Andre C.
Yelp
Sadly, and I repeat that phrase sadly, it is not what I remember Go! Go! Curry! to be. When there was a location in Houston, Texas, I used to frequent it at least once a week given my job allowed me that peek. I adored it. It was cheap, it tasted good, there was large portions, and that was about all that needed to be said.
Eventually, it closed down during the pandemic, and by coincidence one opened up in Dallas. I have tried to eat here for separate times, the first time it was still under construction, the second and third time I was only here after it closed, and the fourth time I didn't make it in time before it closed.
Today, I was finally able to show up in time and got the large portion of the pork Katsu curry, and sadly it didn't taste of anything. Perhaps it was me, I can't speak to anybody else, but the curry sauce was practically tasteless for me. The rice was cooked well enough. I don't know if the chain rebranded and changed recipes when it decided to go for the American market, but at least from whatever I remember, it does not at all taste the same. The pork was of decent quality and cooked nicely, and the tonkatsu sauce still tasted of what it was, but I am quite disappointed by the curry seemingly having no taste at all.
Also, this location seems to be using some kind of paper carry out bowls rather than the metal trays that they used to use. I understand if that has changed since the pandemic, but it's a little strange to have rice packed into a bowl with a thick layer of brown tasteless goop on top and a pork chop on top of that.
Overall, not worth the 2 1/2 or more year wait to eat it again and sadly, I won't be eating it again anymore. Especially since I live in Houston, this location is in Dallas, or technically Plano.
Also, not quite related to the food, but the ambience overall is not quite as good as the one that was in Houston. There's no large fun gorilla mural on the wall, it seems to have more of a focus on the anime themed mascot rather than the gorilla. Again, maybe it was a marketing decision. But it doesn't have the same ambience. Also the lack of music and the echoing radio playing in the back of the store early 2000s alternative rock was a strange situation in a Japanese curry restaurant.