Spiced curry is in vogue , apparently.

Over the past few years, more and more people have become addicted to mixing their own spices and making authentic curry. They invite their friends over for a curry party and make curry together. They even start from scratch to prepare their own spices, and it sounds like a lot of fun.

If you're going to go to the trouble of getting together with friends, it's even more fun to cook outdoors. Although barbecues are taking over, curry is still the most popular outdoor dish. If you start with the spices, the taste will be even better.

It is no exaggeration to say that the current curry boom is due in large part to the "Tokyo Curry Banchou," a traveling cooking unit. However, Nisuke Mizuno, who popularized the term "spice curry," has left the group and is now working with a team called "Curry Shogun.

The leader of Tokyo Curry Banchou, Mori Ito, still meets with Mr. Mizuno three days a week to discuss curry. Ito is the leader of Tokyo Cali~Bancho, and is also responsible for the construction of the ballroom dance floor (the "Shall we Dance?" was also done by Ito! ), to the music industry, and even to IT companies. ), to the music industry, and even to IT companies. He has worked in a variety of industries, and has even set up his own business, making his living as a curry chef.

Come on, let's make curry together.

For now, let's toast with a Corona beer! Making curry while drinking beer outdoors in the afternoon. . It's the perfect situation, no matter how you look at it.

As he says, "For the first 23 months after we formed Tokyo Kari~bancho, we held events where we would go around to parks in the 23 wards of Tokyo, this month in Shibuya Ward, the next in Chuo Ward, and serve curry and drinks. So it all started outdoors," as the phrase "So it all started outdoors," indicates, when it comes to curry outdoors, there is no one better than Tokyo Curry~Bancho.

With a leader who has been spreading the charm of curry to so many people, we thought we could experience the best moment of spending time outdoors with friends - "this is living". This is how we saw it.

. The members who gathered at the meeting were, naturally, curry lovers. . and that is just as well, as almost all of them were graduates of the "Curry School.

The Curry School is hosted by Almost a Day and is a place where the principal, Jinsuke Mizuno, teaches various things related to curry. It is not a cooking class, but mainly a classroom lecture. The content of the classes differ depending on the term, but Mizuno's idea is to start with a discussion of "what curry is," and hope that everyone will enjoy themselves while gaining a broad understanding of curry, and that everyone will become a curry player. I help with that by supporting the classes and serving spiced drinks.

Tommy and Jean (the two ladies who joined us for this curry party) are first-year students of the Curry School. They said, "We have a seminar after class, and we do research on curry on a theme of our choice. We are trying to make a nationwide directory of curry clubs." But just making a directory is not enough, so they are holding an event called "10,000 People's Curry" on Marine Day this year.

. There are various kinds of curry clubs, such as "Curry~Bancho" and "Celebrity Curry Club". Of course, it is impossible to get 10,000 people to gather together to eat curry, so we ask everyone to make curry on the same day and post it with a hashtag. Then, if 10,000 people gathered, that would be great. This time, 16 teams gathered on the banks of the Tama River, and 13 of them made curry. We also have a seminar on making mobile tandoor kettles, so the members of that seminar baked mini naans for us.

Incidentally, the "Curry School" has so many applicants that it is always a lottery, and some people come all the way from outlying areas just to win. The leader said, "Even Mr. Okuda here used to come from Kobe every other week. Even today, he is from Kobe." I was surprised once again.

When I asked him about it, he told me that he had attended a curry class given by the chef the day before, and that it was not for this reason, but curry was still the reason. As with the concept of "10,000 People's Curry," the centripetal force of curry in attracting so many people is immeasurable.

I looked in the cooler and saw that the Corona beer was running out fast; I had brought a case of it, but it was almost gone before the curry was finished.

After all, the moment of completion is the most exciting.

Over beers, we talked about curry, and before we knew it, we were finishing up the dishes. The menu this time consisted of three kinds of curry: "Chicken Curry with Lemon and Celery Seed," "Chicken Tikka Masala," and "Super Dry Keema Curry," which uses no water at all. We enjoyed eating snacks and chatting with each other while enjoying the curry party. No wonder the beer ran out so fast.

The dry curry, which the leader describes as "more like eating meat than curry," is sandwiched between bread, covered with cheese, and eaten on a hot sandwich while waiting for the rice to cook. It looks so good!

Curry is a collaborative work. Hence, it is fun.

At a barbecue, it is easy to split up the people who cook and those who eat. On the other hand, one of the joys of making curry is that everyone can work together to prepare the dish, with one person in charge of the stew and one person in charge of the rice.

As was the case today, we are able to divide up the workload and say, "Please take care of the rest. There are many steps involved in making a single curry dish, so everyone has to work together to complete the dish. This is something you can't find at a barbecue.

Yes, beer can be used for making curries, like beef curry cooked in Corona instead of water. . and if you marinate it with Corona and spices, the meat will be tender. And, of course, you can add lime."

Curry and beer. Corona is a lime, but besides drinking it, there was a pattern of using it for cooking. On weekends and holidays, he would stew curry in the park with a beer in his hand. . It seems like a good idea to try it out with your regular friends before it gets too chilly.