Matsuya Official X Eats Chunky Stewed Tandoori Chicken Loin Katsu Curry and Rice, Exclusive to Matsuya & My Curry Shokudo Co-located Stores — Also Announces End of 60th Anniversary Free Side Dish Service Voucher Distribution

At 3:00 PM on May 3, 2026, Matsuya’s official X account (@matsuya_foods) posted to report having eaten the “Chunky Stewed Tandoori Chicken Loin Katsu Curry and Rice,” available only at Matsuya & My Curry Shokudo co-located stores. This is a rare case of featuring a menu item exclusive to co-located stores — not available at standalone My Curry Shokudo locations, but only where Matsuya and My Curry Shokudo share a location.

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Today I had the “Chunky Stewed Tandoori Chicken Loin Katsu Curry and Rice,” exclusive to Matsuya & My Curry Shokudo co-located stores（╹◡╹）

Has Gorochiki descended upon My Curry Shokudo too⁉️ The spicy chicken and curry are a perfect match

The service vouchers will be discontinued on a rolling basis! Please be sure to use yours before it’s too late😎

#SorryIfDistributionHasAlreadyEnded🙇‍♂️

The opening “頂きました（╹◡╹）” emoticon has become a fixture of Eating Report posts since April. The latter half of the post works in the advance notice about the voucher’s end of distribution, and it closes with a hashtag pre-emptively apologizing in case distribution has already ended — a carefully constructed package.

The Connection to “Has Gorochiki Descended”

The phrase “Has Gorochiki descended upon My Curry Shokudo too⁉️” nods to the “Chunky Stewed Chicken Curry and Rice” (known as Gorochiki, 890 yen, limited-time), which returned to Matsuya proper on April 14. This co-located-store-exclusive item carries “Chunky Stewed Tandoori Chicken” in its name, effectively extending Gorochiki’s signature “chunky-textured chicken” icon into My Curry Shokudo. It further layers on “Loin Katsu,” a pillar item of My Curry Shokudo, making it a hybrid offering.

Item	Where Available	Main Components
Chunky Stewed Chicken Curry and Rice (Gorochiki)	Matsuya	Chunky stewed chicken + Matsuya curry sauce (returned April 14, limited-time)
Chunky Stewed Tandoori Chicken Loin Katsu Curry and Rice (eaten this time)	Matsuya & My Curry Shokudo co-located stores only	Chunky stewed tandoori chicken + Loin Katsu + My Curry Shokudo’s curry sauce

By giving Gorochiki’s core “chunky stewed chicken” motif a “tandoori” twist and pairing it with My Curry Shokudo’s Loin Katsu topping, this item packs the signature elements of both brands into a single dish — positioning it as a co-located-store-exclusive derivative menu item.

The 60th Anniversary Service Voucher, Distributed Since April 21, Nears Its End

The “service voucher” foreshadowed in the latter half of the post refers to the Matsuya Foods 60th Founding Anniversary “one free side dish service voucher,” whose distribution began at 10:00 AM on April 21. One voucher is given out with each Main Menu item purchase, and on a subsequent visit, one side dish (chosen from Potato Salad, Pickled Vegetables, Kimchi, or Miso Soup) is free for every Main Menu item purchased. From the outset, it was announced that distribution would end once each store’s voucher stock ran out.

Item	Details
Distribution Start	10:00 AM, Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Distribution Method	One service voucher given per Main Menu item purchase, for dine-in or takeout
How to Use	One voucher used per Main Menu item purchased on a subsequent visit
Eligible Side Dishes	Potato Salad, Pickled Vegetables, Kimchi, Miso Soup
Eligible Stores	Matsuya locations nationwide (excluding Narita Airport Terminal 3 Store, Haneda Innovation City Store, and highway parking area/service area stores)
End Condition	Once each store’s voucher stock runs out

Twelve days after distribution began, the official account itself announced today that vouchers “will be discontinued on a rolling basis,” urging customers to “use them without leaving any unused” — an appeal for early redemption. The hashtag apologizing in case distribution has already ended suggests that store-level stock depletion is becoming a real possibility.

Recent Trends in Eating Report Posts

Since April, Matsuya’s official X account has kept up its Eating Report posts at a pace of multiple times per week. Just yesterday, May 2, there was a report of eating the Salt-based Green Onion Bowl, making this the second consecutive day of Eating Report posts.

Date	Item Eaten	Notable Feature	Tray (Observation Point)
April 27	Kimchi Kalbi Bowl + Soft-boiled Egg	Question format (soft-boiled egg popularity)	Black (standard store style)
April 28	Pork Steak Set Meal	Eaten on launch day	Wooden (Mitaka Main Store style)
May 2	Salt-based Green Onion Bowl	Info on ordering a large serving of two portions + topping question format	To be confirmed from the post photo
May 3 (this post)	Chunky Stewed Tandoori Chicken Loin Katsu Curry and Rice (co-located store exclusive)	Paired with the voucher end-of-distribution notice	Photographed at a co-located-store-exclusive item; tray color to be confirmed from the post photo

Since April, the structure of Eating Report posts has diversified — moving from single reports on new menu items to standard-menu-plus-topping combinations, and now to posts packing in multiple pieces of information (paired with coupon or campaign announcements). This latest post, combining a co-located-store-exclusive item with an end-of-voucher-distribution notice, functions almost entirely as an announcement. It appears that using the Eating Report format as an advertising and notice slot has become an established pattern.

As for the tray observation point, the swing from the black tray (standard store) on April 27 to the wooden tray (Mitaka Main Store) on April 28 has remained a continuing point of interest for this series. Since this co-located-store-exclusive item is only served at Matsuya & My Curry Shokudo co-located stores, it remains worth watching whether the photo was taken not at Mitaka Main Store but at one of the co-located locations.