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About this place
Make a tempura rice bowl the main event, or add chilled noodles: at Tendon Tenya, it is easy to choose a meal to suit your appetite and mood. Options include a prawn and vegetable tempura rice bowl with aubergine, lotus root, pumpkin and green beans; the Jō Tendon, topped with two prawns; and Tenya’s Original Tendon, with prawn, Japanese whiting, squid, aubergine and green beans. Choose the Original for a mix of seafood and vegetables, the Jō for a prawn-focused bowl, or the vegetable tempura bowl, which also includes maitake mushrooms and sweet potato, when you are in the mood for vegetables.
There is also the pleasure of putting together a meal from individual items. One diner recalls ordering sweet potato and lotus root tempura with rice and udon, and says the tempura stayed crisp even after some time. The same diner liked the light, not-too-sweet sauce, which they felt brought out the tempura’s flavour. Another review notes that diners could choose how much sauce went on the rice—a useful option, whether you like it well coated or prefer the tempura’s own flavour to shine.
To add something to your bowl, try a chilled half-size Inaniwa-style udon or Yabu soba. Set meals include prawn and vegetable tempura bowls and chicken and maitake mushroom bowls, making them an easy choice when you want cold noodles alongside tempura and rice. One diner who ordered the small chilled udon found the portion larger than expected. A full-size noodle portion is another option, so you can decide whether the bowl or the noodles take centre stage.
The Abeno Q’s Mall branch offers dine-in and takeaway, and is suitable for solo meals. Whether you sit down for a tempura bowl with noodles or take away an assortment of tempura, you can choose how to enjoy the meal.
