Sunday, June 1, 2008

Tenya - Japanese place in Shanghai

So I was in Shanghai for 11 days visiting my parents. Most of the meals were Shanghainese food which I missed very much. The heavy sauce, sweet flavor and the various cold dishes were very satisfactory.

One of the more memorable meals, however, was at a cool Japanese restaurant called Tenya. My friend PL brought Connie and I there. It was a place that specialize in Tuna and Snow crabs. I heard it was run by Japanese tuna importers. When I called for direction, the manager, who is Japanese, speaks decent albeit accented Chinese. Later I found out he speaks English too. The set menu is of fantastic value. For RMB250, you start with different types of toro sashimi and steamed king crab legs After this, you enjoy a hotpot with more tuna, some smaller crab legs, and loads of fresh vegetables. Towards the end of the hotpot portion of the meal, you can get udon or congee dump into the soup. After ALL that, you get a mini size, but filling bowl of negitoro-don. (chopped toro with scallion over sushi rice). Lastly, you get a scoop of coffee ice cream with coffee chips. We also got the RMB200 plate of mixed toro sushi to share. It takes you from Maguro, to medium Toro, then to fatty Toro. It was an amazing meal and I highly recommend it to all my friends who frequent Shanghai.


8 out of 10 in my book. I am sure they have a similar one in NYC and I am determined to find it.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

wenger, let me know when you find the place in NYC