Blue Forest Chronicles: Curry House [Renga-tei] / カレーハウス「レンガ亭」

On a Friday when my mother-in-law had they day off we went to visit her late husbands' older sister's home in an area called Takada. She is 81 years old but is sprite and healthy and lives alone. We had brought a Christmas cake to share and while we were eating her brother dropped by. We had a nice visit and then headed to Jasco for a little shopping and lunch. The third floor of the building is the restaurant floor and we decided to go to the curry shop called "Renga-tei". As a big fan of all types of curry, I was looking forward to see what the shop had in store.

金曜日で義理の母も休日だったので、亡き夫のお姉さんのところに行きました。そのおばあちゃんが住んでるところは高田。おばあちゃんが現在８１歳で一人暮らし。それでも元気で陽気な感じ。千葉出身だったので青森や津軽訛りはまったくありません。その義理の母の亡き夫のお兄さんが来ました。二時間程度お話してそのごちょっと買い物のためジャスコへ。ちょうど昼食の時間になり、ジャスコの３階のレストラン街に行って、カレーハウス「レンガ亭」に行きました。カレー好きの僕は楽しみにしてました。

I spot a rainbow on our way to Takada.

高田方面に行ったら虹を見ました。

This was a house next door that seems to have been left to crumble.

家の隣に壊れたうちがまだなんとか立てる。

The curry shop seems to be very popular.

このカレーハウスが結構人気あるみたい。

There was about five or six curries to choose from. I ordered the chicken curry. My wife ordered the marine curry (seafood), while my mother-in-law ordered the healthy vegetable curry. As with a lot of Indian curry shops in Tokyo, you could choose the spiciness of your curry here as well.

メニューに５・６種類のカレーがありました。僕が注文したのはチキンカレー、妻はマリンカレー（シーフード）、そして義理の母が頼んだのはヘルシー野菜カレー。東京のインドカレー店と同じくここは辛さが選べる。

Above is the spiciness chart. You can choose from 0 to 20x the spiciness. However, if more than 2 customers decides on a spiciness of 6x or more, the shop requests that the order will be for the same dish. The chart breakdown is as follows - Ox = mild, 2x = a little spicy, 4x = Tabasco sauce spiciness, 6x = your throat will feel the spiciness, 8x = your head will feel the spiciness, 10x = your ears will be on fire and 20x = any normal person would faint!

上記の写真が辛さのレベルのチャート。０倍＝マイルドの辛さ、２倍＝ピリッと辛い、４倍＝

タバスコの辛さ、６倍＝ノドで辛さを感じる、８倍＝頭に辛さを感じる、１０倍＝耳まで辛さいっぱい、２０倍＝普通の人は失神。

I ordered my curry with a spiciness factor of 6x. My wife ordered hers with a spiciness factor of 4x while my mother-in-law settled for a mild taste.

僕のチキンカレーは６倍の辛さ、妻のマリンカレーは４倍の辛さと義理の母は辛いものが苦手なので０倍。

The curry comes separately from the rice so you can choose how much curry you want to pour over your rice.

カレーは別の器に来るので、自分の好みでライスにかければ良い。

My wife's marine curry.

妻のマリンカレー。

My 6x spiciness chicken curry. To be honest, I think I can try 8x spiciness next time.

僕の６倍辛さのチキンカレー。正直言えますと、次回は８倍でも良いかも。

Bon Appetit!

いただきます！

It was a couple of days before Christmas and as we were heading home, we went by way of Aomori station where I happen to see a few people dressed as Santa on horseback.

クリスマスの二日前だったので、帰りに青森駅のほうを通ったら、サンタの格好をしてる人たちが馬に乗ってるのを見ました。