Asakusa Sansada Tendon—浅草三定天丼

In November 2007, A-Mao did business trip with engineer R for 7 days in Japan. We visited one company near by Asakusa, and then I took him to Sensouji to ask for a safe & fruitful trip from the Guanyin. After that, I chose a tempura restaurant at random without R's comment because he really has no idea about Japanese cuisines. After googling the words on the bowl lid in photos several months later, I knew Sansada is a famous & historic one. Both of us went for Tendon then, including fried a half of eggplant, a piece of squid, two shrimps (very fresh) & one whole whiting (my favorite). The rice is al dente, whereas the source is as flavorful as tasteful. For comparison, however, next time I would like to visit another famous tempura restaurant in Asakusa, Daikokuya.

2007年11月與R同學到扶桑國出差七日，一日上午拜訪一家在「淺草」附近的客戶後，就近帶他去A-Mao已經去過四次的淺草寺逛逛，並參拜了「觀音」，保佑此行能順利接單回台灣。時近中午，兩個人便開始覓食，以儲備下午拜訪下一個客戶的能量。在日本問他想吃啥，他的回答永遠是：你決定就好啦。自雷門一出來左轉，血糖甚低的A-Mao就亂選了一家滿有江戶情調的店家吃天丼。回來看看照片，按照碗蓋上的文字Google一下，才發現無心挑的，竟是大名鼎鼎的老店「三定」。我說R同學......不知不覺中，我們還應驗了一句俗諺：「一に浅草、二に観音、三に三定の天ぷら」喔！話說碗蓋一掀開，麻油伴著醬汁的香氣就迷人地竄起。炸天婦羅有一隻沙鮻（キス，發音同kiss的日文；漢字：鱚）、兩隻蝦子、一塊烏賊以及半個切成扒子狀的茄子。炸粉不是裹得很厚，所以在用碗蓋悶過後，導致外皮不會特別酥脆；不過一嗑下去，除了揚物帶給人的飽足感，舌頭就能直接嘗到食材原來的風味。茄子和烏賊算是普通、蝦子彈牙鮮甜、最棒的是那一整條沙鮻，非常豐腴厚肉，完全沒半點腥味。日本米飯硬是比台灣好吃是不用說的，這家老店的醬汁特別馥郁濃稠，鹹鹹甜甜的，讓饑腸轆轆的兩人捧著碗，一直吃到見底才肯罷手。【浅草三定天妇罗】

Tendon ekiben purchased at Tokyo station—東京站的天丼便當