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One of the many Ichiban locations in the GTA, the one located on Spring Garden just north of Yonge & Sheppard is supposed to be one of the better ones. Known for their decent quality of fish, I planned to try some of their sushi or sashimi....until I saw they had curry pork cutlet rice on their menu so of course I had to try that instead.
One thing about this place, the takeout container they give sure is alot nicer than the usual styrofoam box haha. At $9.95 + tax this is one of the more expensive curry pork rice? rices? rice..s? Well whatever it is, one of the more expensive ones I've had. You get of course the curry pork and rice (in the picture it's in the box beside the soup) as well as miso soup, salad, some pickled turnip, vegetables cooked in terriyaki sauce, and some sort of seaweed. As you can see you get a bit more variety than most places which is nice and they all tasted fine but the important part is all about the curry.
The curry was....let's just say it was interesting. Not like any curry I've had before, this one reminded me more of a gravy than curry. It was thick like a gravy and tasted like a concentrated version of curry. Not really a bad thing, it still tasted pretty good but there was only enough to cover the pork and couldn't cover my rice with it like a normal curry would. One issue I did have though was with the meat. The piece of pork that they fried was the thinnest piece of pork I've ever seen! Couldn't have been more than like a centimetre thick.
the thinnest piece of pork ever!
One thing about this place, the takeout container they give sure is alot nicer than the usual styrofoam box haha. At $9.95 + tax this is one of the more expensive curry pork rice? rices? rice..s? Well whatever it is, one of the more expensive ones I've had. You get of course the curry pork and rice (in the picture it's in the box beside the soup) as well as miso soup, salad, some pickled turnip, vegetables cooked in terriyaki sauce, and some sort of seaweed. As you can see you get a bit more variety than most places which is nice and they all tasted fine but the important part is all about the curry.
The curry was....let's just say it was interesting. Not like any curry I've had before, this one reminded me more of a gravy than curry. It was thick like a gravy and tasted like a concentrated version of curry. Not really a bad thing, it still tasted pretty good but there was only enough to cover the pork and couldn't cover my rice with it like a normal curry would. One issue I did have though was with the meat. The piece of pork that they fried was the thinnest piece of pork I've ever seen! Couldn't have been more than like a centimetre thick.
the thinnest piece of pork ever!
So overall the curry pork was kind of disappointing and I'll probably be sticking to Ajisen for my curry pork rice lunchtime fix. But I will have to go back again though to try their sushi and sashimi after all it is what they're more known for.
Ichiban Fish House
15 Spring Garden Ave
North York, ON
Ichiban Fish House
15 Spring Garden Ave
North York, ON
it's called japanese curry, they don't taste like regular curry, i'll hit it up with you next time as an asian expert to tell you if it's legit jap-curry.
ReplyDeletethe regular curry we usually eat say at like yogi are malay/thai curry, btw.
ReplyDeletehmmm Ichiban sounds like that lipstick for men that joey on friends advertised for :S lol
ReplyDeleteLOL at what Justin said..hahahaha
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