SPICE HOLIC

I visited a spice curry restaurant in Kyoto that transforms into a bar style at night✨

The place is called SPICE HOLIC, and it's located near Karasuma Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line and Shijo Station on the Kyoto City Subway🚃

SPICE HOLIC, a spice curry specialty store in Kyoto, has launched a new evening operation spice bar called "SPICE HOLIC -HAKUBO-". The theme is a special moment that occurs in the boundary between day and night, offering a new space where you can enjoy a harmonious blend of carefully selected ingredients and spices with a different menu and atmosphere from during the day.

Most of the seating is at the counter, making it easy for solo diners to enter🥰

Homemade lemonade 🍋 700
Recommended appetizer platter 🫒 1320
Curry set 🍛 1600
Rice (medium, 220g) 🍚
Topping - gooey cheese 🧀 200
Rice flour crispy chicken 65
Spice blend finishing touch 🐔 1,100 yen
Grilled pineapple ice cream with cinnamon and cardamom aroma 🍨🍍 880 yen
I ordered these😆

The homemade lemonade 🍋
was full of honey, and the lemon flavor combined with honey was incredibly delicious🍯

Recommended appetizer platter 🫒
Seared bonito with lime scented pepper sauce 🐟
The bonito was fresh and tender, and the lime sauce was refreshing and delicious🍋‍🟩
Timur pepper-flavored spicy chicken 🐔
The tender steamed chicken was mixed with a spicy seasoning, nuts, and cilantro, creating a great flavor combination🥜🐔🔥

Curry set 🍛
Topping - gooey cheese 🧀
The set included:
Chicken curry 🍛
Keema curry 🍛
I also had pickles on the side.
The rice was topped with mini tomatoes and shishito peppers 🍅🌶️
The chicken curry 🍛🐔
was packed with chicken and spicy🐔
It was quite spicy, but the chicken was incredibly delicious🐔
The keema curry 🍛
had plenty of spices and included not just minced meat but also cartilage and lotus root for a nice crunchy texture—very delicious! 🍛
The cheese was stretchy and rich, tasty🧀
After trying each component, I mixed them and added pickles, making it even better🍛
It was quite spicy, but the pickles and cheese mellowed it out, making it delicious🍛

Rice flour crispy chicken 65 finished with a spice blend 🐔
It was cut into bite-sized pieces🐔
The coating was incredibly crispy, and the meat was juicy and very delicious🥰
Of course, it was tasty on its own, but adding lemon made it even fresher 🍋
There was a generous amount of cilantro on the plate, and even I, who am not a fan of cilantro, found it enjoyable and tasty with the chicken🌱

Grilled pineapple ice cream with cinnamon and cardamom aroma 🍨🍍
The grilled pineapple 🍍
was topped with coconut ice cream🥥
The coconut ice cream was surprisingly delicious🥥
The staff recommended it as the top choice, and I totally agree with that deliciousness😍
The flavor was a perfect match with cinnamon powder, and the grilled pineapple was juicy and flavorful—so very delicious! 🍍

This restaurant specializes in spice curry, and of course, the curry was great, but all the dishes were delicious‼️
There was also a wide variety of alcoholic beverages available🍸

It's a place that's easy for solo diners to walk into, so I highly recommend stopping by🥰