After a long time, I had lunch at a client's place in Nishijin. The lunch I have here at this client's place is from Isshinte! In these times, it's really nice to have a service that delivers even for two people without any hesitation. It had been a while, so I was wondering what to order. Should I go for the Chinese noodles, beef bowl, or curry bowl, which are three of my favorite dishes? Or something else... Since I was invited and wanted to go for something fancy, I chose the tempura bowl. When the tempura bowl was delivered... I could see a liquid around the edges of the lid, like dashi. Why could I see liquid when I ordered a tempura bowl? I was puzzled. But when I opened the lid, I was surprised! It was a tempura and egg rice bowl! No wonder I could see the dashi. But if you ordered a tempura bowl and got this, it would be a bit disappointing, right? Despite the mix-up, I decided to try it. I took a bite from the edge. The dashi flavor was just right. Since the bowl seemed to have a lot of dashi, I wasn't expecting it to be like a rice porridge, but the result was surprisingly good. The rice scooped up with chopsticks didn't crumble, and the egg and rice maintained their textures. The tempura part was also good, so I decided to try the shrimp tempura in the middle. I tried to cut the shrimp with my chopsticks, but there was no feeling at all. But the absence of shrimp in the middle allowed the tempura to absorb the egg bowl's liquid, and the rice remained white. The tempura coating absorbed some shrimp flavor and the broth's umami, creating an ideal bowl texture. It was a tempura bowl that was not what I expected, but the taste and texture were good! By the way, regarding the shrimp, you can see a tiny tail in the photo, but it's really "small!" Less than 3 cm long! When I looked closely, I realized that this tempura is the kind that goes on top of udon or soba noodles, with small, circular shrimp and a large coating. It makes sense that the shrimp would be small. Considering the price of 600 yen for a tempura bowl, it makes sense. Well, it wasn't quite a tempura bowl, but compared to the recent bowl restaurants that can only make mushy rice porridge-like bowls, Isshinte's layering of tempura, egg, broth, and rice made it a dish that could be called a "bowl." I found a new favorite menu item at Isshinte during this lunch^^ My rating at the time of the visit in September 2014 (the restaurant's rating was 3.00 at the time of the visit): Overall: 3.4, Food/Taste: 3.5, Service: 3.5, Atmosphere: 0.0, Value for Money: 3.0, Drinks: 0.0. [Review from February 2013] Title: In recent years... the only place to get a store-bought item, "Isshinte" Overall: 3.0, Food/Taste: 3.0, Service: 3.0, Value for Money: 3.0 (Delivery in February 2013) I visited a client in Nishijin (although it's actually a company I'm with) for a courtesy visit. Whenever I go there, they always say, "Hey, bro, decide what you want to eat before you start talking about sake!" The place where I order the store-bought item is Isshinte. It's within my business area, but I have never visited the store before. In fact, it was the first time I consciously looked at the store's appearance on my way back that day. It really looks like a downtown diner. In this neighborhood, there used to be many weaving factories, and there were many customers coming in and out, so I thought they must have filled the bellies of the weavers. There was hardly any important work-related discussion with the client, and the main focus was on planning where to go for drinks that evening. That conversation ended quickly, and I was waiting for the store-bought item I ordered. By the way, I ordered the Chinese noodles! Everyone. The Chinese noodles from a local diner have a nostalgic and delicious image, right? Well, that's true, but it's a bit different when you order for delivery, it changes.