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The Japanese curry scene is heating up in the Klang Valley, with an increasing number of restaurants that specialise in this comfort-food offering from the Land of the Rising Sun.
Japan’s biggest curry rice restaurant chain has finally embarked on its first Malaysian foray, sticking to a tried-&-tested formula – customers can customise their curries by selecting toppings, rice quantities, sauce quantities & spice levels (1 is ‘medium hot,’ 5 is ‘crazy hot’)
Address: 1 Utama, LG333A, Lower Ground, New Wing
Find: Contact details and map for Coco Ichibanya
See Also: CoCo Ichibanya Curry House at 1 Utama: Restaurant Review
Keen to curry favour, Shokudo opened this year, run by a band of Malaysians who have a yen for karē served with everything from tonkatsu to tori kara-age, buta yakiniku to ebifurai, korokke to omuretsu.
Address: No.9, Jalan 20/13 Taman Paramount
Find: Contact details and map for Shokudo Japanese Curry Rice
See Also: Shokudo Japanese Curry Rice at Taman Paramount: Restaurant Review
Photo courtesy of Iwata’s Facebook page
Iwata offers an interesting range of curry noodle recipes, some with ramen & others with soba, some creamy & others with curry-flavoured refine oil.
Address: G-21 Encorp Strand Mall, Pusat Perdagangan Kota Damansara
Find: Contact details and map for Iwata
This is probably our favourite curry rice in KL so far, a luscious treat with succulent slices of pork belly piled with a confidently captivating curry over Japanese rice.
Address: Lot 1-2, 1st Floor, 1 Mont Kiara, 1, Jalan Kiara
Find: Contact details and map for Menya Kamikaze
See Also: Menya Kamikaze Ramen at 1 Mont Kiara: Restaurant Review
Mizuiro’s Japanese chicken curry with rice is less punchy than the norm, but it’s still heart-warming soul food.
Address: 49, Jalan 9/62A, Bandar Menjalara Kepong, 52200 Kepong
Find: Contact details and map for Mizuiro
See Also: Mizuiro Ramen + Coffee at Bandar Menjalara, Kepong: Restaurant Review
Beef-eaters will find plenty to relish in this Japanese curry, thick with tender tendons & slurp-worthy with soba.
Address: The Rooftop, One City Skypark, Jalan USJ 25/1A
Find: Contact details and map for Inaho Sushi
See Also: Inaho Sushi at One City USJ Skypark: Restaurant Review
Customers here can choose rice & curry with pork cutlet, prawn, chicken, hamburg or vegetables.
Address: Unit 2-0, Ground Floor, Jalan Solaris 3, Solaris Mont Kiara, 50480 Mont’ Kiara
Find: Contact details and map for Sakai’s Curry House
See Also: Sakai’s Curry at Solaris Mont Kiara: Restaurant Review
Beef tendons simmered in Japanese curry. Gooey goodness, prepared piping-hot in creamy, mild-tasting broth. Comfort food for a rain-soaked evening.
Address: Lot 211, 2 floor, The Intermark, 182 Jalan Tun Razak
Find: Contact details and map for Kin No Mizu
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