Tenpachi: Tempura craving, but don't feel like cooking?

Area: JR Station (Sunroad underground shopping area)
Restaurant: Tenpachi 天八
Website: http://www.hassyu.co.jp/cgi-bin/hassyu/siteup.cgi?category=1&page=2

This restaurant specializes in tempura, but they don't only serve tempura.  There is a wide variety of Nagoya specialties such as miso katsu, tebasaki, doteni, ebi furai, histumabushi, etc. But if you're looking for hitsumabushi (eel) I'd suggest another restaurant that specializes in that.  The one here is soft and doesn't have the crispy outer layer that makes nagoya's eel the best.

Of course, the tempura is done well, but it's nothing special I would say... The volume of the veggie tempura doesn't show in the photo, but it's huge!!!  The size is the entertaining part!!
I ordered a shirasu donburi (little fish), with daikon oroshi (grated radish) and mentaiko (spicy cod roe) on top of rice.  It's a nice for a light meal, and gave me a good idea of what to make at home (really, you can easily put together this combo on your own).

It is however, I find, difficult and time consuming to make tempura at home.  Which is why this restaurant is good if you're craving tempura.