HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY FOOD RECOMMENDATION: THE HIDDEN TENDON PLACE

After being an exchange student for almost half a year, I think I've done a good job (as a typical Singaorean) in sourcing for best local food around the school. I've been told many time about this really good tendon place near Hitotsubashi University, but really never had the chance because we either couldn't find it, or were just too hungry and drained to hunt for it.

But 2 days ago, I was introduced to the place by a Thai friend that was a full year exchange student. Before I give my comments on what I think is an excellent tendon, I should show you how the exterior of the shop looks like.

The shop is located only about 5-8 minutes walk from Kunitachi Station and about 10mins from Hitotsubashi University.

This is the name of the shop! 

Its on the second floor. Who would have known they are located here? :/ 

Personally, I am really picky on freshness in seafood. I think many people are as well, but they give battered and deep fried an exception. For tendon, the batter have to be fragrant, and the rice needs be well savored in the tendons sauce! The shop owners were really nice and polite, and provided us with an English menu. And since everyone said the place was famous of the tendon, we decided to roll in with 2 tendons.

Iroirona Tendon (Variety Tendon) 

Price: 1350 yen

Served with battered fried ebi, scallop, eggplant, potato, green pepper, sweet potato, carrot, onion this bowl is definitely worth it when it comes to the price! They also served tea, tofu, pickles and seafood miso soup. (The soup is bomb!!!!) 

Mixed Tendon

Price: 1300 yen

Cheaper and bigger portion???? How great can that be. 

Similarly, a fragrantly battered squid (x2), eel, potato, sweet potato, egg plant.

I guess the main highlight of this dish is the ginormous eel. It stretches across the bowl to the extend we felt so surreal. 

I should have gotten a picture with the bowl, but it was so huge I got too distracted and quickly dug into it. 

Overall, I felt that the freshness of the seafood could be improved. I personally am not a squid/octopus person because of the rubbery texture it gives (especially when it is not fresh). It was also slightly tasteless in my opinion and I kept wondering where all the flavor went. However, the dish overall was satisfying since they made the batter so fragrant. The portion was so huge we had difficulty finishing the entire bowl. Thus, damn worth the money spent. Sometimes I wonder how Japanese people stuff that much carbohydrates in a meal.

I am eager to return to Singapore now to try out the best tendon around and do a comparison. But I believe that the standard of Japanese food in Singapore is superb and comparable, just a little more expensive.