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神田ルー・ド・メール (Loup-de-mer)

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on July 15, 08

. 2 Comments Tags: curry, omurice.

The chef of this curry/yoshoku restaurant used to work in Brasserie domPierre in Kyobashi which I used to visit often for its delicious European-style curry and omurice. This branch in Kanda is much more casual and cheaper in price.

ドライカレー・オムレツのせ＋スープ、￥１０００。
Dry curry with omelette. Soup comes with lunch set.

北海道産黒毛和牛カレー、￥１１００。特選ビーフカレー、￥１６００。
Hokkaido black-haired wagyu curry on the left. Special beef curry on the right. The “special” version is 500yen more expensive but the quality of the beef is much better.

メンチカツ・カレー、￥１５００。
Not your usual Menchikatsu but more like fried hamburger with melted cheese in the middle. Very good!!

チキンカレー＋サラダ、￥１０００。
Beef tendon terrine salad that comes with lunch set. Chicken curry.

ハンバーグ・カレー、￥１５００。ハヤシ・ライス、￥１６００。
Hamburger curry. Patty is solid, made of mainly meat.
Hayashi rice. The beef in it is very soft.

ポークカレーセット、￥１０００。
Pork curry.

チキン・オムライス、￥２０００。オム・ハヤシ、￥２５００。
Chicken omurice.
Omu-Hayashi. Fried rice with chicken and tomato sauce underneath the omelette. The sauce is the same as Hayashi rice.

ビーフ・オムライス、￥３０００。
Beef Omurice. This dish costs a whopping 3000yen so I was seriously hesitating whether to try it or not…but I am glad I did. It is very good! The rice is fried with soy sauce with generous chunks of juicy beef in it. Chicken omurice and Omu-Hayashi both cost 2000yen and more and although they are nice, they are nothing too special. To splurge on one dish, definitely go for the Beef Omurice.

I have only been to this place for lunch and I notice that the quality on weekdays is better than on weekends…the main chef is only present at lunch time during weekdays but not on weekends(though a younger chef is always there). I am sure that is not the case for dinner. Also, as can be told from the pictures that they give you a lot of sauce but not that much rice. I ordered “extra rice” once for 200yen but I usually just leave the extra sauce.

Menu(J): 1, 2, 3.

神田ルー・ド・メール (Loup-de-mer)
Add: 2-14-3, Uchi-Kanda, Chiyoda-ku
Tel: 03-5298-4390

鴻(オオドリー)神田駿河台店　(Oodori)

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on April 20, 08

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. 2 Comments Tags: curry.

豚しゃぶスープカレー、￥１１５０。ボイルキャベツ、￥１００。
Pork shabu soup curry, with an additional topping of boiled cabbage.
Very nice! The pork is soft and the vegetables are flesh and in huge chunks.

チキンスープカレー、￥１０００。ボイルキャベツ、￥１００。
ビーフスープカレー、￥１３００。
Chicken soup curry, boiled cabbage topping again.
Beef soup curry. The beef is delicious.

国産牛１００％手造りハンバーグ、￥１０５０。ボイルキャベツ、￥１００。
Japanese beef hamburger(very rich beef taste) soup curry. Boiled cabbage comes separately this time.

野菜スープカレー、￥８００。鶏モモから揚げ、￥２００。
Vegetable soup curry. Fried chicken thigh.

ロースカツ、￥１３００。ソフトクリームセット、￥２５０。
Pork cutlet soup curry. The pork is not that juicy but it is nicely deep-fried and good enough when eaten with the curry. Soft-cream is pretty normal.

You can choose four levels of spiciness. Level 1 is a little hot and Level 2 is already quite hot for me. Two kinds of soup you can choose: tonkotsu(pork bone) and tebasaki(chicken wings). I like the richer-tasting pork one better. The rice is refillable.

The original restaurant is also in Jimbocho area, which does soup curry at lunch time, and is an izakaya at dinner time. This branch I go is specialised in soup curry only and opens everyday of the week. Very clean inside and no need to share tables. Location is right next to this curry shop which is more popular though.

Soup curry is originated from Hokkaido and is more about the chunky ingredients than the curry itself. The meat and vegetables here are indeed nice, the curry is not bad too. However as evident from the photos, from my first visit to my last, the amount of vegetables seem to have shrunk….still not a bad lunch place.

Menu(J): 1, 2.

鴻(オオドリー) 神田駿河台店 (Oodori)
Add: 3-10-18 Ookawamachi, Kanda
Tel: 03-5280-8228

Ethiopia (エチオピア)

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on April 15, 08

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. 2 Comments Tags: curry.

野菜カリー、￥９３０。
Vegetable curry rice.

インド豆サラダ、￥１８０。
Indian bean salad is quite big and has tuna in it. All curry rice come with a potato and butter.

チキン＋野菜カリー、￥１２３０。マンゴーラッシー、￥２７０。
Chicken and vegetables curry. Mango Lassi.

グリーンサラダ、￥１８０。ビーフカリー、￥８８０。
Green salad. Beef curry.

豆カリー、￥８８０。
Beans curry.

エビ＋野菜カリー、￥１２３０。チャイ、￥２７０。
Prawn and vegetables curry. Hot Chai.

ビーフと野菜カリー、￥１２３０。杏仁豆腐（マンゴーソース）、￥２７０。
Beef and vegetables curry. Almond pudding with Mango sauce.

There are many curry shops around Jimbocho area but this place is definitely one of my favourites. The curries served here are supposed to be Indian style despite the name of the shop. Tiny place with counter seats on the first floor and tables on the second. You buy tickets from a machine, then tell the staff how spicy you want it. Hotness level is up to “70″. I tried “0″ and “1″ at first, which are not hot at all. Level “3″ is slightly spicy, while “5″ and “10″ are quite spicy. For me “10″ is spicy enough - I don’t have very high tolerance. I heard people asking for “50″ so I guess it is edible….The meat(beef and chicken) in the curries are okay, not fantastic, but the vegetables are delicious and very well cooked with the spice(more than 20 kinds used apparently). Drinks like chai and mango lassi are good too.

Menu(J): 1, 2.

エチオピア
Add:3-10-6, Ogawamachi, Kanda
Tel:03-3295-4310

スマトラカレー共栄堂 (Kyoueidoo)

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on March 12, 08

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. 7 Comments Tags: curry.

Pork curry, 800yen.
This curry place was established in 1924. The homepage says no wheat flour added(hence the soup-like texture), 26 different kinds of spice are pan-fried for 1 hour, and vegetables and meat are stewed for a long time to make the curry. Indeed there is a distinctive bitter taste which is quite addictive. Lunch comes with corn cream soup which is always tongue-burningly hot. Very busy at lunch time so expect to share tables with strangers.

Left: Beef curry, 1200yen. When I had the pork curry last time, the curry sauce was not quite enough to finish all the rice so I ordered a larger portion of the sauce this time for an extra 300yen…and it is too much.
Right: Hayashi rice, 1100yen. A bit sweet but good too.

Prawn curry, 1200yen. Grilled apple(only available after 2pm) - to my disappointment, it is cold! It is soaked in syrup but is still very very sour.

スマトラカレー共栄堂 (Kyoueidoo)
Add: B1, 1-6 Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku
Tel: 03-3291-1475

Bondy （欧風カレーボンディ）

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on June 11, 07

in 08:神田・神保町・秋葉原

. 3 Comments Tags: curry.

Very famous curry place. You have to walk through an old bookstore to get to the entrance.

ビーフカレー、￥１４５０。チーズカレー、￥１４５０。
Beef curry. Cheese curry. From two separate lunch visits. You can choose “hot”, “medium hot” and “sweet”. I had “sweet” for the beef and “hot” for the cheese. “Sweet” tastes fruity but still a bit spicy. “Hot” is not THAT hot, but less sweet. There is melted cheese on the rice. The potatoes come with the set….but who will need 3 potatoes with such a big plate of rice?! ^^;; Nice curry though I wish the price were cheaper.
Bondy

カレー食堂　心 (Cocoro Soup Curry)

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on July 27, 05

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. 5 Comments Tags: curry.

骨付きチキンスープカレー、９５０円。
Chicken soup curry. Tasty! You can choose the level of spiciness. I had 30.
心

dom Pierre Express Curry (京橋ドンピエールエクスプレスカレー)

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on December 2, 04

in 06:有楽町・丸の内 and Good Cheap Eats

. 5 Comments Tags: curry.

特製ビーフカレー、１６００円。
Beef curry. Free shallot and raisin. Cheaper and more casual branch of an expensive yoshoku restaurant. Very good for the price!
京橋ドンピエールエクスプレスカレー

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