Jonathan Gold finds more fun with Japanese fried food at Tempura Endo

Jonathan Gold reviews Japanese fried food at Tempura Endo
Jonathan Gold • Los Angeles Times • September 9, 2016
You’ve had tempura – that tangle of crisply fried vegetables that showed up in the bento the last time you had Japanese lunch or the fried shrimp that came with the teriyaki when you got the No. 2 combo meal. Perhaps you were lucky enough to try...
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