Japanese 🇯🇵 Katsu curry in our local Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 pub

Hello Hello foodies of the Bee Hive!

Food is one of my favourite pastimes and I take a gazillion and one pictures of it, yet for some reason I rarely write about it. Today though I shall tell you about what we had a wee while ago as I can still taste it on my lips! Yes, it was that good.

This post has been in my drafts for several months now, but after seeing the Japanese food this morning from Super Eli @coquicoin in her post Tres Guerreros. Trying craft beers in Bogotá. I thought the time is now!

It was the birthday of Mrs T, so we decided to pop out and have a pub lunch. Actually, there was an ulterior motive as I had to do a mystery shop in this pub and check out how they were serving two pints of beer(one of those you can check out Leffe Blonde wins over Mrs T.

Sometimes you feel as if you are in an old fashioned library as opposed to a pub with all the books everywhere.

I was looking in the menu when something caught my eye.

Katsu curry

What on earth was that?

I have to confess to not being a Japanese food lover due to an incident in London many years ago.

Being a researcher tho, out came the phone, nonsense it was out already taking these pictures, and a quick internet search on Katsu curry convinced me it was not some kind of raw sushi and I was good to go!

The choices were Quorn and chicken, so as I am allergic to soya, chicken it was. And chicken seemed to appeal to Mrs T too!

The drinks were brought, Coke for Mrs T and beers for me, I did say I had to perform a mystery shop and a pint of Leffe and a pint of Corona were part of shop!

Work smart and get paid for something you enjoy I say!

The front of the menu did tell you that you were in the The Robert Nairn pub in Kirkcaldy in Scotland.

The Robert Nairn building actually used to be a TSB bank but the food and drinks company Wetherspoons bought it and made it into a pub. It is probably the only chain I frequent of any sort!

The picture of the pub exterior shows you gloomy our summer was last year!

They have a few outdoors tables, but the only people outside were smokers having a quick fag (cigarette) before they go inside!

Cheers to you Robert Nairn

Taken from Our History in their app

This pub is named after a member of the Nairn family, helping to put Kirkcaldy on the map. In 1847, Michael Nairn started a floor-covering factory. He was so successful that others set up similar businesses, and Kirkcaldy became renowned as the ‘linoleum centre of the world’. One of the Nairn’s many gifts to the town included the land (donated by Robert Nairn) to build the Trustees Savings Bank (TSB) – now this Wetherspoon pub.

Where is the food?

Actually the food comes really quick, normally in ten minutes or so.

What do you think?

It looked appealing to me.

There is something about a red chilli pepper whether it is finger chilli or a chilli like this that I just find so colourful and appealing!

This shows you the mild Japanese-style katsu curry sauce also the sliced red chilli and what always sells to me is fresh coriander...

Coriander is our favourite herb, so much so I am going to start growing it indoors!

I like rice, I am not in the rice is life category but over the years I have decided that white rice is what I like. No pilar rice or basmati or hoohaa rice, I like boiled or steamed rice.

This though was their coconut-flavoured rice.

It was good and complimented the curry.

But what of my research prior to ordering?

This was what I gleaned from wikipedia, I thought what this is chicken not pork, until I read chicken could be subsituted!

Katsu curry (Japanese: カツカレー, romanized: katsukarē) is a Japanese dish consisting of a pork cutlet (tonkatsu) served with a portion of Japanese rice and curry. It is served on a large plate and is typically eaten using a spoon or fork. The cutlet is usually precut into strips, eliminating the need for a knife.

Generally eaten as a main course, the dish can be accompanied with water or miso soup. In Japan, there are fast-food restaurant chains which specialize in serving katsu curry, with varying meats and types of curry. The pork cutlet can be substituted with chicken.

The other chicken!

Someone loves my roast chicken and mashed potatoes.

But being summer I don't cook roasts, out of habit I don't use the oven.

Living in so many hot countries you learn to keep cool. Putting the oven on for two hours or so was only for special occasions!

They advertise as a half chicken, but I think they must have little breeds of chicken.

It was cooked to perfection though.

I was told to show you the gravy!

Someone loves good gravy and is very OCD where she puts it!

Me, well I put it everywhere, I am not fussy, I like it all over my food!

Every last drop was used!

Time for dessert!

Can you guess who chose what?

First up ice cream, apple crumble and fresh sliced strawberries...

It was fluffing fantastic. Do you share desserts?

I know I always do, but of course if you know me, then you know that I will virtually always choose something with ....

... yes chocolate!

The Verdict

Value for money 10/10
Speed of service 10/10
Food temperature 10/10
Food taste 10/10

Yep on this occasion the food was superb, and in this crazy time of cost of living going through the roof it was worth every penny!

Thanks for visiting and enjoy the rest of your day!