Botani Curry Rice (Osaka)

Original curry and shrimp curry from Botani Curry ボタニカリー in Osaka. While the main store only opens 1-2 days every month and requires numbered ticketing, their sister outlet in Umeda (Tabelog score 3.80) is more accessible and opens for lunch everyday.

Botani curries are adorned like a garden with an array of vegetables such as potato, carrot, lotus root, achar, wakame seaweed, cream cheese tofu and choice of protein such as shrimps, chicken or keema.

Despite the crowdedness, when all components are mixed together, the curry slaps like a delicious fireworks. Spicy, tangy, refreshing, sharp, crunchy, buttery, sweet and umami in one go. Personally I prefer the original version which comes with melt-in-mouth shredded chicken and punchier sauce compared to the shrimp version.