Tempura Hisago: the traditional tempura restaurant

Tempura is prepared by battering and then frying seasonal ingredients in high-temperature oil. It’s a Japanese dish that is well known even outside of Japan. As one of the three flavours of Edo cuisine, it has been a popular dish in Japan for many years, along with sushi and soba noodles.

Tempura Hisago, located on the 12th floor of Mitsukoshi Ginza, is a tempura restaurant that carries on the flavours and traditions of Hisago, a well-known restaurant founded in 1918. Hisago means gourd in Japanese.

The restaurant provides a calm atmosphere for customers to enjoy their meal, as well as a wonderful view of Ginza.

Guests sitting at the counter can enjoy the pleasant sound of  frying food as they watch the chefs expertly preparing tempura.

Don’t worry about your order getting lost in translation. English menus are also available.

Fresh ingredients are covered in batter and then quickly fried. Tempura is quite simple to prepare but, for this very reason, the quality of the oil has a significant impact on its flavour. Tempura Hisago uses a carefully selected and special sesame oil to give a crisp and fragrant tempura.

The Tempura Gozen dish includes a tempura combination platter and rice bowl. Diners can enjoy shrimp, Japanese whiting and seasonal vegetable tempura with a splash of lemon juice, salt, or whichever seasoning they prefer.

Customers may select from one of two rice bowls: a small bowl of rice topped with tempura or rice mixed with bits of seasoned tempura. A small bowl of rice topped with fluffy shrimp and Japanese parsley tempura is just the dish to end your meal with.

Hisago Tendon is a popular dish consisting of rice topped with plenty of shrimp, seafood, vegetables and mixed seafood or vegetable tempura. The crunchy coating and sauce (a perfect blend of sweet and sour) go together perfectly with the rice.

Oebidon features a dynamic arrangement of large shrimp and rice. When you take a bite, the full flavour of the shrimp bursts in your mouth.

For those special occasions, Tempura Hisago also offers a selection of wine that goes particularly well with tempura.

You may have tried tempura outside of Japan. However, Japanese tempura prepared by expert chefs from carefully selected ingredients and oil, offers a completely different texture and flavour. Tempura Hisago offers diners the opportunity to experience the true flavour of Japanese tempura. The manager will make sure of it!