Tendon Kohaku, East Vic Park
What could be nicer than tempura and rice? Tendon Kohaku have a mouthwatering list of choices and “tendon” is a portmanteau of tempura and rice, nothing to do with connective tissue!
The menu include a range of tempura, there’s the Kohaku that includes prawns, chicken, corn, beans, shiitake mushroom, pumpkin and runny egg tempura; then there’s the prawn lover one that is purely tempura prawn; there’s also wagyu versions, veggie, and eel. The choice is yours and you can order additional side dishes of tempura if you wish. Each set comes with sauce (classic or spicy), pickles, miso, chawanmushi (savoury egg custard), and wasabi. You can choose from white rice or multi grain rice, and you can add tencha tea if you like to pour tea over the rice.
There are other dishes available such as katsu curry, and udon noodles, and a variety of soft drinks, usually tea based.
It’s all extremely well organised, but can get incredibly busy at weekends, so the best plan is to get there early and order early.
On this occasion I chose the soft shell crab tendon with tencha:
Everything on the tray was delicious. The wasabi nice and strong, and the variety of things to eat made it a really enjoyable and interesting meal. I definitely want to come back and try the other tendon options.
Last visit November 2025
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Truly Scrumptious 
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