Korokke

Korokke (Japanese: コロッケ) is the Japanese name for a deep-fried dish originally related to a French dish, the croquette. Korokke is made by mixing cooked chopped meat, seafood, or vegetables with mashed potato or white sauce, usually shaped like a flat patty, rolling it in wheat flour, eggs, and Japanese style breadcrumbs, then deep frying this until brown on the outside.

History

In 1887, the French croquette was introduce to Japan. It is thought that the korokke using mashed potatoes has been invented because the dairy processing technology was not popularized in Japan during that time.

Korokke can be found in almost every supermarkets and convenient stores in Japan and enjoyed for its taste and its low cost. For example, in FamilyMart, one korekke is sold for 70 yen, including tax.

Varieties

There are numerous types of korokke depending on the main ingredient or the ingredient mixed and they are generally named (ingredient) Korokke.

Croket!

Croket! (コロッケ!, Korokke!, lit. "Croquette!"), also spelled Korokke!, is an adventure manga by Manavu Kashimoto. It was published by Shogakukan in CoroCoro Comic from April 2001 to November 2006 and collected in 15 bound volumes. It received the 2003 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga.

Croket! was adapted into an anime television series by OLM, broadcast from April 7, 2003 to March 29, 2004, and had a total of 8 video games.

Summary

The world of Croket! is one inhabited by both humans and exotic creatures such as anthropomorphic animals and where individuals called Bankers travel around the world to collect magical coins called Kinkas with their Kinka Banks. Kinkas are said to activate the appearance of the Bank Wizard, who will grant the wish of any Banker who collects enough Kinkas. The story mainly revolves around Croket, a young and scrappy Banker with incredible strength whose wish is to revive his father, a legendary Banker named Burger, who was said to be defeated by a villain Croket knows as the "Black Gown Man."