I have eaten the 'Holome Meat Dokan and Garlic & Pepper Curry' at Coco Ichibanya, a hearty curry that is sure to fill you up with 'big meat' and 'a lot of garlic'.
' Holomeku Dokan and Garlic & Pepper Curry ' containing chunks of pork shoulder loin and fried garlic appeared as a limited quantity menu at Curry House CoCo Ichibanya on Friday, May 23, 2025. The amount of meat can be selected from four levels: 'Meat chunk LEVEL 1' to 'Meat chunk LEVEL 4', so I actually ordered 'Meat chunk LEVEL 4'.
CoCoICHI will release 'Horomiku Dokan Garlic & Pepper Curry' in stores and in limited quantities on May 23rd
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'Horoniku Dokan Garlic & Pepper Curry' is available at approximately 620 Curry House CoCo Ichibanya stores nationwide. I went to find a store near me on the store search page .
At the entrance there is a sign advertising 'Horiniiku Dokan and Garlic & Pepper Curry.'
At the seat we were shown, there was a menu for 'Horomiku Dokan and Garlic & Pepper Curry'.
The amount of meat can be selected from four levels: 'Meat Block LEVEL 1' to 'Meat Block LEVEL 4', so I ordered one serving each of 'Meat Block LEVEL 1' and 'Meat Block LEVEL 4'. I did not customize the amount of rice or spiciness, but left it as normal.
It was brought to me in a few minutes. The left side is 'Meat Chunk LEVEL 1' and the right side is 'Meat Chunk LEVEL 4'.
The appearance of 'Meat Block LEVEL1' is like this. A large chunk of meat, onion, and fried garlic are placed on top of rice.
With the 'Meat Block LEVEL 4' option, the amount of meat chunks increases even more, so you can barely see the rice. According to the store clerk, each meat chunk weighs about 200g, and the 'Meat Block LEVEL 4' option weighs about 500g.
To make it easier to see the size of the meat chunks, it looks like this next to the iPhone 16.
It's so big that it feels heavy to lift it with a spoon. When you look at it from the side, you can see that it's also quite thick.
Just press the spoon against it and it will cut easily.
When you eat it, the spicy pepper and sweet soy sauce are the main flavors. The meat is pork shoulder loin, and the interesting thing about it is that it has a mixture of 'fatty parts that melt in your mouth the moment you put it in your mouth' and 'fibrous parts that allow you to enjoy the sensation of chewing thick meat.'
It goes great with curry sauce. The usual curry sauce from Curry House CoCo Ichibanya is topped with a spicy pepper, making it spicier than usual. According to the staff, 'The meat chunks are stir-fried with the sweet and spicy sauce before being topped,' so there is a thin 'layer of sweet and spicy sauce and grilled meat' around the meat chunks. This creates a strong contrast between spiciness and sweetness, with 'concentrated parts of strong sweetness' occasionally appearing in the spicy curry.
The crispy texture of the fried garlic is a nice accent. The garlic aroma is not very noticeable, and it is hidden behind the aroma of curry sauce until you put it in your mouth, but when you bite into the fried garlic, the garlic flavor spreads in your mouth. Overall, the pepper and sweet and spicy sauce stood out more than the garlic.
The in-store price for 'Horomeku Dokan and Garlic & Pepper Curry' is 1690 yen including tax for meat block LEVEL1, 2220 yen including tax for meat block LEVEL2, 2750 yen including tax for meat block LEVEL3, and 3280 yen including tax for meat block LEVEL4. You can check the stores that handle it at the link below. It is said that the quantity is limited, so please go and eat it early.
Store search | Curry House CoCo Ichibanya
https://tenpo.ichibanya.co.jp/list/?c=16
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