Momo Curry モモ カリー Best Tokyo restaurant!

Momo Cafe is one of my favorite restaurants in Tokyo. It's in Kichijoji and serves delicious curry. I also really love the atmosphere. There are plants everywhere and it's high above the street, so it's quiet. Momo, the owner, is a really great lady. She is a talented cook and has good taste in music, too. She likes to play mellow 60s rock and roll. Sometimes she plays Stereolab in the restaurant, too. Another great thing about Momo cafe is that the ventilation system is really good. That's essential in Japan, because you can smoke cigarettes anywhere you want in this country and no matter how good a restaurant is, if the guy next to you is smoking and you're a non-smoker, the meal will be ruined. At Momo Cafe, the air always smells fresh. And another good thing is this: Whenever I go to a curry restaurant of any kind, I come out smelling like spices and make myself hungry for the rest of the day, but at Momo Cafe, the ventilation system is so good that I can't smell food on anything afterwards.Momo has been featured in three or four books about Japanese curry and also a few great websites like this one and this one and this one which has a lot of pictures of Momo Curry and this one that has a map to Momo Curry as well as the address (in Japanese) in case my directions don't work for you.Japanese curry is really good. It's sweeter and less spicy than Indian or Thai curry, but it has a really unique flavor. Sometimes it's made with apples in it for extra sweetness. I have never tasted anything like it. Usually it's made with a beef base, but Momo makes a lot of vegetarian ones. I like the mushroom curry. (kinoko kari) and the Thai green curry with vegetables. All the dishes are served with a side dish of Japanese sweet pickles. They are also the only place outside of Kenya and Tanzania that I have been serving Tusker beer. I've never tried it, but that was what I saw everyone drink in Tanzania. The beer is named after the elephant that killed one of the two men who started the brewery. For real. Doesn't that at least make you curious about what the beer tastes like? This was a small Christmas party at Momo. My cousin is the guy in the back and you know what I look like already. Everyone else is either Japanese or Scandinavian. Try to guess who is from where. It felt like a private party! This is a really wonderful and sort of secret restaurant. I was lucky to find it and I think they deserve more business. I have taken everyone else I know to Momo Curry, including my precious mother.
Directions to Momo Curry
To get to Momo Curry, you take the train to Kichijoji and exit from the central exit in front of LonLon. When you're out, walk left towards the Baskin Robbins. Walk all the way to the end of the street until you are in front of the Family Mart Convenience store. Then turn right and walk up the street. It is about a ten minute walk, maybe less. When you see a purple sign that says "Pub Rabbit" with a big white rabbit picture on it, you are very close. One more block up the road is Momo Curry. It has a big orange sign that you have to look up a bit to see. It usually has a sign on the road, too. Walk up the steep stairs and you will be there. Momo Curry!!Momo, the owner, is nice and she will give you candy when you leave. Once, she gave me an umbrella with a duck on it. She speaks really fast Japanese but she is awesome and friendly and the best cook. Usually Momo Curry is empty during the day, which is unfortunate for her but great for you. Momo Curry has great Chai tea and mixed drinks, so it's a nice place to sit and read on a Saturday or Sunday when you have nothing to do.I hope that you'll all go there and make this place as busy at it deserves to be.
Momo Curry has a really pretty website.
Open from 11:30～22:00 every day.
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If you speak Japanese or know someone who does, you can phone Momo Curry.
0422-22-0231