Alas by the title of this thread, I thought we were getting a tempura restaurant. Maybe it’s a tempura restaurant in Japan? The actual name of the restaurant in the U.S. is apparently Tonkatsu Ten No Meshi and we got a tonkatsu restaurant.
I’m not a tonkatsu person so I won’t be trying it. From what I have read, it also seems very gimmicky and influencer oriented. A “concept” so to speak and concept restaurants are not my cup of sencha so to speak.
in Kyoto, Ten No Meshi is a tempura chain by Kushikatsu Tanaka, which itself is a chain from Osaka with a lot of outposts throughout Japan. i believe that Kushikatsu Tanaka once had a location on Sawtelle. i think maybe they have different fried focuses - in Kyoto, it’s tempura (as indicated by the name), in Osaka, they do kushikatsu, and here in LA, it seems to be focused on tonkatsu/gyukatsu. i won’t get into pricing differences between Japan vs LA, because there are a lot of factors.
They indeed did. Possibly in the same spot (or one of the neighboring units)! I really liked that place.
I’m open to trying this place (partner already uses the Yelp app), but I think I’m going to wait to read some reviews from others here b/f forking over the $…