Eggplant and ripe tomato curry

Full of delicious veggies!

Spice: 1 out of 10

Rating: 9 out of 10

Today I thought I would tell you about the greatest vegetarian curry I've ever had - Eggplant and ripe tomato curry. To be fair - most curry has meat in it so I can't say that I've eaten a ton of vegetarian curry.  However, this curry can go up against any protein-filled curry any day.

If you don't like eggplant, you probably won't like this curry.  This is yet another curry sent from Japan and I picked it based on the picture. I love eggplant but had never had it in curry before so I was intrigued.

As soon as I opened the pouch I knew it was a good choice.  A great aroma filled the air immediately and as you've read here before, this usually means a tasty curry!!  It came as no surprise that not only did it smell really nice, but it tasted just as good, if not slightly better.

This curry isn't spicy at all. It was just about the mildest curry you can get without it turning into water.  Even though I'm a fan of relatively spicy curry I didn't mind that this one was as mild as it gets.  It's very creamy and sweet which doesn't lend itself to a lot of spiciness.

It seems to me that whenever a curry is creamy it is also sweet.  Perhaps there is a spicy and creamy curry out there, but I can't think of one off the top of my head. Maybe it's been done and wasn't a good combination.  All I know is that sweet and creamy makes for a wonderful combination in a Japanese curry.

The vegetables were all cooked really well.  They practically melt in your mouth and I don't mean just the eggplant.  Even the potato almost melts in your mouth!  Creamy curry with vegetables that almost melt is like a spoonful of heaven. 

This is without a doubt the best vegetarian curry I've had so far.

Kitano Selection's Premium Curry

You can tell it's premium because of the shiny box

Spice: 2
Rating: 8.5

This is your standard curry pouch that you buy in the store (in Japan) and heat up in boiling water for a few minutes.  Thanks to my awesome family in Japan I'm actually able to get ahold of many of these curries which you cannot buy in the States.

This is another instance of choosing a curry based solely on the box. This time I could only read "Kitano Selection" on the box, but I was able to find out that this is called 'Premium Curry' thanks to my personal translator (wife). I don't know what makes this premium other than it being in a fancy looking box - which was the reason I ate it. I was in the mood for something a little more 'upscale'. ^_~

When I open the pouch I always try and smell the curry before I pour it over rice. Sometimes the smell is very obvious - but that seems to happen  most often with the spicier curry. If I can't immediately smell it I lean in. This curry happened to smell absolutely GREAT.  I knew it was going to be good right away - and I was right.  I poured it over rice and thought that it also looked really tasty.  It has a dark color similar to a 'black curry' I ate in Tokyo.  I believe that curry was called "classic curry" or something along those lines and the waiter told us that this is the way curry was made in Japan before the 1950's.  The black color comes from squid ink if I remember correctly, and this also adds a rich flavor.

Perhaps this premium curry contains squid ink?  I don't know because I can't read the label.  I also don't know for sure, but I believe the meat in this curry is beef.   What I do know is that this curry is delicious and is creamy in the best way and has a very deep rich flavor.

It's not spicy at all and tastes very rich and creamy.  It feels 'heavy' and filled me up very well. The portion size was perfect - any more and I would have been stuffed.  I would eat any quantity of this curry that was given to me because it tastes so good, so I'm glad it wasn't so large that I finished eating and felt stuffed afterwards.

If you're looking for a nice thick, creamy, and satisfying curry dinner I highly recommend you give Kitano Selection's Premium Curry a try.  It's a classic flavor that will not disappoint and will leave you feeling satisfied and content.