, 2003 Well you buy it in the supermarket in blocks. Does that sound like Indian curry to you? You make a kind of vegetable and meat stew with carrots and onions featured heavily, then you insert the blocks of curry roux and stir it in. The result is not far off the kind of 'curry sauce' you get in Chinese chippies in the UK. The Japanese variety is usually sweeter and more aromatic than that. It's usually not particularly spicy. When it's made with lumps of fat rather than meat, and the curry roux selected is one of the cheaper ones, it can look like a plate of sloppy shit and taste not dissimilar. When it's good though it can be pretty tasty. However, it's served on lumpy Japanese rice, not Indian long-grain, so what you get is a mass rather than discrete elements. For snowboarding it's not good. It may seem like a good idea at the time, but it sits on your stomach and comes back to visit you at regular intervals in the form of rancid burps. It often comes with that great favourite of Indians, pork cutlet. Link to post Share on other sites
nekobi 0 Posted April 17, 2003 Share Posted April 17, 2003 i think curry rice can be good. esp when you make it at home and add pumkin and pineapple and put that pickled stuff on top. really cheap, too. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted April 17, 2003 Share Posted April 17, 2003 but it doesn't taste good spicy. Its better to have em mild and take tha Indian,thai etc spicy ones. Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted April 17, 2003 Share Posted April 17, 2003 I loves my curry rice loves my curry rice even though it is more like stew or even just gravy than any sort of curry. Link to post Share on other sites
amandanism 0 Posted April 17, 2003 Share Posted April 17, 2003 agree with the rice thing. curry and japanese short grain rice just doesnt taste the same as the sort of rice you get with thai/indian curries (long grain) like my curries spicy aswell. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted April 17, 2003 Share Posted April 17, 2003 I like to add kimuchi base to my curry. A little chesse on the top is tasty too. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted April 17, 2003 Share Posted April 17, 2003 There's quite a hot black pepper one that's good. My missus usually adds fresh coriander to the Japanese-type curry and sometimes pureed spinach too. It makes a more Indian sort of deal, and when you accept it as being a complete bastard of a cooking style, it's pretty good. Link to post Share on other sites
Bowler 0 Posted April 17, 2003 Share Posted April 17, 2003 curry rice; god damn gross, nothing like the good chicken tikka masalas back home. ahh, natsukashii! Link to post Share on other sites
danz 0 Posted April 17, 2003 Share Posted April 17, 2003 japanese curry shouldn't be compared to Indian curry...its its own beast... and I think its delecious... mmmm....katu curry w/cheese...fantastic danz Link to post Share on other sites
mikazooki 0 Posted April 17, 2003 Share Posted April 17, 2003 agreement here. more like a stew than curry, but it own beast indeed. i eat it. i think i enjoy it. im not sure. it tastes ok. but if we rank it with other things called curry it comes in way down the list. Link to post Share on other sites
oblivion 5 Posted April 17, 2003 Share Posted April 17, 2003 Kokumaru hot curry is the best! Link to post Share on other sites
barok 0 Posted April 18, 2003 Share Posted April 18, 2003 I`m pretty hooked on curry rice - but would never eat it during snowboarding - always after - like almost everytime - but it pales compared with Thai or Indian curry - I just don`t like most Japanese restaurant cuisine - homecooked Japanese food is great though! Link to post Share on other sites
cal 6 Posted April 18, 2003 Share Posted April 18, 2003 I like that one too. Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted April 18, 2003 Share Posted April 18, 2003 Yeah can't really compare them, but like them both. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted April 23, 2003 Share Posted April 23, 2003 When I go back home I always go at least once to an Indian restaurant. ......small breakfast, no lunch and go there very very hungry - then have the whole lot starters, poppadoms, naan, curry, side dish. Oh yeah!!! Link to post Share on other sites
amandanism 0 Posted April 23, 2003 Share Posted April 23, 2003 if you are ever in singapore hit clarke quay and go to bukhara. best indian curry in the country. good paneer down there. Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted April 23, 2003 Share Posted April 23, 2003 I echo the sentiment that it is totally different, yet very delicious. Man, if I had a Coco's back home I would go nuts! But we do have a lot of $6 all you can eat Indian buffets that are so tasty and filling I usually have to take a nap in the booth after my third plate or so. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted April 23, 2003 Share Posted April 23, 2003 chopped spinach gives the curry a few more vitamins. It doesnt change the taste much either. I never ate curry untill I came to Japan. Now I eat once a week. Its so easy to make when you get home late. Link to post Share on other sites
akibun 0 Posted April 23, 2003 Share Posted April 23, 2003 Is pork cutlet popular with Indians? Link to post Share on other sites
wendy-cake 0 Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 Went to a restaurant last night and had a killer curry. It wasn't an Indian either. Link to post Share on other sites
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