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Curry Flight

Text and Photographs: Curry Cell

Along with ramen, curry is one of Japan's soul foods. In recent years, there has been no end to the number of "addicts" who are captivated by the fascinating taste of curry and its mellow aroma of dazzling spices. The mysterious charm of curry is that it makes you want to eat it and talk about it at the same time. In order to explore this profound world of curry, we asked Mr. Curry Cell, who boasts overwhelming knowledge and experience in eating curry, to act as our guide. Curry is a reading material.
 
An intellectually curious journey through curry.
Let's fly with curry today. To somewhere unknown.

Flight 8 Recommendations for ordering curry.

A year ago, I never thought the world would be like this.

Today, the food and beverage industry has been hit hard, almost to the point of devastation.
Even in Tokyo, the city with the most diverse curry culture in the world, there is no way to expect to attract enough customers to cover the high rent as in the past. If the restaurant is a thriving business with thin profit margins, the losses that it incurs will be even greater.

How long will this corona disaster last?
Unfortunately, you can't just say, "Just hold out for xx more days and you'll be fine."
Viruses have no human feelings.

We must survive in anticipation of this state of affairs for some time to come.

Under these circumstances, we need to create a system that will turn the economy around as much as possible and keep the pleasure of eating out alive.
I think it is safe to say that this is the most important issue facing the restaurant industry and the curry world today.

Take-out and delivery initiatives are starting one after another in the curry world.

Curry restaurants have also started various initiatives.
Some restaurants continue to operate in small numbers, keeping seats close together, shortening opening hours, and paying close attention to hygiene control, while others shift their focus to takeout, home delivery, and mail-order.
Each is fighting in his or her own place, with his or her own situation.

The only thing I can say is that the flow of visitors has changed dramatically.

Since no one is walking in front of the store in the first place, customers will not come unless the information is disseminated.
As a supporter of stores, it should be more important than ever to disseminate and spread information about your store.

Recommendations for ordering curry, which you can order now.

Among them, we would like to introduce a mail order service that can be ordered anywhere in Japan, or in other words, a restaurant that has started "ordering curry".
This is a chance to enjoy curry from restaurants you used to be too far away from or had to wait in line to get in, in the comfort of your own home.
Isn't that exciting to think about?

The best butter chicken in Japan at home.
The most famous and strongest restaurant in Chiba, "Indian Cuisine Sitar".

Established in 1981. The pioneer and still the best of Chiba Indian cuisine.
You can order frozen curry and naan from "Sitar" in Kemigawa, Chiba, which is known as a famous restaurant with a long line of customers.

Personally, the butter chicken here is the best in Japan.
Because it is a popular menu item, it is the best of the best, and you can tell the difference from other restaurants. No, no, palak paneer and keema are both delicious...order them all together.

Butter chicken, palak paneer, and naan available at the restaurant. All of these can be ordered.

The pleasure of having Japan's best batatiki at home, and the palak paneer with the texture of spinach and the aroma of cardamom are irresistible kheema .......
The quality of all the curries is so amazing, you'll think, "This is frozen mail-order? The quality of each curry is surprisingly high.

Indian wild black honey collected by honey hunters from the cliffs is also precious, and is superb when topped with ice cream.
Let's order them together.

Indian Cuisine Sitar
www.e-sitar.jp

Agonizing keema from the very popular restaurant "Sanrather" in East Shinjuku is now available by mail order!

Sunrather" started as a rented restaurant in Golden Gai and has become the most popular restaurant in Higashi-Shinjuku.

The taste of the restaurant, which was highly competitive and limited to 30 servings per day, will start frozen shopping on Saturday, May 9 at 8:00 p.m! This is an opportunity not to be missed!

The frozen, mail-order launch is of Keema Curry, which is also the axis of the daily curry plate at the restaurant.
The aroma of bai mak lu (kabumikan leaves), also used in Thai cuisine, is truly refreshing.

Example of Sunrather's frozen "Baimak Roux Scented Pork Keema" serving.

It is also fun to combine vegetables and side dishes and arrange them in your own way.

sunrather
sanrasa.stores.com
*Mail order site opens on Saturday, May 9 at 20:00~.

From South India to Biryani.
Tokyo's best Indian restaurant opens mail order store, Eric South.

Eric South, which has been offering maniacal Indian cuisine with a pop-up twist and has opened biryani specialty restaurants in Yaesu, Kioicho, Shibuya, Nagoya, and this year in Koenji, is no exception to this trend.

The Eric South Koenji Biryani Center opened in 2020.

The "Variety Pack," which includes three popular curries, biryani and side dishes, is a highlight!

There is a wide selection of South and North Indian curries as well as biryani and tikka,
Is STAY HOME not a bad idea if you stock up on a variety of Indian dishes that you can never make at home? Maybe.

Erik South.
www.erickcurry.jp

The famous restaurant in Kyodo, which is attracting enthusiastic support, has finally started mail order! Garam Masala.

Garam Masala" in Kyodo continues to invent new spice dishes with free and flexible ideas, while keeping Indian cuisine at its core.
The famous curry restaurant, which is also the winner of the first Japanese Curry Awards, has finally started frozen mail order! This is an incident.

My favorite lemon chicken curry is also now available by mail order. The acidity of the lemon and kobutsu mandarin orange is so strong that it makes me want to drink more!

Bri bhaja is an Indian Muslim dish. It is stir-fried beef on an iron plate with lots of flavor.

The unique and original dishes are all tuned to go well with alcoholic beverages.
It's also a great accompaniment to a drink at home.

Large line at Shibuya event!
Biryani specialty restaurant "Johnny's Biryani" in Kanazawa at home.

Johnny's Biryani, a biryani specialty restaurant, was born in Kanazawa in 2019.
When I invited them to Shibuya for my event in February this year for two days of business, the line was far longer than expected!

The year 2020 is the year of the biryani, and now you can order this unique dish from all over Japan.

There are five kinds of frozen biryani available for mail order. Pictured is the chicken biryani.

What a chic lifestyle to order biryani from Kanazawa!

Jolly's Biryani
j-biryani.com

Order Pakistani Curry from Sendai. Kikuchi Curry.

Kikuchi Curry, an interloper curry store that has been active in Sendai, offers frozen mail order of the store's most popular Pakistani curry. Currently, they are also engaged in a joint curry delivery project among three curry stores in Sendai.

The "Pakistani Curry" is a waterless chicken curry in which chicken wings are simmered in a tomato-based curry sauce with several spices until tender.

Pakistani curry is frozen immediately after completion to concentrate the flavor.

A set of curries from the three joint project restaurants is also available on the mail order page.

You can enjoy curry from three up-and-coming Sendai restaurants, gingercurry.ai, 3 FLAVOR CURRY, and Kikuchi Curry, all at one time.

Why not bring Sendai's cutting-edge curry scene entirely into your home?

Kikuchi Curry
kcurry.thebase.in

Sri Lankan medicinal herbs from Shizuoka. Tanabata Kosakusha.

Although not well known, Shizuoka has many Sri Lankan restaurants.

Tanabata Kosakusha, a small little take-out specialty Sri Lankan restaurant in Shizuoka City, has also started frozen mail order.

Different from Indian cuisine, Sri Lankan curry has a different flavor and aroma of spices and herbs, and is delicious and perfectly suited to the Japanese palate.

The photo shows the take-out version of tuna curry. It is filled with diced tuna.

It is low in oil and salt, has a lively aroma, and is a great medicinal herb to relieve the stress of being cooped up at home.

Tanabata Workshop
77kosakusha.shop-pro.jp

Even if your body can't go out, your mind and stomach can fly all over Japan, or even all over the world.
Now that you can't go out, take advantage of ordering in and explore the world of curry.
Now, what kind of Flight should we try next time?

PROFILE

Hiroaki Matsu (Curry Cell)
Curry curator/video creator

In pursuit of all kinds of curry and strange creatures. A spice radar by nature, he has visited more than 3,000 curry restaurants in Japan and abroad. He has been featured in many magazines and TV programs, and is a member of the Japanese Curry Awards selection committee. He is a member of the Japanese Curry Awards Selection Committee, and is a member of the "Next Breakthrough Curry Restaurant" program, which invites a new local curry restaurant to Shibuya every month.SHIBUYA CURRY TUNEThe company is holding the "Mutual Aid Association of Japan (MAAJ).

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