TEMPURA COURSE
WITH CHEF HITOSHI ARAI
2 weeks Monday - Friday, 5 days a week
Our premium tempura course is taught by Hitoshi Arai, executive chef and owner of TENKO, one of Tokyo’s top tempura restaurants intriguingly located inside a former geisha house in the city’s historic Kagurazaka district.
Learn the history and delicate techniques of tempura making with this renowned master. Acquire an understanding of how to compare the tastes and styles of contemporary and classic Edo-period (old Tokyo) dishes. Chef Arai will also provide a range of sakés to accompany the full course meals you will prepare.
Chef Arai at TENKO
YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Hitoshi Arai is the chef / owner of the 12 seat TENKO in Kagurazaka (Shinjuku, Tokyo). His father was also a Tempura master (for 60 years!) and founded the restaurant in 1977. Arai is committed to promoting Edomae (old Tokyo-style) Tempura by participating in overseas exchanges and conferences such as "Worlds of Flavor" in Napa Valley, California. So far he has also traveled to New York, Warsaw, Paris, and Milan.
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