House Foods Vermont Curry [ 2 Packs ] Medium Hot 8.11 Oz (230g)

Good stuff flavorful and easy

If you like Japanese curry dishes, this will definitely fit the bill. Not much to say about it - it's tasty and does what it's supposed to do.

My favorite curry!!!!

Better than the SB brand in that the sauce is not pasty and floury; the SB version seems to have a consistency of uncooked flour while the Vermont Curry paste cooks up a bit smoother and with a finished flavor. The taste is a tad sweeter than SB. I got the medium-hot, which is really only mildly spicy; Japanese cuisine really doesn't have a lot of heat or spice. The stew is best made with beef, in my opinion. I use chuck, and I slice it very thin while the meat is semi-frozen. Since this is a quick cooking stew, you need to slice beef or pork thinly to cook it in the half hour or so that it takes to make kare-raisu. My recipe is about a half pound of thin beef, a finely chopped onion, 2 potatoes, 2 carrots and 3 1/2 cups of water, made according to directions with half the box. This makes enough for three people if you cook up some Japanese short grain rice to serve with it. You can also use ramen cooked up, udon noodles or even mashed potatoes. It's very savory and slightly sweet. Japanese vegetables are often cooked very soft so the carrots are going to be like beef stew consistency, not crunchy. Many people like this--it's a fast way to make a beef stew with an overtone of curry spice but not super hot. Kids seem to like it. Some people toss in green peas for color at the end, but I hate peas, so I don't.

I really like the taste of this curry compared to the others. I lived in Japan before so curry quality is a must for me and with this my pork curry taste like I am in Japan.