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Totally Random - What Does Japanese Manga Have To Do With Curry?

I’ve been eating a lot of curry these past couple of days. The recipe used is a little different from the one I typically use, so I wanted to check it again on the net. I thought I’d look up a few other curry recipes while I was at it and found something interesting… There is an entire manga (Japanese comics) devoted to curry.

Addicted to Curry is about a guy who loves curry and shows up at an old friend’s failing curry house. He helps to keep it from going out of business by coming up with new curry recipes. Now I don’t think just the mention of anything food related is worth blogging about, but there’s something interesting about this manga. Each chapter offers a curry recipe. There are simple, basic ones like chicken curry, slightly more complicated ones like green curry, and even unique recipes like black curry (the black is from squid ink mixed with curry). I don’t care for the storyline, and in truth, I’m not really even reading this manga. I flip through to where the recipe is and take a look at whether or not it should be saved into my curry recipes box. I’ve already added the pumpkin curry and daikon curry to my box to try one day. The writers/English interpreters have clearly stated that they will not be liable for any food poisoning or stomach aches caused by attempting any of these recipes. With the exception of the black curry, they all look pretty safe to me though. If you’re interested in taking a look at this manga’s curry recipes for free, mangavolume has a good number of them online.

By Pauline (see more of her posts).

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