Curry Guru Hawaii

I decided to try something new at What The Truck in Waikele this week, and I am so glad I did! The food smelled so good I had to try it, and landed on ordering the turmeric rice with chicken masala. There was only one person working the booth, but I got my food super fast! I didn't catch his name, but he was the kindest guy and really just made my night. I brought the food home and mixed it all up in a bowl, because the curry sauce makes it really stand out. It was so yummy, and my only regret is that I didn't get naan bread to finish it off with! I will definitely be hitting this place when I see it set up again.

The Curry Guru was set-up at the Kailua Farmers Market on Sunday morning. There was a long line of people waiting, so I knew it must be good. They make naan sandwiches and bowls. I love Indian food so this was a treat. They offer two meat and two vegetarian naanwich options. We spilt one of the Masala Chicken Naanwiches. The sandwich was about $17 (9/24). Everything is made fresh so there was about a 15 minute wait. The hot sandwich is huge with lots of naan and easily sharable. The shredded chicken was spicy and flavorful. We loved it.Get extra napkins and a fork. It's messy and a little difficult to eat.

The food I tried I loved it was my first time eating Indian curry with meat balls, tumeric rice, and garlic naan bread. I really enjoyed it, the chef was awesome so friendly and really appreciated us driving from Waianae to Kailua farmers market to try it out. The ambiance was busy it's a farmers market but fun and full of life.

Limited review because by the time I placed my order, they were sold out of the garlic naan bread and could only offer the meatball curry without meatballs (the bottom of the curry barrel). They did offer to put in the no meatball curry (with a lot of potatoes only) with turmeric rice and veggie curry for $10. Maybe if I get to try meatball curry with meatballs one day and I can properly review, I will adjust my rating. This was at the Mililani Craft Fair and they were sold out by Noon. So basically I'm just here to say GO EARLY if you want to try their food. :)

Sri Lanka curry! FTW!Wait, I've never been to Sri Lanka so what is Sri Lanka's curry like? Down the google rabbit hole and...- the curry is spicier than curries of India.- the curry is not spicy.-they use coconut milk.- they never use coconut milk.- the curries use more spices than those of other countries.- the curry uses fewer spices. Each and every "authoritative" statement made by Westerners who claim they have traveled to Sri Lanka. So is this authentic? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯Three choices this visit, squash (vegetarian), meatball, and chicken. All three curries taste similar only altered by the flavor of the main ingredient. Thinner than Indian curries. No coconut milk. Mild chili heat you taste but not feel. Very pronounced cinnamon taste (I pulled two cinnamon sticks from the curry) with strong flavors of star anise, cloves, cardamom, turmeric and a plethora of other background spices. All three alone, taste great, mix them all up and it's even better.Turmeric rice, a good base with its hint of fruity notes.Flame grilled garlic butter naan, delish.Coconut chutney adds mild heat to everything.Follow on IG for popup locations and the menu for the event.Cards through square. No tip screen.Note: They are VERY popular and always have a long line. Hit them up first.Authentic or not, something different and good eats.

Got to try them first at a Mililani Craft Fair and got the Alibaba. All of it is delicious! (I can probably eat a tub of rice with just the curry sauce alone haha)Now my go-to is the Meatball curry with Tumeric rice + lots of Garlic Naan.

Food is good and worth the price. Big portion and tasty. Service with a smile is always nice as well. Looking forward to our next grab from there!

We've come to this place twice now during Pearl Country Night Markets. Hard to come by Sri Lankan food in Hawaii, so I'm glad they have relocated here. Family who runs the business together. The first time we got the meatball curry with rice/naan and it was delicious! Love the unique flavors. Would recommend this dish. Second time, we got the special that was the Ulu breadfruit curry ($16). It was a very small portion than I was expecting. Just some pieces of Ulu with little curry sauce. It was too strong on coconut, very overpowering flavor. The curry to rice/naan ratio was off. I had a lot of leftover rice and naan since I didn't have much curry. Was not very filling sadly. Maybe because it was the end of the night and how busy they were, but I definitely didn't have the same experience as the first time. Overall 3.5/5 rating but I'll review as 4 stars since the first experience was so good.

Super Ono and authentic curry! The nan was tasty & warm. The garlic flavor on the nan added extra flavor. Meatball curry was my fav!

Never had sri lankan curry before! I've had both their meatball curry and vegetarian curry. I really like the meatball curry, esp with their sambol!! Also the first time I've ever had sambol. And I love their garlic naan!I've probably got food here about 5 times now. And the owner remembers me from the first time I ever bought from him! Super nice and friendly. They sold out of almost everything the last time I went, but he still hooked me up!!Gotta try it out. It's different from other kinds of curry you can get on the island. I usually see him at What the Truck?! in Waikele every 3rd Friday.