CoCo Ichibanya Curry House: Delicious Pork Curry

Erica Steele: Thank goodness Coco's is on Amazon!

This curry was my lunch almost every day while stationed in Okinawa back in 2009, and it was always so expensive trying to get my buddies still on the rock to send it to me, or to ship it from some random person on eBay.

Now I get it shipped monthly and serve it CoCo's style with steamed jasmine rice and chicken Katsu cutlet. Tastes *almost* just like the real thing, but it's close enough to make you go "mmmmmmmmmm" after every bite!

It's still a little expensive for just 4 portions, but it's worth every yenny.

United States on Jul 13, 2023

SpringMedeaux: A family member recently returned from 4 years stationed in Okinawa. He missed the food there tremendously. We found Coco's curry online and now he's very happy! I had never had curry before and now I'm hooked!!! It's so easy to make, microwave it, add rice, add fried chicken (didn't have pork) and bam! you have Coco's curry!! You will not be disappointed!

United States on Jun 24, 2023

Annette: Delicious. No added heat needed but I’m a wimp. Those who like more heat you’ll need to add.

United States on Feb 02, 2023

A. Hunter: My husband and I were both in the military and were stationed in Okinawa for 2 years, we literally lived off of Coco’s. Since we left we could never recreate the recipe it just never tasted right. I have had this product saved in my amazon wish list for years but never wanted to spend the almost $40. But we finally decided to say eff it and do it, I ordered on a Saturday afternoon and literally got it the next day on Sunday. As for the sauce itself it was to die for! It is the same exact sauce you would get if eating at the restaurant itself, it is completely worth the purchase and will be buying it again when we feel like spoiling ourselves. Oh don’t forget the chicken cutlet and naan bread with cheese!

United States on Mar 14, 2022

C. Schaffer: I worked as an English teacher in Nagoya, Japan for a year. I didn't have much of a kitchen and had a work schedule that also mostly got me home late enough that I didn't really want to cook all that often anyway. As I explored my close by options for food I stumbled on a CoCo Ichibanya Curry House and then began what can only be described as an addiction to amazing. It also helped me survive and not starve, so there's a chance I'm carrying some bias ;)

If you've had S&B Foods curries, this has a rather similar base character of flavor. Where CoCo Ichibanya departs from that is by cooking pork (pork belly/bacon) into it until it has basically melted and the result is a really deep umami delicious.

The spice level for the regular pork curry is somewhere around the hot/very hot level for the previously mentioned S&B Foods equivalent. If you haven't had that brand I would gauge it at a broadly "medium" spice level to most Indian or Thai restaurants I have been to over time. Or more simply, it ain't gonna burn you but it probably doesn't need much added unless you tend toward the spice head spectrum. That said, it is delicious with more spice and CoCo Ichibanya...

United States on Jan 31, 2019