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Re:The surprising roots of Japan's Indian curry by sowbug on Saturday April 01, 2023 @12:32PM (#35401599)
Co Co Curry in Japan is my favorite of the second kind. It's easy to come close at home, as dole says, but the restaurant lets you pick the exact spice level, and they always get the rice just right: sticky enough to carve out with a spoon, but still porous enough that it absorbs the curry sauce.

Go Go Curry is also worth a visit, and their US franchises are reasonably authentic. But it's a slightly different style: darker sauce that's more tangy than umami.

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Re:The surprising roots of Japan's Indian curry by johnwalkr on Saturday April 01, 2023 @03:28PM (#35403294)
Co Co is great in how much you can customize it. I always go for very spicy curry with potatoes and fried chicken on top.

Go Go is funny in that they list the calories of each meal in terms of rice balls. And some are like 10 rice balls! They used to have a world champion curry, limited to a few orders per day per store [1]. 2.5kg!

[1] https://14fourteen.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/b3bb8c6af2d...

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Re:The surprising roots of Japan's Indian curry by rawicki on Saturday April 01, 2023 @05:32PM (#35404292)
For me, my neighbourhood Co Co had completely broken spicyness scale - 3 was not spicy enough, 4 was the most I could eat (and it goes to 10!).
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Re:The surprising roots of Japan's Indian curry by sowbug on Saturday April 01, 2023 @11:02PM (#35406728)
I worked my way up to 5, but I don't think I'll go higher than 4 in the future. Five was nothing but suffering.
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Re:The surprising roots of Japan's Indian curry by rjh29 on Saturday April 01, 2023 @07:03PM (#35405054)
Go Go Curry is Kanazawa-style (thick almost like gravy, served over the rice with cabbage, on a metal bowl). It's very popular and lots of places do that style. If you like it I also recommend Champion Curry and Joto Curry.

I agree the rice is quite important. I've tried making it at home with basmati rice and it's not the same.

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Re:The surprising roots of Japan's Indian curry by seanmcdirmid on Saturday April 01, 2023 @09:58PM (#35406341)
Coco yichiban as a few stores in the LA area that are pretty on par with Japanese locations. I visited a branch in Beijing often when I lived in China (after eating there on a trip to Tokyo).
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