Curry House CoCo Ichibanya Multilingual Menu Now Online
Sep 2, 2013, 12:13 am
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I tried to ask out of curiosity how they enforce the "you must first eat level 5 meal before you can get any higher" rule and I almost got served level 5 because of the language barrier. Levels 1-2 are enough for me, and luckily the misunderstanding got cleared but I never got an answer. I guess they just take your word for it and thinking about it, it would be just stupid to lie about it unless you are some kind of hardcore spicy food eater.
Sep 2, 2013, 2:22 am
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I tried to ask out of curiosity how they enforce the "you must first eat level 5 meal before you can get any higher" rule and I almost got served level 5 because of the language barrier. Levels 1-2 are enough for me, and luckily the misunderstanding got cleared but I never got an answer. I guess they just take your word for it and thinking about it, it would be just stupid to lie about it unless you are some kind of hardcore spicy food eater.
Sep 2, 2013, 2:40 am
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Sep 25, 2013, 8:26 pm
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Looks like they changed up the menu a bit. "Scrambled Egg Curry" and "Cheese stuffed inside Hamburger Curry" among the most notable new entries...
Sep 25, 2013, 8:52 pm
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Also new is “Cabbage stuffed minced meat cutlet curry” using cabbage from Tsumagoi highlands. Then autumn only item “Root vegetable with tori soboro curry, Japanese flavor” sold from September till end of November.
Note:
Village of Tsumagoi (嬬恋村) is located in Gunnma prefecture.
Tori soboro (鶏そぼろ) is ground chicken cooked in sweet soy sauce.
Note:
Village of Tsumagoi (嬬恋村) is located in Gunnma prefecture.
Tori soboro (鶏そぼろ) is ground chicken cooked in sweet soy sauce.
Sep 25, 2013, 11:45 pm
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Also new is “Cabbage stuffed minced meat cutlet curry” using cabbage from Tsumagoi highlands. Then autumn only item “Root vegetable with tori soboro curry, Japanese flavor” sold from September till end of November.
Note:
Village of Tsumagoi (嬬恋村) is located in Gunnma prefecture.
Tori soboro (鶏そぼろ) is ground chicken cooked in sweet soy sauce.
Note:
Village of Tsumagoi (嬬恋村) is located in Gunnma prefecture.
Tori soboro (鶏そぼろ) is ground chicken cooked in sweet soy sauce.
Jan 15, 2016, 2:33 am
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Cocos Ichiban Beef Cutlet Scandal
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/201.../#.Vpi7voaCgm8
Use of expired chicken cutlets is also suspected.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/201.../#.Vpi7voaCgm8
Use of expired chicken cutlets is also suspected.
Last edited by hailstorm; Jan 15, 2016 at 2:43 am
Feb 8, 2017, 10:21 am
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CoCo Ichibanya has announced that this year first Europe location will open at London. Plan to expand to 10 locations in the U.K. in next five years. CoCo Ichibanya will ship their own curry roux from Japan and to serve same curry dishes in the U.K.
Feb 8, 2017, 3:55 pm
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Press release link?
Feb 8, 2017, 4:54 pm
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Official press release is in Japanese only.
海外子会社設立に関するお知らせ
Press release itself states that March this year Ichibanya will establish 100% wholly owned subsidiary ICHIBANYA U.K. LIMITED located at London, U.K. Further communication to Japanese press indicated that they are planning to open first CoCo Ichibanya in Europe at London sometime this year.
海外子会社設立に関するお知らせ
Press release itself states that March this year Ichibanya will establish 100% wholly owned subsidiary ICHIBANYA U.K. LIMITED located at London, U.K. Further communication to Japanese press indicated that they are planning to open first CoCo Ichibanya in Europe at London sometime this year.
Feb 9, 2017, 2:28 am
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Funnily enough, I predict that ... Despite the abundance of restaurants serving British-ized versions of Indian dishes in London, and despite the fact that "Japanese curry" is a take on the British-ized curry dishes that reached Japan in the Meiji and Taisho eras (or so I have heard), CoCo will be very successful with its "authentic Japanese curry" in London. We're ready for it.
Feb 9, 2017, 9:30 pm
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Funnily enough, I predict that ... Despite the abundance of restaurants serving British-ized versions of Indian dishes in London, and despite the fact that "Japanese curry" is a take on the British-ized curry dishes that reached Japan in the Meiji and Taisho eras (or so I have heard), CoCo will be very successful with its "authentic Japanese curry" in London. We're ready for it.
I will be in the UK in July and intend to gorge myself on real Indian curry, but CoCo being open so late makes for a wicked good late night choice.
Last edited by mjm; Feb 9, 2017 at 11:04 pm
May 27, 2017, 8:46 am
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Cocoichi has introduced "sweet sauce" or とろーり甘くなるソース(torohri amakunaru sohsu) in Japanese. It looks and tastes basically like honey. It is not on the table. One has to request a staff to bring it. It's free.
I have just finished a 2-kara (spicy level 2) curry. (Yes, I am typing this at a Cocoichi table.) The sause helped me to soften the spiciness of the curry. For me, 2-kara is hot enough.
Most of the Cocoichi shops now have Wifi including wi2, with wihch foreign tourists avail themselves of free wifi. http://www.digi-joho.com/travel-to-j...-in-japan.html
I have just finished a 2-kara (spicy level 2) curry. (Yes, I am typing this at a Cocoichi table.) The sause helped me to soften the spiciness of the curry. For me, 2-kara is hot enough.
Most of the Cocoichi shops now have Wifi including wi2, with wihch foreign tourists avail themselves of free wifi. http://www.digi-joho.com/travel-to-j...-in-japan.html
May 27, 2017, 9:09 pm
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Cocoichi has introduced "sweet sauce" or とろーり甘くなるソース(torohri amakunaru sohsu) in Japanese. It looks and tastes basically like honey. It is not on the table. One has to request a staff to bring it. It's free.
I have just finished a 2-kara (spicy level 2) curry. (Yes, I am typing this at a Cocoichi table.) The sause helped me to soften the spiciness of the curry. For me, 2-kara is hot enough.
Most of the Cocoichi shops now have Wifi including wi2, with wihch foreign tourists avail themselves of free wifi. http://www.digi-joho.com/travel-to-j...-in-japan.html
I have just finished a 2-kara (spicy level 2) curry. (Yes, I am typing this at a Cocoichi table.) The sause helped me to soften the spiciness of the curry. For me, 2-kara is hot enough.
Most of the Cocoichi shops now have Wifi including wi2, with wihch foreign tourists avail themselves of free wifi. http://www.digi-joho.com/travel-to-j...-in-japan.html