Tempura
Every dish below comes from a fictional SemFood restaurant. The prices are the ones you see in the app; nothing is charged and nothing is delivered.
Price range 9 items at 9 spots
- lowest
- $8.95
- median
- $14.90
- highest
- $26.90
Light, lacy and pale gold, tempura is a frying technique that Japan learned from Portuguese missionaries in the sixteenth century and turned into an art.
The batter is made with ice-cold water and barely mixed, so the gluten does not develop and the crust stays airy instead of bready. Shrimp (ebi) tempura is the favorite, followed by vegetable assortments of sweet potato, squash, eggplant, shiso and mushrooms. It comes with tentsuyu, a dipping sauce of dashi, soy and mirin, with grated daikon. Tempura loses crispness quickly, so good kitchens pack it vented.
Shrimp count and seasonal items set the price. On SemFood, 9 orders from $8.95 to $26.90.
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