Better than Hiroshima??

My first experience with Japanese Curry occured a number of years ago when my brother and my two best friends took a trip down to Hiroshima to check out the sights. We were lucky enough to grab tickets to a baseball game, drink 1.75 beers per inning, then stumble into the center of town for a bite. It was there that we fell into this tiny corner shop that specialized in curry of various styles to the 8 customers it was capable of serving at a time.

That is where I fell in love with the Katsu-Curry. If there is a culinary equivalent to dropping acid, this would be it. First of all, the practice of breading and deep frying a pork cutlet is something that is done FAR TOO SELDOM in Canada. There are still people in Canada who need to accept the universal truth in the following equation: Breaded Pork Cutlet + Deep Fry = Happiness.

On top of, or rather below, this deep-fried crispy slab of heaven is the Japanese curry. Not as outrageous as its Thai or Indian cousins, and with a more rebellious edge than its bland Beef Stew ancestry , Japanese curry typifies the innovative conformity that is Japan. Put more plainly, Japanese curry is gooooooooooood.....

That is where it started, Hiroshima. I mention this to you because I believe that I am hot on the trail of a curry EVEN BETTER than the Katsu-Curry I had all those years ago. It was our first time at Go Go Curry last sunday, and Kotomi and I felt a sense of urgency, from our stomachs as well as the 5 people cued behind us, to quickly select a lunchtime meal from the ticket vendor. I had the standard Katsu-curry, K-chan just the regular curry. At that time, we failed to see the MAJOR Curry. I will not make the same mistake again...
One Deep Fried Pork Cutlet,
One Deep Fried Chicken Cutlet,
Three Deep Fried Weiners,
One Deep Fried Shrimp,
One Hard Boiled Egg,
Grated Cabbage Side,
On a mountain of curry and rice,
Served on a foot-long silver platter.

Yes, all of this together. All of this at the same time. All of this for the price of 1000 yen (lunchtime special). You even get another topping FREE if Hideki Matsui hits a homerun. I think I just became a Yankees fan.

Chances are I will not brave the tiny little nook that serves this treasure again until I am with some serious back-up (sorry K-chan, but I literally do not think you have the stomach for it). When my team is assembled, I will report back here with pictures and a documented account of the action. Any volunteers?

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