This is kind of an ancient post I totally forgot about, but I still remember just exactly how undeniably umami it was.
Tendon Kohaku had a special Hokkaido Autumn Tendon Momiji in September, and it was downright delectable. Built out of a respectable posse of Hokkaido salmon with cheese, dory fish, sweet potato, shiitake mushrooms, enoki mushrooms and chestnut, which are all deep fried to golden brown glory.
If you’ve had any tendon from Tendon Kohaku before, then you know what you’re in for. Light, airy yet crisp tempura’d ingredients shatter mesmerizingly with every bite, and the freshness of the ingredients cocooned within the batter is quite marvelous. The bed of moreish multigrain rice adds even more flavor to the bowl that’s already overflowing with fabulous flavors, and the perfectly sweet & savory tendon sauce seals the already sublime deal.
The addition of the salmon & cheese tempura is a nice surprise, as the creaminess of the oozing cheese is a nice foil to the crispy tempura batter, and the salmon adds a bit of that satisfying meaty texture into the bite.
Kohaku don got a ten with absolute winners like these on a seasonal rotation, lemme tell you that right now.