Originally Posted by
s0ssos
Hmm, is that a cheap version of okonomiyaki? Like "economic bee hoon" in Singapore?
So Japanese curry is different from the rest of the Asian curries in the sense it is usually not spicy (you can choose for it to be at Coco, for example, but it doesn't come spicy by default) and is less full of spices (or so it feels to me) than Indian curry. Very flavourful and fragrant though (surprisingly Japanese don't mind the smell of curry, even though the mind they smell of everything else).
Okonomiyaki is best had in Hiroshima, I feel, in the building with all the stalls, in a very casual setting. Having it fancy just isn't the same.
Yes, japanese curry is very different, and if you expect like the curry you find in India, UK or anywhere else you will be very disappointed. Because the curry is starch base.
There is a documentary on youtube about japan curry development, it kind of interesting.
Anyway if you fly in First class, I would not recommend curry