Food Porn
Eating Up Japan: Curry
How a British import from India morphed into one of the most popular foods in Japan
昨日の晩
カレーを食べて
汗かいた
Yesterday evening
I was eating some curry
Then broke out in sweat
(Bad “Haiku” by the Author)
Ah, Japanese curry! So packed with umami, it’s hard to stop at just one helping. I am forced to admit that I have a curry addiction. And I have passed it on to my kids as well, from cooking Japanese curry in our home from the time they were barely old enough to eat solid food.
I will say that I can cook a mean curry, and I have perfected both technique and recipe over the years.
In Japan, there’s a popular notion that eating spicy food in the summer has a cooling effect on the body. There is some truth to that since if the food is spicy enough, it can lead to perspiration, which, in turn, cools the skin’s surface through evaporative action.
And with that in mind, many people in Japan flock to curry houses, curry stands, and countless run-of-the-mill diners to feast on curry. Curry is one of those foods that people love to eat during the hot and humid Japanese…
