Tour 3 This is EDOMAME tempura lunch on Day 3

Posted on Apr 21, 2013 in Hiroko's Blog

Heavily battered large shrimp and anago (fresh conger eel) tempura which dominates on top of rice in a bowl is impressive. This is a famous Edomae (Edo style) ten-don, corruption of tempura donburi. We enjoyed it at 70 years old Aoimarushin (tempura specialized restaurant) in Asakusa after touring the Senso-ji temple, one of the must visit destinations in Tokyo. Tempura started at the hands of street vendors in the city of Edo (present Tokyo) during Edo period (1600-1868)....

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