Restaurant Rec: CoCo's Curry House

I first ate at CoCo's Curry House during my study abroad in Fukuoka 3 years ago. It was so good I have remembered it ever since. There are several things that make CoCo's better than other curry houses, despite it being a chain restaurant. First, their attention to my water needs. Unlike almost every other restaurant/cafe in Japan, CoCo's believes in letting you have a drink! Yes, they still serve it in those tiny little bathroom sized cups, but at least you can refill your cup as many times as you want! They also have two menus: a Japanese menu, and another menu written in 5 different languages. It includes English, Chinese, Korean, and maybe French and Arabic...I'm not sure about the last two. I, of course, ordered my long-time favorite, katsu curry (fried pork curry). Another awesome thing about CoCo's is you can pick the spiciness level of your curry! Most places only have one level, and it's always sweet, because most Japanese people don't like spicy food. I find Japanese curry sweet because it's made with tomato sauce and probably some extra sugar is added, but when you can spice it up, oh it is sheer heaven. At CoCo's there are 10 levels of spice. You are not allowed to order over level 5 until you finish a full plate of spice level 5 curry, after that level 6 and so on. X got a nice vegetable curry...or maybe it was beef curry. They kind of all look the same to me. One note of warning for vegetarians. Japanese curry sauce usually contains some type of shredded beef, and Japan hasn't quiet fully figured out the meaning of the word vegetarian. So, if you are a vegetarian make sure to ask the waiter/waitress what curry has no meat in it. Make sure you specify using words like beef stock, or fish eggs, because they don't really consider those to be excluded from a vegetarian diet. I'll let my plate do the talking. It was delicious and perfect in every way that Japanese curry should be and it is truly one of my favorite Japanese meals (altho they claim it isn't Japanese).