Definition of tempura
:seafood or vegetables dipped in batter and fried in deep fat
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Sushi rolls—about three, depending on the size—with white rice, lean fish, avocado, and plain veggies like cucumbers (steer clear of higher-fat fillings like cream cheese and tempura).
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A few frayed Japanese lanterns hang on the weathered exterior that looks out onto 1st Street, just east of Mariachi Plaza, and a sign on the door reminds anyone coming for the crackling tempura that the place closes nightly at eight.
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Toppings include sesame seeds, tempura crunch, bagel spice, wasabi pea crunch and chopped peanuts.
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The restaurant will also carry brunch options, such as Maryland crab cakes on biscuits with tempura asparagus.
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This seasonal soft-shell crab tempura is only one draw at the zenlike Japanese/Thai Teikoku (5492 West Chester Pike, Newtown Square, 610-644-8270).
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Prices: Sandwiches from $9 shaved prime rib to $14 Kobe steak with caramelized onion and mushroom; Appetizers from $8 vegetable tempura to $14 Maryland lump crab cake; salads $4 house to $12 steak.
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As Ludo puts it, there’s no better place to dive into Japanese cuisine—yellowtail sashimi, miso black cod, sweet shrimp tempura—than at one of the city’s original innovators.
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The menu also includes calamari, oyster, shrimp and fish tempuras, swordfish burgers, tacos, classic shrimp cocktails, Newport clam chowder, ahi poke (a Hawaiian fish salad), Lomi Lomi salmon poke and more.
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