Ghandi Curry - Shinjuku East Exit - Good Curry In Tokyo
Tokyo has loads of Curry houses and all of them are different.
One day I want to visit like 30 of them in a row.....and write a huge BLOG about my experience.
I just love searching out the most interesting and tantalizing places to eat in this city of some 10 million plus,
What an adventure that would be!
For now,
I`ll start with the very very basics.
Highly recommending Gandhi Curry or ”ガンジー” for short
*Just south east of the east exit of Shinjuku Station. Its a small place on the second floor - close to Matsumoto Kiyoshi.
Ghandi`s got decent atmosphere. The shop goes for and - does pull off a slightly "rustic" ie "do it yourself" look.
They rock decent tunes through strange harp shapes looking hand made speaker, enter through a beaded doorway. The staffs friendly.
The curry itself is slightly spicy as well expensive (because of the location) - a little less than 1000 Yen a person.
Warning; no side dishes, Its very minimalistic (think curry sauce with hardly and vegetables or meat served with plain white rice)
You might ask me "why do you recommend it then?"
The reason I recommend is for this one reason, the BASE SAUCE for the curry is of good quality - definitely home made, definitely original.
Its very creamy, dark and has meaty/boney flavor thats quite distinctive. The base sauce of this curry is definitely "Japanese" ie "Tokyo Curry"
and not "Indian" in taste and it makes up the core ingredient for all varieties of curried served there.
Add cheese to the base = cheese curry. Add beef = beef curry. Add shrimp = shrimp curry. What I was amazed by was how VERY DIFFERENT
each curry tasted with just the slightest addition of different elements.
Go there to see it for yourself!
Cheers and HAPPY EATS YALL!!!!
See ya,
Matt
