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Tempura Tendon Tenya opened 2 days ago (Orchard Central, B1)!

Tenya is an affordable Japanese tempura fast food chain that can be found almost everywhere in Tokyo and in other parts of Japan. We make it a point to eat it whenever we’re in Japan because it’s cheap and delicious.

I reached at about 5.24pm to queue. The wait was 1 hour but we got a table in under an hour. I think if you get there from 6pm onwards, wait time will be 2 hours. I treated my parents to dinner.

My mom got the Tenya Tendon with less rice (50 cents for less rice, 50 cents for more rice) [$8.00++] (Tempura prawn, red fish, squid, french beans, pumpkin, miso soup).

My dad got the Seafood Tendon with less rice [$12.40++] (Tempura prawn, red fish, scallop, eel, scallop, pumpkin, french beans, miso soup).

I got the Mushroom Vegetables Tendon [$7.90++] (enoki, shiitake, shimeiji, pumpkin, french beans, sweet potato, lotus root, miso soup).

I would say the Tendon Tenya is most value for money. Like in Japan, the tempura is served with a sweet and savoury sauce on Japanese rice. Unlike in Japan, you can’t choose specific tempura (like you can’t order extra tempura). Because I’m fussy and don’t eat prawn or mushrooms, I prefer the option to choose. Hopefully they can accommodate this in future, right now, operationally I think it’s a challenge if there’s only one person working as the tempura frier. Over here, the spinach comes with sesame sauce, whereas in Japan, they serve it with soy sauce.

In Japan, there’s free flow barley (or some kind of rice if I’m not mistaken) tea but here you have to pay $2 for free flow green tea. There’s free flow warm water though (always appreciate restaurants/cafes that serve free water). Like in Japan, they have the beer set here: For $8.90 on Mon-Fri at 3-6pm, you can order a cold Japanese beer with a selection of tempura (no rice) which is affordable.

Cons: Miso is kinda too salty. Tempura batter would be nicer if it was more fluffy, less greasy. I don’t think they take phone reservations. Wait time may be long.

Pros: Food tastes almost just like in Japan. The Japanese rice is nice. Water is free. Food comes with miso. Price is good, like in Japan.

Tempura Tendon Tenya opened 2 days ago (Orchard Central, B1)!

Tenya is an affordable Japanese tempura fast food chain that can be found almost everywhere in Tokyo and in other parts of Japan. We make it a point to eat it whenever we’re in Japan because it’s cheap and delicious.

I reached at about 5.24pm to queue. The wait was 1 hour but we got a table in under an hour. I think if you get there from 6pm onwards, wait time will be 2 hours. I treated my parents to dinner.

My mom got the Tenya Tendon with less rice (50 cents for less rice, 50 cents for more rice) [$8.00++] (Tempura prawn, red fish, squid, french beans, pumpkin, miso soup).

My dad got the Seafood Tendon with less rice [$12.40++] (Tempura prawn, red fish, scallop, eel, scallop, pumpkin, french beans, miso soup).

I got the Mushroom Vegetables Tendon [$7.90++] (enoki, shiitake, shimeiji, pumpkin, french beans, sweet potato, lotus root, miso soup).

I would say the Tendon Tenya is most value for money. Like in Japan, the tempura is served with a sweet and savoury sauce on Japanese rice. Unlike in Japan, you can’t choose specific tempura (like you can’t order extra tempura). Because I’m fussy and don’t eat prawn or mushrooms, I prefer the option to choose. Hopefully they can accommodate this in future, right now, operationally I think it’s a challenge if there’s only one person working as the tempura frier. Over here, the spinach comes with sesame sauce, whereas in Japan, they serve it with soy sauce.

In Japan, there’s free flow barley (or some kind of rice if I’m not mistaken) tea but here you have to pay $2 for free flow green tea. There’s free flow warm water though (always appreciate restaurants/cafes that serve free water). Like in Japan, they have the beer set here: For $8.90 on Mon-Fri at 3-6pm, you can order a cold Japanese beer with a selection of tempura (no rice) which is affordable.

Cons: Miso is kinda too salty. Tempura batter would be nicer if it was more fluffy, less greasy. I don’t think they take phone reservations. Wait time may be long.

Pros: Food tastes almost just like in Japan. The Japanese rice is nice. Water is free. Food comes with miso. Price is good, like in Japan.

Tempura Tendon Tenya opened 2 days ago (Orchard Central, B1)!

Tenya is an affordable Japanese tempura fast food chain that can be found almost everywhere in Tokyo and in other parts of Japan. We make it a point to eat it whenever we’re in Japan because it’s cheap and delicious.

I reached at about 5.24pm to queue. The wait was 1 hour but we got a table in under an hour. I think if you get there from 6pm onwards, wait time will be 2 hours. I treated my parents to dinner.

My mom got the Tenya Tendon with less rice (50 cents for less rice, 50 cents for more rice) [$8.00++] (Tempura prawn, red fish, squid, french beans, pumpkin, miso soup).

My dad got the Seafood Tendon with less rice [$12.40++] (Tempura prawn, red fish, scallop, eel, scallop, pumpkin, french beans, miso soup).

I got the Mushroom Vegetables Tendon [$7.90++] (enoki, shiitake, shimeiji, pumpkin, french beans, sweet potato, lotus root, miso soup).

I would say the Tendon Tenya is most value for money. Like in Japan, the tempura is served with a sweet and savoury sauce on Japanese rice. Unlike in Japan, you can’t choose specific tempura (like you can’t order extra tempura). Because I’m fussy and don’t eat prawn or mushrooms, I prefer the option to choose. Hopefully they can accommodate this in future, right now, operationally I think it’s a challenge if there’s only one person working as the tempura frier. Over here, the spinach comes with sesame sauce, whereas in Japan, they serve it with soy sauce.

In Japan, there’s free flow barley (or some kind of rice if I’m not mistaken) tea but here you have to pay $2 for free flow green tea. There’s free flow warm water though (always appreciate restaurants/cafes that serve free water). Like in Japan, they have the beer set here: For $8.90 on Mon-Fri at 3-6pm, you can order a cold Japanese beer with a selection of tempura (no rice) which is affordable.

Cons: Miso is kinda too salty. Tempura batter would be nicer if it was more fluffy, less greasy. I don’t think they take phone reservations. Wait time may be long.

Pros: Food tastes almost just like in Japan. The Japanese rice is nice. Water is free. Food comes with miso. Price is good, like in Japan.

Tempura Tendon Tenya opened 2 days ago (Orchard Central, B1)!

Tenya is an affordable Japanese tempura fast food chain that can be found almost everywhere in Tokyo and in other parts of Japan. We make it a point to eat it whenever we’re in Japan because it’s cheap and delicious.

I reached at about 5.24pm to queue. The wait was 1 hour but we got a table in under an hour. I think if you get there from 6pm onwards, wait time will be 2 hours. I treated my parents to dinner.

My mom got the Tenya Tendon with less rice (50 cents for less rice, 50 cents for more rice) [$8.00++] (Tempura prawn, red fish, squid, french beans, pumpkin, miso soup).

My dad got the Seafood Tendon with less rice [$12.40++] (Tempura prawn, red fish, scallop, eel, scallop, pumpkin, french beans, miso soup).

I got the Mushroom Vegetables Tendon [$7.90++] (enoki, shiitake, shimeiji, pumpkin, french beans, sweet potato, lotus root, miso soup).

I would say the Tendon Tenya is most value for money. Like in Japan, the tempura is served with a sweet and savoury sauce on Japanese rice. Unlike in Japan, you can’t choose specific tempura (like you can’t order extra tempura). Because I’m fussy and don’t eat prawn or mushrooms, I prefer the option to choose. Hopefully they can accommodate this in future, right now, operationally I think it’s a challenge if there’s only one person working as the tempura frier. Over here, the spinach comes with sesame sauce, whereas in Japan, they serve it with soy sauce.

In Japan, there’s free flow barley (or some kind of rice if I’m not mistaken) tea but here you have to pay $2 for free flow green tea. There’s free flow warm water though (always appreciate restaurants/cafes that serve free water). Like in Japan, they have the beer set here: For $8.90 on Mon-Fri at 3-6pm, you can order a cold Japanese beer with a selection of tempura (no rice) which is affordable.

Cons: Miso is kinda too salty. Tempura batter would be nicer if it was more fluffy, less greasy. I don’t think they take phone reservations. Wait time may be long.

Pros: Food tastes almost just like in Japan. The Japanese rice is nice. Water is free. Food comes with miso. Price is good, like in Japan.

For local standards, the udon here at Tsuru-koshi Udon in the basement of Takashimaya is really not bad! Good if you’re in a hurry but want some nice, decently priced, inexpensive Japanese food. The food is served quickly and piping hot. 10/10 would recommend 🙆🏻‍♀️

Healthy fast food!

Comes with one hot deli (I got the salmon hijiki fennel pappilote (didn’t taste any fennel tbh) the portion was extremely little compared to the size of the grease-proof paper!) and two cold deli (Chicken cobb salad and a duo kale salad) and rice (choice of white rice / grain rice) and one soup (choice of miso or carrot cumin).

Think the portion could be a little bit more for the price. Shared this with my mom who is a small eater.

Love the rice and miso soup here, truly the best. Each grain of rice is massive! Also, the beef at lunch time is $2 more than the dinner price but during lunch, the mains comes with a rice and miso set making it very value for money. Lunchtime on weekends seems pretty packed, and I still like coming here for dinner because the service at night is more attentive!

The six course set includes a grilled fish, two pieces of fried chicken Japanese style, mentaiko, and various Japanese style vegetables (pumpkin, courgette, leafy green veg) with miso paste, and also a spicy mentaiko.

Price-wise, for the beef with rice and miso, another rice and miso, the six course lunch set with two desserts, the total comes up to just a little over $100, really good price for the quantity of food :)

So so good!

Highly recommend this intriguing, delicious, tasty black sesame broth ramen with generous amounts of beansprouts and pork shoulder. Yum!

So so delicious, the hamburg here is even better than those in Japan!

Tuna, yellowtail, uni, ikura and I’m not sure what other sashimi there was 😂 I asked for the scallop and sweet prawn to be swapped out but don’t know why my bowl didn’t come with any salmon 😢 I’m not sure what the leaf at the front was (not the shiso leaf) but it was really bitter like medicine. The tuna and sushi rice was delicious 🐟

Look at the cheese oozing out 😱 The sauce pictured is the demi-glace sauce. It was a really filling meal, felt like I had to go for a really long walk after that and was full for hours after my lunch today.