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Eater
10-07-2025
- Business
- Eater
Japan's Most Popular Curry Spot, Go Go Curry, Has Opened in Los Angeles
is the Lead Editor of the Southern California/Southwest region, and has covered dining, restaurants, food culture, and nightlife in Los Angeles since 2008. When it comes to Japanese curry, the American market has been passionate about the yoshoku (Westernized) dish for decades, going back to the opening of Curry House in 1983. Though Curry House closed all of its restaurants in 2020, the dish is poised for a comeback with the arrival of Japan's most popular chain, Go Go Curry, which opened a stall on June 26 inside Tokyo Central Market in Gardena. The chain already has outlets in New York City, New Jersey, Cambridge, Dallas, and Hawaii, but this marks the first time the restaurant has expanded to Southern California, and it just might help fill the void that Curry House left. Taking over the former Croissants du Tokyo bakery at Tokyo Central Market's flagship location on Artesia Boulevard, Go Go Curry serves fried pork and chicken cutlet laced with dark brown Kanazawa-style curry that allegedly takes 55 steps, 5 hours of stewing, and 55 hours of 'maturing' to create. While the marketing jargon leans on the number five (go-go means the number 55 in Japanese), the result is a thick, rich sauce that sits under the fried cutlets or comes spooned over a mound of white rice. The dish comes with a choice of tasty Japanese sausages or fried shrimp, or altogether as the 'home run' curry that combines sausage, hard-boiled egg, a piece of fried shrimp, and either pork or chicken cutlet. A larger 'grand slam' has twice the home run portion with 16 ounces of rice, and a huge shareable 'world champion' serving, equal to five servings (that costs $55.55, of course), comes with a truly ridiculous amount of food, probably enough for a family. All dishes come with shredded cabbage to balance out the dense curry and fried foods. Go Go Curry's opening at Tokyo Central Market (a subbrand of the older Marukai Market brand) could signal a larger partnership with the grocery store, which operates seven stores in the Los Angeles area. Last year, Tokyo Central opened a new location in Torrance in December 2024 with a casual sushi spot called Vanshow, and in March 2024, Tokyo Central in Gardena debuted one of the best conveyor belt sushi restaurants in Southern California, Waka Sakura. Clearly, supermarket customers want some good Japanese food to go along with their Go Curry is open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily and is located at 1740 Artesia Boulevard, Gardena, CA, 90248. Go Go Curry menu in Gardena. Matthew Kang The 'major' curry with pork cutlet, shrimp, sausage, hard-boiled gg, and more from Go Go Curry. Matthew Kang Eater LA All your essential food and restaurant intel delivered to you Email (required) Sign Up By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
CBC
22-05-2025
- CBC
Scottish court reveals details surrounding death of Ontario restaurant owner
A Scottish court hearing has revealed new details about three men facing charges in the death of an Owen Sound, Ont., restaurateur, and the measures they allegedly took to escape police. Sharif Rahman, 44, was attacked outside of The Curry House restaurant in downtown Owen Sound, on Aug. 17, 2023, after confronting three men about an unpaid $150 bill. The 44-year-old husband and father of a young girl, died a week later in a London, Ont., hospital. Robert Evans, 24, faces a charge of manslaughter, while his father, Robert Busby Evans, 47, and his uncle, Barry Evans, 54, are charged with being accessories after the fact. All three appeared in Edinburgh Sheriff Court on May 22, for a preliminary hearing on an extradition request made by Canadian authorities. The court provided CBC News with exclusive access to documents prepared by the Ontario Provincial Police and Crown — containing details that Canadian authorities have so far refused to share with the media or public. The filings, along with testimony during the hearing, reveal that the men are members of an Irish Traveller community located near Manchester, England, and had been in Owen Sound — along with at least two other family members — for a number of days before the alleged attack. Robert Evans Sr. was reportedly working in the area, despite being in Canada on a visitor visa. Irish Travellers are a traditionally nomadic group similar to, but ethnically distinct from, the Roma people. Police were called to Rahman's restaurant at 9:23 p.m. for a report of an assault in progress, arriving minutes later to find the restaurateur lying on the ground outside, gravely injured. A witness to the confrontation told officers that he saw Robert Evans Jr. punch Rahman in the face, causing him to fall backward. As he hit the pavement, there was a loud thud, likened to the sound of "a bowling ball falling six feet from the air." It is alleged that Robert Evans Jr., his uncle Barry, and another, previously unidentified family member — Robert Justin Evans — were present during the altercation. The court was told that Barry Evans instructed Robert Evans Jr. to "run," then left to collect their vehicle, a grey SUV, picking him up from another downtown location. In the aftermath, all three men reportedly fled to Collingwood, Ont., 65 kilometres away. Robert Justin Evans has not been charged in connection with the alleged events. Court files reveal actions following altercation The procurator fiscal, Scotland's equivalent of a Crown prosecutor, told the court that cellphone records document "a flurry" of calls made to Robert Evans Sr. — who was not present at the restaurant — by all three men in the minutes and hours after the altercation. The senior Evans quickly left a local Owen Sound hotel where he had been staying with his brother. Surveillance photos in the court files show Barry Evans visiting the reception desk on two occasions the following day — first to retrieve what was left of their cash deposit, and then to request the return of their registration documentation and a photocopy that had been taken of his passport. That same day, Robert Evans Sr. reportedly arranged transport for his son to Toronto's Pearson International airport and booked him an evening flight to Manchester. To date, Canadian authorities have provided the public with almost no information about the case, refusing to specify why the accused were in the country, how and when they left, or discuss details about the altercation that led to Rahman's death. In August 2024, almost a year after the restaurateur's death, police issued a brief news release saying "arrests" had been made, but gave no further insights. It wasn't until Dec. 19 that year that investigators finally disclosed the names of their suspects and confirmed that the father and son had been apprehended in late July, and the uncle at the end of October. Police Scotland said at the time that all three had been arrested in the Edinburgh and Dalkeith areas in connection with an international warrant. Ontario court documents about the case remain sealed, and a CBC News request for a judicial review of the file has been pending since mid-March. Questions from CBC News about the case have gone unanswered, with the Ministry of the Attorney General, the Crown and courts all saying there is no "publicly available information" to share. Extradition hearing set for August The preliminary hearing in Edinburgh court is set to resume on in June, with a full extradition hearing set for mid-August. All three men remain in custody. Thursday's preliminary hearing ran well beyond the allotted time, as the court began the process of grappling with legal arguments about "dual criminality." The defence is asking whether the accessory after the fact charges made under Canadian law are similar enough to the "attempting to pervert the course of justice" charges that exist in Scots law to be dealt with by a single court, or whether the case needs to be tried in both countries. The arguments dragged on so long that a prison officer who was hand-cuffed to Barry Evans fell asleep in the box. A group of Evans family supporters watched the proceedings from the public gallery, calling on the men to "smile" and asking if they were alright. They said they had travelled from the Manchester area for the hearing, but refused to answer other questions. "It's a disgrace," said one of the men, suggesting the case should never have come to court.
