| 释义 |
‖ tempura|ˈtɛmpʊrə|
[Jap., prob. ad. Pg. tempêro seasoning.]
A Japanese dish consisting of prawn, shrimp, or white fish, and often vegetables, coated in batter and deep-fried. Also attrib., esp. in tempura bar, tempura restaurant.
1920Japan Advertiser 22 Aug. 5 Tempura means a certain way of cooking,—namely, dipping in thin wheat-flour batter and frying in deep oil... The food which forms the base is some kind of fish. 1936K. Tezuka Jap. Food 71 Tempura is a characteristic dish of Japan made by dipping fish or shrimps or shell-fish in batter and frying in deep gingelly oil or torreya oil. 1958Japan (Unesco) (1964) 724/1 Tempura was adopted from a recipe in Spain and Portugal. 1967D. & E. T. Riesman Conversations in Japan 223 Donald joined us for lunch at a tempura restaurant nearby. 1969Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 13 Sept. 62/3 Some of the most popular eateries are tempura bars. 1979United States 1980/81 (Penguin Travel Guides) 73 This thoughtfully designed Japanese restaurant has separate dining rooms for teppan-yaki, sukiyaki, and tempura. |