Today I'm going to show you something special
At one of my favourite places to eat in Japan
It's the winter menu
At Coco Curry
I'm going to try a special dish they only have in winter
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Coco Curry is one of my must-visit places in Japan
I always go there at least once
It's especially good for a satisying breakfast
To set you up for the day
There are of course lots of other places to get Japanese curry
Like this place we went to in Hakodate
Masala Curris
Where I had probably one of the best curries ever
So I'd encourage you to try random, independent places too
However, Coco Curry's a good place for us to go
Because at some branches they have vegetarian curry sauce
It's usually made with meat stock
So it's a reliable place where we know we can both enjoy a satisfying meal
For a good price
As the sign says, "Good smell, good curry"
So let's see what they've got for their winter specials
This is the Coco Curry winter menu book
It's got some options I haven't seen before
I'm going for this vegetarian soup curry
It's 948 yen including tax
It's got 8 kinds of vegetables
There's also meat versions of the soup curry
I actually filmed this last winter
But this year's winter menu
Looks pretty similar
This year the special salad is pastrami beef salad
With onions in a mustard dressing
What do you think? Salad doesn't seem much like a winter meal to me
Let's take a look through the rest of the menu
On the menu we've got a selection of salads
Some curries with pork cutlets
There's soup curry there
Fried oyster curry
Here's a section with the vegetarian curries
Zanmai - I'm not sure what this is
Fancy curries?
Triple pork, chicken zanmai curry
Here's the regular meat curries
Pork cutlet curry with vegetables is 1000 yen
Vegetable curries
There's so much choice!
Seafood curry
Clams, fired fish, squid, shrimp
These are with beef curry sauce
Others: Scrambled egg, mushrooms, cream croquette
Cheese curry & natto
You can even get hamburger curry
And cheese-filled hamburger curry!
Wow!
There's some little childrens ones as well
Here's the prices for the beer
This says "glass beer"
So a glass of beer is 206 yen
Going up to 850 yen
For the "Mega Beer"
We're here for breakfast
So no mega beer this time
On the table we get a whole jug of free water
They brought these glasses of ice over to the table for us
The most expensive dish on the meat page
Is pork cutlet curry with vegetables
It's 1000 yen
There is...
I think this is the most expensive meal on the menu
In this deluxe section
1395 Yen
Good luck handmade pork fillet "hirekatsu" curry deluxe
With cheese
That's a lot of pork on that one!
One of the great things about Coco Curry
Is how you can customise your meal with toppings
And choose your spice level
Here's the spice levels at Coco Curry in Japan
We've got spice levels 1 up to 5
Then once you've tried level 5
You're allowed to go for levels 6 - 10
Only those who've eaten an entire serving of level 5
Can order levels 6 - 10
They're that spicy!
Here's the toppings you can have
Creamy tartare sauce, garlic bits
A soft boiled egg
Ripe tomatoes, okra & yam
Hard boiled egg
Corn, tuna, potato
That's a combination of soft-boiled egg with tartare sauce
The cheese isn't there
The cheese is only on the Japanese menu!
On the table you get pickles
To go with your curry
These are actually really nice
I think that's extra spice
And soy sauce
What's that?
French fries
Haven't seen them here before
Maybe the different outlets have different options
Here's Phil's
It's a regular pork cutlet curry
Spice level 2
See it steaming?
This is a pretty big meal
There's my hand for scale
It's absolutely full up
Half the plate is rice
And you get a lot of sauce
Here's my soup curry
It smells really good
You get this bowl of curry sauce with vegetables in
And you get this big bowl of rice
Soup curry's originally from Hokkaido
You can see why
It's perfect for cold winter days
It was invented in the 70s
It's one of those Japanese versions of a foreign meal
It's a thinner version of Japanese curry sauce
Made into a soup with extra spices
Chunky vegetables
And it's usual to serve it like this
With rice on the side
My soup curry also came with a mysterious pot of special spice
There's quite a lot of different vegetables in this
It's really good
And I found this
I wasn't sure what it was
It's some sort of dumpling
It looks like it's deep-fried
It's got sweetcorn in
In batter
It's pretty good
The soup's actually quite spicy
I like it!
Turns out, the dumpling are actually made of tofu & sweetcorn
There's okra, aubergine
Kabocha pumpkin
Renkon
Carrot, potato
Cauliflower: lots of vegetables
I'm so glad they had a vegetarian version
This would usually be made with meat stock in Japan
Time to try the "special spice"
This special spice is kind of peppery
It looks a bit like pepper
It's not actually pepper
There's something else in there as well
Something curry-smelling
Here's the bill
For the two of us: the curry & the soup curry
It was 1764 Yen
We didn't have any drinks
Because we had the free water on the table
So that was the special winter menu at Coco Curry
But really, Coco Curry's great all year round
If you're going to Japan soon
The special items on the winter menu are available until the end of February
As I mentioned,
Not all the shops have the vegetarian curry sauce
If you'd like a list of outlets that do
It's in my list of restaurants in Tokyo with vegetarian options
The link's in the description
Tell me what your favourite meal is at Coco Curry
And which spice level you pick!
While you're here
I just wanted to say thank you
To everyone who's taking part in Japanuary
It's my Twitter / Instagram challenge
For sharing photos & what we love about Japan
There's a theme for each day in January
I've really enjoyed looking through all your pictures on the hashtag
And especially all the stories that go with them
It's not too late to join in
All the details are in my previous video
There's a link in the description
To the themes for each day
I'll be back next week
With more videos about Japan
I'll see you on Thursday