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I'm really bored and I've been going through some of my Tokyo photos and found quite a few sets of food pictures. I probably won't have too much time/motivation in the future, so I'm just going to post from the best sets.
This is a restaurant we visited some time in June, called Tempura Kondo. It's a two-star Michelin restaurant located in central Ginza, which should put my star-count to double digits, or very close at least. A reservation was quite difficult to get; both lunch and dinner were booked out weeks in advance, but there was a cancellation on a weekday lunch, and we immediate took it (still a week in advance).
I actually dislike tempura for the most part because they are usually very greasy (an exception was at an udon shop in shikoku; you can read it here: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?id=94205), but this was a really great experience. The tempura courses served here were very crispy, light and somehow refreshing. I think this is due to a mixture of their technique, batter, and top-grade sesame oil that they change very frequently.
Prawn head.
Green pepper.
Eggplant.
Anago (salt-water eel)
Imo (sweet potato)
This was actually the best thing EVER (one of my most favourite things I had in Japan). They began frying this beast the second they took our order, and did not serve it until the very end; so it was lightly fried for well over an hour. The outside of the imo was extremely crispy due to the caramelization, and the inside was soft and moist, almost as if it was baked.
Ten-don. Basically a ball of tempura (with shellfish and veggies) on rice.
I really like this picture. If you look carefully enough, you can see the two stars in the framed box on the left.
  
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Those look absolutely delicious. As a Japanese food addict, I am very envious of you right now. XD
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konadora
Singapore66359 Posts
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What do the two stars mean?
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Mmmm tempura. It all looks so good :D
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MMMMM. I'm so hungry now. Incredible that you got a reservation it seems ^.^
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On September 05 2010 11:43 Karliath wrote:
What do the two stars mean?
The guide awards one to three stars to a small number of restaurants of outstanding quality. One star indicates "a very good restaurant in its category, worth a stop." A two-star ranking represents "excellent cooking, worth a detour", and three stars are awarded to restaurants offering "exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey."
A three-star Michelin ranking is exceedingly rare. As of late 2009, only 26 three-star restaurants existed in France, and only 81 in the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelin_Guide#Stars
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Ahhh, your food blogs are the best. Everything looks so delicious.
I hope you can motivate yourself every once in a while for some more blogs 
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Tempura makes everything better.
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man your food blogs are soooooo good
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Everything looks ridiculously good -.-;
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None of that appeals to me  I'm so uncultured.
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These pictures are so nice. I dont like fried food though
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Jealous! That food looks amazing
So hungry now ;~;
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This made me hungry so i ordered sushi lol
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Fuckin prawns.
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ugh that looks disgusting lol
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CA10830 Posts
wow... that looks so tasty
stop making me hungry!
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NeverGG
United Kingdom5399 Posts
I like tempura, but it's really greasy here. We get it from street stalls, and imo the tastiest stuff is the sweet potato and eggs.
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Cambium, if you don't mind, whats the cost on a meal like that?
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Man I love tempura, my mouth is salivating now
I need to make lots of money soon so I can go to Michelin star restaurants too
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On September 06 2010 08:25 lixlix wrote:
Cambium, if you don't mind, whats the cost on a meal like that?
I think this was about $120 per person with a few drinks.
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oh cambium!!! why must you make me droooool
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Isn't the whole selling point of tempura is that they are less greasy than your normal fried foods
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I think I saw a mutalisk on one of the pictures.
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