An interesting historical perspective on Anglo-Indian cuisine and the concept of "curry" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/curry-in-colonial-india
@christlet Epilogue:
'If you’re interested in authenticity, or questions of appropriation and imperialism, then the story of Japanese curry is going to do your nut in. It began about 150 years ago, when a coup d’état ended the rule of the Tokugawa military shogunate (the Edo period) and installed Emperor Mutsuhito, known as Meiji.
The young, modernising emperor wished to strengthen the Japanese military by westernising equipment, tactics and training. He also perceived that Japanese troops — and especially sailors — seemed poorly nourished compared with the troops of their new ally, Great Britain. The Royal Navy, having picked up a liking for it in India, ate a lot of “curry”.
The Japanese Imperial Navy took to curry enthusiastically, and young civilians embraced it as yoshuku, fashionable foreign food. There was nothing authentically “Indian” about it.'
https://www.ft.com/content/08f888c1-ba21-4f77-91d7-c1a24f2bdb8a
@cyrilpedia There's a good Atlas Obscura article about this too! In the japanese Navy, each ship has a specific version of the curry https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/japanese-curry-history