I remember the first time i've had Japanese Curry. A few guys i met in the barracks invited me to go with them on their weekly dinner ritual. I agreed and was happy to ditch the barracks room and see a little of the city past the gate. Long story short my first Japanese curry was a chicken katsu at level 1 spiciness from a Japanese franchise chain of curry houses which i cant remember the name of.
Japanese curry is something A LOT different from other curries such as Indian or Thai. It's a lot different from the Vietnamese style curries i'm used to eating at home too. The curry is thicker and pure from other ingredients, usually, and is flavored a bit heavier but smoother as well.
Now back to the present and i find myself FINALLY in front of Kaba Curry and they're fully equip to give me something more than a sample cup (First time i ran into these guys was at aniMEGAcon). Ordered a Chicken Katsu with spinach as a topping and thanks to the Yelp app i was awarded another free topping, ended up with mushroom.
Before i ate i already had an opinion of the curry and already decided that it wasnt going to be true authentic Japanese curry. After the first bite i pretty shocked from how non-authentic it was. Then i recalled the ordering process. Anthony, one of the owners/partners, never asked if i wanted it spicy. The first initial flavor was curry then a subtle sweet smoothness at the end.
After the shock of realizing this REALLY wasnt what i was expecting at all i started to enjoy it to the point where i was scraping the to-go box for every grain of rice down to the last drop of curry.
The rice was perfectly cooked, moist, and fluffy. Anthony tells me brown rice is in the works so look out for it in the future (yay!).
The curry wasn't what i was expect but who needs expectations when it's just that good?
The Katsu chicken was very good on it's own. Light breaded and crispy exterior with a moist center of white meat chicken breast.
I would definitely recommend this place.