CoCo Ichibanya Curry House in Okinawa: Popular with the U.S. military

why the hell would they pay in $USD with a rate like that?

Coco Ichi is pretty good if you want a heaping calorie bomb (and sometimes, I do!)
I just wish they didn’t charge extra to make the curry actually spicy. From 100-200 yen extra just for them to add enough spice to get a bit of reaction from the tongue.

I think some context would have made this article better. It’s important to note that nearly everything is a “topping” at Cocoichiban including things like a teaspoon of minced garlic or added spice. It doesn’t take long at 50-200 yen per “topping” to add in a lot more cost to the experience, whether the toppings add much in volume to the order or not.

My guess is that Americans don’t eat out at Japanese restaurants often (as there are American places on the bases that are much cheaper) and they don’t skimp on the occasions when they do eat at a Japanese place. It would essentially be a case where you’re doing something special so you get exactly what you want. Japanese people, on the other hand, see it as a pretty mundane experience and are likely more conservative with what they spend.

Personally, I love the pickles (tsukemono) as well. I like to mix them into the curry for a different taste. I don’t tend to need more than you are given in the bento boxes they give you for takeout, but I can see people wanting more.

Screamingly ignorant to keep referring to the restaurant as having gaikokujin (“darake” no less) after identifying them as American soldiers.

Imagine a news program about a Sizzler in South Carolina starting off “Hold the boat! There’s something very weird about this restaurant! It’s crawling with Orientals!” And after identifying them as the employees of the local Fujifilm plant, all from Japan, saying, “Wow, those Orientals sure have a weird way of visiting a salad bar!”

Is this part of the same Coco’s restaurant chain?

Jee Wiz, what lazy journalist!!! Do a real story for crying out loud!!! This is a non- story. I guess the J- media ran out of ideas.

I will hae to agree that, for me that’s way too much fukujinzuke. You are killing the taste of the kare raisu.

If you are gonna put that much fukujinzuke, you might as well order a plateful of fukujinzuke and eat that instead.

It’s not real curry. Indians wouldn’t eat that shit.

When Japan gonna stop wasting their time and start bringing Coco’s to the states. I know they got one in Hawaii but people that ate there says it wasn’t the same. They need to bring it to the states exactly how they have it in Yokosuka, Japan. I don’t care if everything is still in Japanese, they need to clone the same exact one and bring out here. I’m not in the military anymore so i doubt i’ll be able to make another trip out there. I would love to have close to me again. They would make money. At least start putting them on military bases.