Japan’s Most Popular Curry Spot, Go Go Curry, Has Opened in Los Angeles | Eater LA

"Arriving as a stall inside Tokyo Central Market in Gardena (taking over the former Croissants du Tokyo bakery), this outpost of Japan’s most popular curry chain opened on June 26 and marks the chain’s first expansion into Southern California after establishing outlets in New York City, New Jersey, Cambridge, Dallas, and Hawaii; it could help fill the void left when Curry House closed all of its restaurants in 2020. It serves fried pork and chicken cutlet laced with dark brown Kanazawa-style curry that allegedly takes 55 steps, five hours of stewing, and 55 hours of "maturing" to create; the marketing jargon leans on the number five (go-go means the number 55 in Japanese). The result is a thick, rich sauce that sits under the fried cutlets or comes spooned over a mound of white rice. The dish comes with a choice of tasty Japanese sausages or fried shrimp, or altogether as the "home run" curry that combines sausage, hard-boiled egg, a piece of fried shrimp, and either pork or chicken cutlet. A larger "grand slam" has twice the home run portion with 16 ounces of rice, and a huge shareable "world champion" serving, equal to five servings (that costs $55.55, of course), comes with a truly ridiculous amount of food, probably enough for a family. All dishes come with shredded cabbage to balance out the dense curry and fried foods. The stall is open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily." - Matthew Kang