Tempura
During my last day in Boston last week, I had to pleasure of eating at a Korean/Japanese restaurant in Cambridge. It had a quiet atmosphere and was loaded with different entrees and styles of sushi. I love sushi, but I wanted to eat it at a new joint that opened in my neighborhood. Therefore, I thought I was safe with ordering shrimp tempura, one of my childhood favorite dishes.
Well, it was much more than I could handle. There were six side dishes. I recognized two of them: kimchi (my favorite) and bean sprouts (nutty in flavor and very tasty). The other four varied in degrees of spiciness and tartness, creating a culinary experience I’ll never forget.
Then, the waiter brought out the shrimp tempura. Actually, it was more of a tempura mountain. Besides the shrimp, there was vegetable tempura with zucchini, carrots and broccoli and a side bowl of rice. If I only had a large stomach and hadn’t eaten at all that day, this feast would have been fully devoured. Very good food.
For dessert, I ate these ice cream bites—strawberry and mango ice cream wrapped in bean curd. It may sound not so appetizing, but they were so refreshing.
I’ll be lucky to find a place like that again.
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