C and I went to Yakuzen Curry&CAFÉ Ka・Ku・Ra (in Japanese) in Nakameguro. Yakuzen is an ancient Chinese style of medicinal cooking: mushrooms and vegetables are used to treat infections, tumors, stomach ache, dizziness etc. I chose a dish that was half Kakura curry (12 different vegetables and fruits, 27 spices and traditional Chinese medicinal herbs and spices) and half Black Curry (lots of black colour ingredients which helps control active oxygen) with vegetable topping on top of grain rice. (I think it was ¥1,000 for this selection). It was tasty, but we both thought that something was missing, probably because my friends recommended it so I expected too much. Or it's because we went swimming before eating, maybe the portions could have been a bit bigger? They had "sweet", "hot" and "extra hot" versions of each dish. We chose "hot" and wished we had chosen "extra hot". Maybe the food was to subtle for my junk food taste buds?

I liked the green salad served with salt and lime juice instead of dressing. The bitterness of goya and lime is very refreshing in this summer heat. And sitting on the second floor was quite relaxing, compared to the busy ground floor.