Soup curry has taken root as a Sapporo favorite after taking the culinary scene by storm. Typical Japanese curry is fairly thick, as it uses a roux base that includes fried flour. Soup curry, by contrast, is thin and marked by heavy spices. A deep bowl is filled with potatoes, carrots, and other vegetables, and diners can choose to add chicken, pork, or another main ingredient, and they can also choose the spiciness of the "soup." This unusual food began to become commonplace around 10 years ago. The boom got underway when one soup curry shop after another opened in the area around Hokkaido University, and there are at present over 200 such shops in this neighborhood that many students call home. There are even guidebooks that introduce the soup curry shops in the area for people who would like to go on gourmet walking tours, and some of the more famous restaurants have opened outlets in Tokyo and Osaka.

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