WaniKani Quiz Time🤓 This one’s perfect for newbies!
日本のカレーはおいしいです。— Can you figure out this sentence? I’ll give you some hints (and the answer, eventually).
Vocab:
日本 LV. 2: Japan. Do you remember the mnemonic “sun origin”? The Japanese flag is based on the sun as well
カレー: Curry🍛 It’s pronounced as カ"レ"ー(kar"ee"), not カ"リ" ー (kar"ii")in Japanese.
おいしい: Delicious.
Let’s break it down!
日本のカレー
Japanese curry.
With the の, 日本 becomes the possessive form. So think of 日本の as “Japan’s.” If it was コウイチの, it would have been “Koichi’s.”
______ は、●●●です。
This is the Japanese way of saying “______ is ●●●.”
Make sure to read this は as “wa” instead of “ha” because it’s the particle.
For this case,
日本のカレー = ______
おいしい= ●●●
おいしい
Delicious.
The answer:
にほんのカレーはおいしいです。
Japanese curry is delicious.
Do you agree that Japanese curry is delicious🍛?
Japan has developed its own style of curry (and it’s a very common home dish as well).
Fun Fact: the Crabigator’s (and Tofugu’s) absolute favorite curry chain in Japan is “Coco壱番屋.”
The secret to good curry is what you put in it. My favorite secret ingredients (in order of most favorite first):
Nam prik pao - Thai soybean chili paste. I learned this from a Thai roommate who put it in his Japanese curry. Phenomenal. Also, even though it is chili paste, it’s not spicy.
Spicy Italian sausage - If you’re ever in Furano, there is a curry brewpub called Yuiga Doxon. I discovered this combination there. Fantastic! Usually whatever you throw in curry just ends up tasting like curry, but the uncut sausages keep their flavor. You get both the flavor of the sausage and the curry. Yum!
Fresh ginger slices - It compliments the curry well.
Omelette - A classic combination in Japan.
Grated cheese - Another classic combination. I just had this the other day.
I always eat curry (Sri Lankan), but I love Japanese curry! There’s a restaurant in Narita airport which I really like. I also bring the Daiso curry packs to take home since they are pretty good, but my food standards are not very high
I’ve made curry myself in a Japanese style, not sure if it taste like actual Japanese curry but it’s pretty good! My sister and I make it from scratch and it’s so sweet and the pork is always so soft and tender and the rice is so chewy, it just melts in your mouth, aaah~ such a steamy bite of love.
It’s one of my favorite dishes, I actually quite like Japanese food namely onigiri, takoyaki, okonomiyaka and Katsudon. Ahh katsudon. Maybe you guys should try my curry I bet you’ll change your opinion hehe
I’ve tried Indian curry, didn’t like it much. It was a little to spicy and bitter. Maybe it was just that one place.
I can buy Japanese curry roux blocks from the supermarkets here, so it’s not too hard to get the “authentic” taste. It’s just… kinda not really all that exciting.
