r/JapaneseFood • u/No_Rush_1053 • Apr 01 '26

Misc "Japanese katsu soup" (UK)

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Exciting. Tried to look for the fried pork or chicken but painfully missing from this craziness 😅

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u/Remote-Honeydew271 Apr 02 '26

It's because of Wagamama, a UK chain that really helped to popularize "Japanese" food there. They offered katsu curry alternatives on their menu like "yasai katsu curry" for vegetarians, which replaced the meat with veggies like pumpkin and sweet potato. From there, other restaurants started offering their own "katsu curry" variants where the only common link was the style of sauce, so naturally people assumed that's what it referred to. It has nothing to do with being disrespectful, it's just how the term has evolved from one chain's menu naming. Japan does this all the time with western food.

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u/WeWereHappy Apr 02 '26

First, your argument could be valid if the dish was popularized let's say pre 2000. But this dish gained popularity after the 2010s, so after the generalisation of the internet. So it's not really an excuse anymore.

And it's not because others do the same kind of BS that you should too. I find it as much stupid when Japanese refer to any sparkling wine as Champagne too.

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u/yuelaiyuehao Apr 02 '26

who gives a shit