Tempura Fun Facts: Tempura is a Japanese dish of seafood or vegetables that have been battered and deep fried.

Our best selling sushi are also the ones that are tempura fried!

Prawn Tempura Roll & Crispy Asparagus, you can never go wrong with these two!

• The recipe for tempura was introduced to Japan by Portuguese Jesuit missionaries particularly active in the city of Nagasaki also founded by the Portuguese, during the sixteenth century (1549).
  
• Though etymologists are not absolutely certain, it is likely that the word ‘tempura’ came from the Portuguese ‘tempêro’, which means ‘seasoning’.
  
• January 7th is National Tempura Day.
  
• Tempura generally does not use breadcrumbs (panko) in the coating.
  
• Vegetable oil or canola oil are most common; however, tempura was traditionally cooked using sesame oil.
  
• Oil temperature is generally kept between 320-356 F, depending on the ingredient, to preserve the natural flavor and texture of the ingredients.
  
• The most popular seafood tempura is probably Prawn.

Any item that is tempura fried has a mouthwatering combination of textures and flavors that makes it as fun to eat as they are delicious!