Serving Canary-Yellow Rice Balls with Soup Curry

[1290th Rice Ball] Donabe Curry Bonta (Shinjuku) Turmeric <<1775th consecutive day!>>

Um...

it's very
hard to say, but...

I'll gather my courage and
tell you.

Um...

In your recent articles, Hasutsuka-san,
isn't curry appearing a bit too often?

Gulp.

👀

Well now.
I'm sure it's just a coincidence.

Maybe it's because it's getting hotter, so those kinds of articles just catch your eye more...

Huh?

You're absolutely sure it's too much?

I'll look into the number of times curry has appeared in articles lately.

It's true.
It has appeared four times in the last three weeks.

Some of them even confessed to buying a retort curry set...

There was even a story about someone struggling at a stadium to get their hands on J.League Curry, which was re-released for the first time in 31 years.

But, please let me make a small excuse.

It is by no means that I am biased toward curry.
I don't know why, but...
It feels like the distance between curry and rice balls is closing in...

I feel like a relationship between curry and rice balls, which had been untouchable until now, is starting to form.

I've got it!

This time, I'll introduce the latest rice balls that serve as proof of that.

Early afternoon in Shinjuku.
While walking through the MyLord restaurant district, I found this shop.

"Donabe Curry Bonta"

It seems to be a shop that serves soup curry in an earthenware pot.

Come to think of it, the soup curry I ate when I went to Sapporo was delicious.
I don't really have many chances to eat it in Tokyo.
Maybe I'll give it a try.

The interior has a counter and a stylish atmosphere.
Well then.
I wonder what kind of curry they have.

Hamburg steak!

Fried chicken!

Chicken leg!

Heave-ho! Heave-ho!

It's full of all my favorite things.
It's a festival!

👀

Huh?

At the top of the menu,
there's something written that really catches my eye.

Huh?
Huh?

Onigiri?

That's right.
This is a rare restaurant where you can eat soup curry and onigiri together.

The other menu lists a whole bunch of onigiri.

Let's see.

Apparently, there are even onigiri that go well with curry.

That would be that yellow onigiri.

Ta-da!
Chicken leg soup curry and turmeric onigiri!

What a luxurious combination.

The curry is bubbling away in the clay pot.
It's just irresistible.

Time to dig in!

First, the turmeric rice ball with its vivid, bright yellow color.
What was it called again, this shade of yellow?
I think it was something like canary yellow...

Well, the color doesn't really matter.
I have to eat it while it's still warm.

Chomp.

The scent of turmeric spreads softly through my mouth.
I see.
This is an authentic flavor.

Into that, I pour the piping hot soup curry.

Whew.
Whew.
Slurp.

Oh! It's quite spicy!
Sweat is erupting from my forehead.

Inside this spicy curry are tenderly stewed chicken legs and colorful vegetables.
They really provide a solid presence of umami.

I stuff my cheeks with the canary-yellow rice ball.

I slurp the soup curry.

Ah. It's irresistible.

Stuff my cheeks. Slurp.
Stuff my cheeks. Slurp.

I'll put the last bite of the rice ball on my spoon, soak it in the soup curry, and eat it all up.

Slurp, slurp.

Ahhh, satisfying.

Canary-yellow rice balls go well with piping hot soup curry, don't they?

That was a delicious meal!

I really am a curry person after all.

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