From 8400yen “Fuji” dinner course. Prawn head.
Two prawn.
Asparagus. Shiitake mushroom.
Kisu – white sillago fish. Renkon – lotus root.
Haze(Goby). Small onion(tongue-burningly hot!).
Anago. Satsumaimo taro(pic shows 1/4 cut) is not included in any of the courses but it is a MUST order. It takes a long time to make so you must order at the beginning.
Kakiage(with lots of scallop) tendon. You can also choose chazuke with the kakiage, or have kakiage and rice come separately. I wanted to try the sweet sauce so I opted for the tendon but to enjoy the crispiness, it is probably better to have it come on a separate plate.
“La france” pear.
Kondo is so famous that I think every foodie interested in dining in Tokyo knows. Somehow the idea of a 9F floor high-end restaurant in Ginza with only counter seats made me a little nervous before going, but to my surprise the atmosphere is totally casual and the staff are friendly. We sat in front of Kondo-san but there is a comfortable amount of space in between and he was busy making the food anyway so we were quite happy to be left alone. He cooks for other customers too and the younger chef also cooks for us so I guess it doesn’t really matter where you sit. We had the cheapest course with 2 prawn, 3 fish and 4 veggy, which is actually quite enough. The ingredients are all top-notch and fresh that I ended up eating them with just salt and sudachi and didn’t want to “spoil” them by dipping into the sauce with grated raddish. We were there for about 2 hours and as far as we could see, the oil(100% white sesame oil) was changed 3 times. I saw other customers ordering uni and shirako which looked so amazing that I couldn’t help drooling…too bad my friends were all too stuffed. I haven’t been to that many high-end tempura places so I can’t say much but I totally enjoyed the meal in Kondo.
Tempura Kondo (天ぷら 近藤)
Add: 9F, 5-5-13 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Tel: 03-5568-0923
I can’t imagine eating at a restaurant where EVERYTHING is tempura! Wouldn’t it be very “hot air” (Chinese)? ^^;; All of those (Which isn’t much) for 8400 yen is kinda crazy! When u say Uni you mean tempura Uni?
The “heaty” concept is totally Chinese…Japanese don’t seem to have that. ^^;; Yeah the uni is also tempura – it is wrapped in a leaf(probably green shiso).
ワタクシ、しいたけが一番感動的だった!
あとアスパラのジューシー具合!!
「逢坂」にも行ってみたい~
私もアスパラとしいたけが好き!
さつまいもも激旨。ただ天ぷらって感じじゃないよね。
逢坂に行こう行こう!ついでに豆大福も買う!