Editing Tensoba

{{Short description|Japanese noodle dish}}
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'''Tensoba''', or '''tempura soba''', is a [[Japanese cuisine|Japanese]] dish of [[Soba|soba noodles]] and [[tempura]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=NanoJapan program |url=https://nanojapan.rice.edu/nanojapanIREU_guide_recommendations.shtml#FoodinJapan}}</ref>

==Overview==
There are two varieties of tensoba: one is served with a hot broth of {{Transliteration|ja|[[dashi]]}} and [[soy sauce]]; the other is served with cooled soba and dipped in {{Transliteration|ja|tsukejiru}} ({{Lit|dipping sauce}}), either chilled or hot and usually strongly flavored. The dipping variety is also called {{Transliteration|ja|tenzaru-soba}} or {{Transliteration|ja|ten-seiro}}, depending on the soba shop or stand.

Like {{Transliteration|ja|[[Donburi#Tendon|tendon]]}}, tensoba uses many kind of vegetable or seafood tempura, or {{Transliteration|ja|[[kakiage]]}} ({{lit|scratch tempura}}, using a mixture of vegetable or seafood bits).

==History==
Tensoba originated during the mid-Edo-period. It was first eaten as a hot broth soba with {{Transliteration|ja|kakiage}}, using the adductor muscles of surf clams. At that time, shrimp-tempura soba was more expensive than other ingredients. So, shrimp-tempura-soba is also called {{Transliteration|ja|jo-tempura soba}} ({{Lit|upper class tempura-soba}}) or {{Transliteration|ja|ebiten-soba}}.

==Regional variety==
There are some regional varieties for tensoba toppings. In [[Kantō region|Kanto]] and [[Kyushu]], the soba shops often use {{Transliteration|ja|[[satsuma age]]}} (fried fish cake) or {{Transliteration|ja|[[chikuwa]]}} for tempura. These two fish cakes are sometimes batter-fried.

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