:O I was putzing around with the blog stuff and clicked on the Blog of the Week link and lo and behold, my blog got made Blog of the Week. I’m really happy people enjoyed reading this ^^ I made it mostly so my friends and family had a convenient place to read about what I’m up to (and so I didn’t have to send a bunch of e-mails XD), so I never really expected anyone else to be interested in it lol. Now I wish I took more time to edit everything better XD So thank you everyone for the support ^^
Well, let’s see, we’ve been here 1 year and almost 2 months, so I guess we’re pretty comfortable now. At the beginning though it was a bit scary traveling around since we didn’t know so much Japanese or customs. Like for instance, a month ago I found out that the Japanese don’t eat curry with hashi (chopsticks), they eat it with a spoon. While it’s possible to eat it with hashi it’s not easy, so now I know why I always got weird looks at restaurants when I ate my curry with hashi XD I’m a huge fan of Japanese curry, I like it more than Indian curry, but Indian curry has more variety. There is an Indian restaurant pretty close to here called Ankur, and they make excellent curry and oishi (delicious) nan bread. I like their vegetable curry the best, but very much enjoy all the other kinds they do have. But wow, their spicy chicken curry is waaay spicy. I love me some spicy food, but I can’t barely handle it XD
February 29th, 2008 at 6:20 am
Congrats on getting blog of the week.
February 29th, 2008 at 6:22 am
i love curry! congratulations for getting the distinction, btw. :>
February 29th, 2008 at 7:43 am
congratulations!
February 29th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Thank you ^^
March 5th, 2008 at 1:39 am
Congratulations!^_^
March 9th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Congratulaions kawaii_ninja!!
How exactly does Japanese curry taste like? I don’t think I’ve ever tried it :p
March 12th, 2008 at 7:34 am
Japanese curry is a very thick and rich in taste. Indian curry has a slew of different types of curry, from thin almost broth like ones, to meat heavy thicker ones. Japanese curry is at the thick end of the spectrum which makes it a wonderful food to eat on a cold or rainy day since it feels like it stays nice and warm in your tummy for a while
I think Indian curry is pretty big on Saffron, while Japanese curry uses some other spices.
I’ve made both Indian and Japanese curry, and Japanese is the easiest to make since it uses a “brick” to flavor and thicken. It takes about 20 minutes total to cook it if you go the easy way, 5 to cut up the onions, 1 to open the can of potatoes and carrots (I love canned veggies XD so easy!), another 3 to brown the onions and meat (I use tofu mostly, firm), pop in the canned veggies, 2 cups of water, bring to boil, simmer 10 minutes, then add the curry brick and simmer 5 more.
lol, I’m writing these directions from memory while I’m here at work, that’s how easy it is. Ladle the curry onto rice and you have one yummy and filling meal. Since it’s only my husband and I, the brick makes enough for 4, so I pop the leftovers in a bowl with some more rice and take to work with me for lunch the next day. It makes everyone at work jealous when I do cause it smells so good when its heated it up XD
I usually use S&B brand http://www.sbfoods.co.jp/eng/saucemix.html#01 but not for any particular reason, just because I can find it the most easily. When I was in Louisiana I could find the bricks in the Asian food mart in town, and when I was in Seattle visiting folks, they had it in normal grocery stores. I’ve had some kinds that used apples in the recipe, which tastes great. I also try to stay away from the spicy ones, but not because they’re too hot, but because I think the hotness takes away from the flavor by overshadowing it.
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:21 am
The Ankur India restaurant is one of its kind, and it prepares the the curries of both the countries , one cannot distinguish between the curries as they bot seem to be friens.
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:26 am
The chefs here are even moire expereinced and do they work sincerely and they do know the taste of their customer. The Owner Mr. D.S. Rawat himself is a good liker of the curries of both the countries and thats why, he is called the Uncle Indian.
May 9th, 2008 at 1:53 am
That’s really interesting, thank you!