Piccolo Curry House
December 21, 2004
In Namba Walk, one of the longer underground shopping areas in Osaka, there’s a curry restaurant that’s quite peculiar. For one thing, there are weird stained glass windows. The most striking thing is how narrow the damn place is. Once you squeeze through the two “entrances” and sit on a stool, you’ll be backed up against the wall. The counter is about 40-50 cm in width. Behind the counter is the girl who’ll take your order and serve you. The other side of the restaurant is probably about a meter away. You can literally reach and touch the other side of the restaurant.
This place, Piccolo Curry, offers fairly cheap meals. I had a karaage chicken with curry and rice for 580 yen while a katsu curry will fetch 680. They serve hot food quite quickly at reasonable prices. Don’t expect good curry - they serve Japanese curry which is devoid of anything remotely spicy.
If you’re not too tubby, you’ll have no trouble fitting inside. This is another quirky Japanesey establishment.
Note the shopper behind me, in the shopping area. That windowy looking thing IS the front of the restaurant. Picture taken by Mikey.
December 21st, 2004 at 02:55
Whoa you look so professional with that suit and tie on. I guess those are your work clothes? I figured if you teach via webcam, you could be wearing no pants.
That restaurant looks cool. I wish there were more places like that here, places you can pop into for a quick and cheap meal.
December 21st, 2004 at 05:24
EW. I really dislike japanese curry. It’s not as totally EW as fermented soy bean (i think it’s called nato), but it’s not something I would seek out and eat. Odd, considering i love japanese food.
December 21st, 2004 at 09:09
I would love to go to work in shorts. Considering I barely teach half the time now, I guess I have to be somewhat of an authority figure.
Natto is nasty. The only thing people say about it is, “It’s really healthy”. I’m sure there are much more pleasant alternatives than to eat vomit-smelling and vomit-looking crap.
December 21st, 2004 at 10:13
Yeh, my curry tastes are more formated for thai or indian curries. Japanese curries just don’t do it for me although i really wish they did…they always look so tastey!
Natto is exactly like you described it Jerry…vomit smelling and vomit looking crap. I remember trying it once and just about dying. It’s not for the faint of heart.
December 21st, 2004 at 20:54
Although in Japan, natto is eaten regionally. People in Osaka love this shit while people in Tokyo don’t. Apparently it tastes better when drowned in soysauce. That soysauce better have some powerful drugs in it though.
December 23rd, 2004 at 17:39
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