Japanese restaurant in Kanda, Tokyo – Tempura Imoya(天ぷら いもや)
Japanese restaurant Tempura Imoya(天麩羅いもや) in Tokyo, in Kanda area, offers big shrimps/prawns, fish, squid and vegetables deep fried in light batter. It is dish called tempura, very popular Japanese food. Tempura is good idea for Japanese lunch and Japanese restaurant Tempura Imoya is perfect place to try fried delicacies.
Japanese restaurant Tempura Imoya- outlook
Japanese restaurant Tempura Imoya looks very simple but nice from the outside.
Japanese Restaurant in Kanda, Tokyo; Tempura Imoya outlooking front
Big windows and made from wood and glass sliding door give lots of light and make impression of lightness and clean look. This clean look is even more intense thanks to white noren curtains with name of restaurant written in hiragana, white paper of menu list on windows and white sign boards with black kanji and hiragana signs.
Tempura Imoya has two similar looking entrances opened for two streets.
Japanese Restaurant in Kanda, Tokyo; Tempura Imoya outlooking side
Customers can choose which entrance is more convenient for them.
Japanese restaurant Tempura Imoya- Interior and Atmosphere
Inside Tempura Imoya looks simple too. Kitchen area is opened and customers sitting behind counter can see how chefs prepare their food and how kitchen looks like.
Japanese Restaurant in Kanda, Tokyo; Tempura Imoya interior
Counter is U-shaped and there are lots of seats for customers. In general it looks like lot of space in this restaurant. It is because there are only important things and just few decorations, which are also useful like calligraphy with opening hours (11am-8pm) over door.
Japanese Restaurant in Kanda, Tokyo; Tempura Imoya opening hours
Kitchen counters are covered and made from aluminium so it is easy to keep them clean. It is important factor.
Japanese Restaurant in Kanda,Tokyo; Tempura Imoya-interior22
There is huge pan for deep frying from the left side of kitchen. This is the pan in which tempura in fried.
Japanese Restaurant in Kanda, Tokyo; Tempura Imoya interior frying pan
In this area kitchen counter is covered by metal plate to not make customers injured in case when hot oil may splash.
Atmosphere is quiet and nice. People come to Imoya to eat tempura so they stay quiet and just eat. It is same simple like its interior design. No raising voices, no drinking, no smoking. People observe young chef making tempura. And it looks like many customers are people from neighbourhood.
Japanese restaurant Tempura Imoya- how to order and pay
There are two basic order options in Tempura Imoya. Menu is written and displayed on the door, so people can make decision about order before they enter to restaurant.
Japanese Restaurant in Kanda, Tokyo; Tempura Imoya menu tempura set 650yen
Japanese Restaurant in Kanda, Tokyo ; Tempura Imoya menu Ebi set 850yen
Also it is possible to make some extra order from few menu options displayed inside, at wall from the right side of entrance.
Japanese Restaurant in Kanda, Tokyo; Tempura Imoya additionl menu
[/caption]
When you make decision, you must just tell your order to one of chefs and your dish will be prepared for you and served on counter.
When you want to pay, inform about this older chef and give him money.
Japanese restaurant Tempura Imoya- food and service
Lunch menu is simple but very tasty.
I ordered tempura set and my friend ordered ebi set.
We both received first cup of hot green tea, small bowl with dipping sauce,
Japanese Restaurant in Kanda, Tokyo; Tempura Imoya dipping sauce(right bowl) and free tea(left tea cup)
and bowl of miso soup based on corbicula broyh,shijimi no misoshiru in Japanese.
Japanese Restaurant in Kanda, Tokyo; Tempura Imoya miso soup based on corbicula broth
[/caption]
Later old chef placed on counter in front of us two bowls of rice.
Japanese Restaurant in Kanda, Tokyo; Tempura Imoya rice
We had to wait a bit for tempura.
Tea is for free and you can ask for refill. Pickled ginger is for free as well.
Japanese Restaurant in Kanda, Tokyo; Tempura Imoya free sweet vinegared ginger in silver box
You can see how chef is preparing your tempura.
Japanese Restaurant in Kanda, Tokyo; Tempura Imoya cooking tempura
In Tempura Imoya chefs use white fish meat(kisu in Japanese, Japanese Whiting), squid and prawns as well as vegetables.
Japanese Restaurant in Kanda, Tokyo; Tempura Imoya ingredients
In my tempura I could find nicely friend in light batter: piece of kabocha (Japanese pumpkin), prawn, pieces of squid and shungiku, type of eatable chrysanthemum also called crown daisy. It tastes very good.
Japanese Restaurant in Kanda, Tokyo; Tempura Imoya tempura plate
Japanese Restaurant in Kanda, Tokyo; Tempura Imoya tempura set for 650yen
My friend had ebi temputa set for 850yen so he got fried ebi and shungiku plate, rice and miso soup.
Japanese Restaurant in Kanda Tokyo;Tempura Imoya Ebi tempura
Japanese restaurant Tempura Imoya- Review.
I like this restaurant and I highly recommend it. It is simple but clean, service is good, food delicious and atmosphere peaceful and relaxing. Another thing I like about Imoya is its space and lots of light. Even in rainy and gloomy day it is nice to eat there.
Ingredients are very fresh, tempura well prepared, batter light and crunchy, not oily at all. This is good place for people who like good food and simplicity.
Other informations:
• Tempura set costs 650 yen and ebi tempura set costs 850 yen
• portions are big enough to feel satisfied and worthy their price
• smoking is prohibited
• it is not place to stay long, just to eat and go
• single customers are very welcomed same as small groups
• it is good place to eat for men and women
• plates with food are placed on counter and you must just pick your dish up
• tea and pickled ginger is for free, same like agedama-pieces of tempura batter crust
• restaurant is open from 11am-8pm
Category:Tempura Restaurants in
