Hurry Curry Of Tokyo - Seattle

Bringing Authentic Japanese Curry and Japanese comfort food to South Lake Union, Seattle. We're proud to bring Japan's "National Dish" to Seattle! Hurry Curry of Tokyo first opened its doors in our Sawtelle Japantown (West Los Angeles) location in 1989. After researching Japanese curry houses in Tokyo in the 1980’s, our goal was to bring the wonderful flavors and value of these popular restaurants to Los Angeles. Working with Japanese chefs from Tokyo, we developed our own original blend of 21 spices for our signature curry sauce. In addition to Japanese curry, our menu features typical Japanese comfort foods in the Yoshoku style…. dishes which originated in another country which were then adopted and re-imagined by Japanese cooks. The greatest surge in Yoshoku popularity is tied to Japan’s political upheaval in the mid 1800s. Emperor Meiji’s returned to power in 1867, and subsequent move of the capital of Japan from Kyoto to Tokyo in 1868, marked a dramatic turn of economic and social changes known as the Meiji Restoration. Japan swung open its doors to Western influence and trade, reforming not only education, religion, government, and attire, but also culinary traditions. The Japanese adopted many Western foods, tweeked with unique Asian sensibilities, to create a cuisine known as “Yoshoku” (Western style Japanese dishes). Once used to only describe dishes developed during the Meiji Period, Yoshoku has come to loosely describe any dish derived from foreign origins, including curry (Indian, Great Britain), gyoza and ramen (China), croquette (France), as well as tempura and katsu (Portugal). In fact, many of the dishes served today in Japanese restaurants in the US are really “Yoshoku”.