Go Go Curry in the Financial District If You Enjoy Katsu Curry!

My girlfriend is a huge fan of Japanese curry and has gotten me into it as well as of late.  One of the spots we enjoy going to for our curry fix is Curry Ya in the East Village.  So when I was looking for quick meal around my new office in the Financial District, I was happy to find out that Go Go Curry, which has several other locations in the city, has a branch downtown.

Her and I met up after getting some drinks downtown one night and I ordered their "Home Run" Curry. For $10 you get a decent size katsu...with your choice of pork or chicken cutlet, sausage, shrimp tempura, and hard boiled egg.  All this over rice and drizzled with curry sauce (and some shredded cabbage there on the left).

As you can see from the picture above it's a bit of food and all of it was yummy, but if you are a Japanese curry purist you might be a bit disappointed.  The curry itself isn't quite the main attraction and was really just used a sauce and didn't have veggies like carrots (as opposed to Curry Ya where it's served in a crock pot and kept at a boil with your choice of garnishes).    Now if you enjoy katsu and Japanese style fast food in general, it's a great deal!  

Go Go Curry 

12 John St

New York, NY 10038

(212) 406-5555

(they have various other locations in NYC)

Moco Loco at L&L Hawaiian Barbeque

What is that you might ask?  It's a Hawaiian fast food staple known as Moco Loco and was my lunch from a few days ago.  This version of the wacky mish mash of yumminess consists of a burger patty topped with an egg and gravy over a bed of white rice comes from L & L Hawaiian Barbeque, on Fulton St. in lower Manhattan.  Their version of combo comes with a side of salad with ginger dressing and macaroni salad.  Other items include combos with chicken katsu (fried cutlets) and bbq short ribs.  If you're really adventurous, you can try the Spam Musubi, which is basically spam sushi, another hawaiian staple.

Hamburger + egg + gravy = happiness!!!