OSAKA (Kyodo) Something unusual is happening to curry rice.
The cheap meal so popular with children and college students is now being offered at expensive Japanese and French restaurants at premium prices, including one dish for 10,000 yen.
Semba Kitcho, an old Japanese restaurant in the Shinsaibashi district in Osaka's Chuo Ward, began selling a special curry rice dish -- only 20 plates for 2,100 yen each -- for lunch in September.