Being in Japan, I was curious to see how one of the most popular Japanese dishes, curry, does in their various chain restaurants. I went to the obvious one, CoCo Ichibanya as well as a smaller chain called Go Go Curry.
Both Currys exceeded my expectations with prices that rival any fast food joint. If you want to see some more pictures and notes, I put some of my thoughts on a memo!
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You can see some of my thoughts here!
[https://kinew.app/share?token=lLFi6PrKEdexyKxYOv9E](https://kinew.app/share?token=lLFi6PrKEdexyKxYOv9E)
The coco ichi curry gives me nostalgia.
I probably ate there 5 times during my trip.
I went to both when I visited in November and I still daydream about those lunches. I loved them!
Question for the curry heads: does curry on top of the rice (as in the second picture) represent a different style or type of curry, or is it just the restaurant’s preference? Whenever I’ve had Japanese curry in the US it looks like the first picture–curry on one side, rice on the other–but I noticed some curry places during the second (Hinoya Curry is the one I am aware of that does curry over rice.) It looks like Go Go Curry in America does do it over rice as well, just checked Yelp for the Newark location.
Go Go Curry i tried when we were in Ishikawa ~ i think it’s Kanazawa-style! Darker curry, and i think it’s spicier too!
Coco Ichi is my go-to curry house when in Tokyo! My favorite is tonkatsu with cheese curry
I enjoyed both, but vastly prefer CocoIchi if I’ve gotta pick. Man, I miss that place.
We have coco in Los Angeles, very popular.
Go to some non-chain curry restaurants. Way better than either of those chains. I recommend Bondy in Jimbocho.
whats the taste of that curry? it looks good to me tho
I think they still have it, but I recommend Chicken and Summer Vegetables at Coco Ichi. Available in summer time only.
If anyone has a coco’s curry recipe that uses S&B please send it my way
Omg I love go go curry
I ordered coco for the first time while in Akasaka. It was shockingly bad for the price. Yours looks better though
The normal pork cutlet iirc. Unfortunately, the curry was bland and the cutlet was soggy.