All Day I Dream Of Curry Fries

Let me cut right to it: Why can’t I get curry fries over here?

Look, I just got back from a work trip to Dublin (where everybody says "Look" to start a sentence), and curry fries are weighing heavy.

The trip went as swell as possible.

I not only got to cover an all-timer of a https://defector.com/after-75-years-of-losing-mayo-shocked-the-world-and-shook-a-stadium">football match, but also had my fill of curry chips, in the local parlance, just as I'd hoped and dreamed.

Good god, they’re good.

And they’re everywhere in the Irish capital.

But upon returning, I got peeved by the lack of curry fries in my own country.

How can something so ubiquitous and cheap and delicious over there be impossible to find stateside?

We love fries: A 2025 study found the average American https://talkerresearch.com/which-state-loves-french-fries-the-most/">eats 17 pounds of 'em a year.

Researchers found lots of love for curly fries; curry fries got nothing.

I wasn't aware of any place in Washington, D.C., where I live, that sells curry fries.

Yeah, OK, my editor may have located a pub that is 1.5 miles from house and serves curry fries shortly after I filed this, but what I truly desire is ubiquity.

A huge part of the pleasure of my curry fry experience in Dublin was derived from knowing that the scrumptious snack was never far out of reach.

Pubs, chip shops, food trucks—they were everywhere and all had what I wanted.