The Special TENDON ($13.90+) order comes with a baby chawanmushi, miso soup and a bowl of rice topped with a pile of tempura including green beans, a shiitake mushroom, sweet potato, baby corn, chicken and prawn. Oh, there's also a deep fried onsen egg. YUP.

The moment the food is served, dig in! Do not wait to take a photo (like I did) because the (too) thick tempura batter doused in sauce goes soggy pretty quickly. For this reason (the sauced thick batter, not my need to photograph everything) I would've preferred for the sauce to have not been drizzled on the tempura for me - as they also have little bottles of sweet sauce on the table for you to add to your food.

Definitely not a place to come to if you want to sit and have a chat with your friends. The turnover rate is pretty high, and I imagine it has been designed so - as the background tunes is a choppy Japanese orchestral arrangement that somehow got me racing through my meal.

Having said that, the tempura is decent and the portions are generous for the amount you pay. It's no wonder this joint has long boasted an intimidating queue round the side of the block - we all love a good deal. Will I be in a hurry to come back though? ... probably not. 😬

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