Blunch 6

Met with a hungover Marcus (formerly?) from Harry's Place for a much needed Katsu Kare Raisu  (breaded pork cutlet on rice with a curry sauce) at E-kagen, a mom and pop Japanese cafe above Yum Yum, an Asian supermarket on Sydney Street, Brighton.  Reassuringly 'home' cooking of a Japanese cultural hybrid classic (pork cutlet and curry sauce which has been mutating in Japan since the late19thc apparently) with the necessary bright red ginger pickle trimmings, I am sure it is responsible for my slow recovery from a nasty head cold.  Marcus had a yaki soba (egg noodles fried with veg and meat) which seemed to perk him up in time for some rather dull sounding meetings.
Marcus remarked on how most people in the cafe were Japanese, and not just of the student variety.  I've noticed before that a lot of couples where the man is British and the woman Japanese seem to choose Brighton as their home, for bringing up kids.  The church on Church Street in Hove has a regular Japanese family meeting I believe, and a fair once a year.  If I was Japanese (and I sort of am in my heart) I would choose Brighton too.  Hat tip to The Travelling Hungryboy for the photo.