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Five of the Best Soup Curries

By 20th February 2010June 28th, 2014

JAPANESE soup curry is yet another specialty little known outside Hokkaido or Japan. Unlike many curries, the base of soup curry is thin, bringing out the flavours of the stock spices and complimenting the variety of ingredients.

Tsubara Tsubara – One of the best local examples of this Hokkaido delicacy, Tsubara Tsubara is the place to go in Niseko for soup curry. With fresh, locally-sourced ingredients, this dish is great value for money, and chock full of fresh vegetables accompanying your choice of meat and/or seafood.
Map E3 / 0136 23 1116 / 11.30am-3pm, 6pm-10pm, closed 2nd and 4th Wednesday

Curry Goya – A long-time local favourite, Curry Goya serves up delicious Japanese soup curry in a quaint cottage just outside Hirafu. You can also take home their prize-winning packets of prepared curry to relive your dining experience at home, or to make friends jealous when they taste what they’ve missed. Map F4 / 0136 23 3688 / 11.30am-4pm

Black Diamond Restaurant – Tucked away in Black Diamond Lodge at Higashiyama, this soup curry is a bit of a local secret. The chef is from Sapporo – the home of soup curry – and makes the soup base from scratch using chicken, pork and beef stock and a variety of secret spices. Powderlife’s hot tip: go for the super tender chicken option. Map F7 / 0136 44 1144 / 4pm-midnight, closed Wednesday

Lumberjack – With a sweeter, cinnamon taste to this dish, it’s more like a Japanese soup curry with a hint of Thai. Beautifully prepared, the generous portions of fresh meat and vegetables would satisfy even the hungriest lumberjack. Map D1 / 0136 22 3086 / 12noon-4pm, 6pm-10pm

Taj Mahal – An Indian take on a signature Hokkaido dish, Taj Mahal’s soup curry is a little different from traditional Japanese soup curry. Served with a side dish of rice and one of Taj’s Mahal’s signature giant, butter-soaked naan breads. Map E2 / 0136 22 4566 / 11.30am-10.30pm

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