Every so often my friend, Katie,
and I take a drive to the local All-You-Can-Eat-Sushi joint, where we
participate in an obnoxious game of “how many more until we feel sick but not
so sick that we want to stop ordering food”/eating as much as we can before
being politely asked to leave. One of the offerings on this menu is an array of various
types of tempura. And, since today is National Tempura Day, it only seems
fitting that we should take part in a little tempura action!
For those of you who aren’t
familiar with tempura, let me let you in on a little “not so secret” secret.
Tempura is a Japanese dish in which a particular type of food (I enjoy pumpkin
or yam, and the occasional shrimp), is coated in a batter and then deep fried.
While this is a Japanese dish, it actually originated in Japan through
Portuguese missionaries some time in the 16th century.
Traditionally, tempura is either a vegetable or type of seafood, but has grown
to include other items, such as tofu and chicken.
So, now that we've covered the basics, why not let us know your favourite type of tempura!?
So, now that we've covered the basics, why not let us know your favourite type of tempura!?
... the "occasional" shrimp??
ReplyDeleteAs in, "not sushi form" shrimp tempura. Which if that were the case, we'd know that, that was a little more than "occasional"!
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