| Tensoba | |
| Country: | Japan |
| Type: | Japanese noodles |
| Main Ingredient: | Noodles (soba), tempura |
Tensoba, or tempura soba, is a Japanese dish of soba noodles and tempura.[1]
There are two varieties of tensoba: one is served with a hot broth of and soy sauce; the other is served with cooled soba and dipped in, either chilled or hot and usually strongly flavored. The dipping variety is also called or, depending on the soba shop or stand.
Like, tensoba uses many kind of vegetable or seafood tempura, or (using a mixture of vegetable or seafood bits).
Tensoba originated during the mid-Edo-period. It was first eaten as a hot broth soba with, using the adductor muscles of surf clams. At that time, shrimp-tempura soba was more expensive than other ingredients. So, shrimp-tempura-soba is also called or .
There are some regional varieties for tensoba toppings. In Kanto and Kyushu, the soba shops often use (fried fish cake) or for tempura. These two fish cakes are sometimes batter-fried.