Masters of carryout curry for this Monday Night Foodball

Panko-jacketed chicken katsu and Berkshire pork tonkatsu cutlets survived the journey so perfectly hot and crispy [READER]( [Food & Drink]( During the pandemic, Shin Thompson and Liga Sigal established themselves as masters of carryout curry—specifically karē, the alluring, enveloping, Snuggie-in-a-bowl that is Japan’s great gift to global comfort and reassurance. Maybe you’re skeptical. What’s so hard about packing a thick, warmly-spiced, root veggie-stocked edible lava in a plastic jewel box and sending it on its way? But it wasn’t that, as much as it was the way the panko-jacketed chicken katsu and Berkshire pork tonkatsu cutlets survived the journey so perfectly hot and crispy, as if they’d leapt right out of the fryer. Their Bokuchan’s ghost kitchen was a major source of comfort during the pandemic—but like a Pfizer one-shot—short lived. The couple shut it down last summer, moving toward a brick-and-mortar deal that never panned out. While Thompson and Sigal work on another project they’re not ready to reveal, Bokuchan’s is on a low simmer—but for one night only it’s back on the front burner at the Kedzie Inn for [Monday Night Foodball]( the Reader’s weekly chef pop-up series. On Monday, April 4, Thompson and Sigal are reprising a four-karē menu that includes the aforementioned katsu and tonkatsu curries, along with the beef udon karē, and the elusive, exclusive live Maine lobster and spring corn karē that they ran as a special during Bokuchan’s final weeks. If you want the slightly more complicated vegan karē ($22), you’re invited to email Sigal directly at ligasigal@gmail.com, and they’ll make it happen. Whichever way you go, the beloved matcha-white chocolate chip cookie is there to affirm your decision. This is your chance to enjoy these wonders straight out of the kitchen, finished with a gloss of grass-fed butter in one of the couple’s own handcrafted ceramic curry bowls. You’re not a troglodyte, after all. Jon Pokorny will be cracking some kind of Japanese beer when the love starts getting ladled out at 4:30 PM. [Place your order now]( or walk in later if you must. Until then, enjoy the full MNF schedule below. More coming in May. - April 11: Tigist Reda of [Demera Ethiopian Restaurant]( - April 18: Ricky Hanft of [The Wurst]( - April 25: Roel Estanilla of [@pigandfire]( [Become one with the bowl for the return of Bokuchan’s Curry House at Monday Night Foodball]( Check out Shin Thompson and Liga Sigal’s menu of Japanese curries at the Reader’s weekly chef pop-up at the Kedzie Inn by [Mike Sula]( [Annie Xiang wants you to wake up and smell the pu’er]( Her Volition Tea specializes in sustainable single-origin, loose leaf Chinese teas—no blends, no additives, no toxic supply chain. by [Mike Sula]( 2008 [Omnivorous: You Can’t Eat There]( Don’t fool yourself—if you live in Chicago, you’ll never get a reservation at Crib. by [Mike Sula]( ✨ Rep your love for the Reader in style with these cozy and comfy hoodies! [Now sold in the Reader Store]( 👇 [Issue of March 31 - April 13 , 2022 Vol. 51, No.]( [Download Issue]( [View this e-mail as a web page]( [@chicago_reader]( [/chicagoreader]( [@chicago_reader]( [Chicago Reader on LinkedIn]( [/chicagoreader]( [chicagoreader.com]( [Forward this e-mail to a friend](. Want to change how you receive these e-mails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. Copyright © 2022 Chicago Reader, All rights reserved. You were subscribed to the receive emails from Chicago Reader Our mailing address is: Chicago Reader, 2930 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 102, Chicago, IL 60616