Sometimes, cooking is like an alchemic symphony, a mix of science, artwork, and a contact of one thing else that concurrently appears like a part of each these classes but in some way separate from both one. Great kitchen creations are sometimes a fragile dance on the style buds, discovering room to shock at the same time as they fulfill fervent expectations.
There are, nevertheless, additionally some very easy paths to gastronomic ecstasy, and two of essentially the most time-tested are to deep-fry your substances or so as to add chocolate…so why not do each? And for those who’re going to deep-fry chocolate at this explicit time of yr, why not use Black Thunder, Japan’s premier model of “I’m giving you Valentine’s Day chocolate, but I only like you as a friend” sweets?
Thus Japan now has Black Thunder Tempura.
Offered as a part of a collaboration between Black Thunder maker Yuraku Confectionery and noodle restaurant chain Hanamaru Udon, Black Thunder Tempura is precisely what it feels like: a bit of Black Thunder chocolate coated in tempura batter and deep-fried to an ethereal crispiness.
▼ Regular Black Thunder proven for reference/rapid snack break justification functions
Like just about all udon eating places, Hanamaru’s menu consists of quite a lot of tempura items you’ll be able to add to spruce up your bowl of boodles, equivalent to shrimp, hen, mushrooms, or greens. Chocolate is one thing they normally don’t supply, however till February 14, it’s an choice on the 10 Hanamaru branches beneath, which can be cooking up Black Thunder Tempura.
● Aeon Mall Sapporo Hiraoka (Hokkaido Prefecture)
● Sendai E-beans (Miyagi)
● Akasaka Hitotsugi-dori (Tokyo)
● Tsurumi Eki-mae (Kanagawa)
● Aeon Mall Nagoya Dome-mae (Aichi)
● Senba Shinsaibashi (Osaka)
● Aeon Mall Ayagawa (Kagawa)
● Takamatsu Hyogomachi (Kagawa)
● Matsuyama Takehara (Ehime)
● Aeon Mall Nogata (Fukuoka)
The addition of tempura coating guarantees to crate a distinction that enhances the feeling of candy and bitter chocolate, and in line with Black Thunder’s picture as each scrumptious and cheap (therefore the “but we’re not a couple” vibe when given as a present), Black Thunder Tempura is barely 100 yen.
However, whereas getting a bit gained’t take some huge cash, it’ll take some devotion, or a minimum of some planning, as every of the ten taking part Hanamaru branches could have a restricted amount of 30 Black Thunder Tempura per day to promote.
To have a good time the team-up, Hanamaru and Black Thunder are additionally gifting away a pair of Black Thunder Tempura-style Blanket in Cushions, with an exterior that appears just like the deep-fried dessert and a chocolate-colored blanket saved inside. To enter the lottery for them, you’ll must observe the official Black Thunder or Hanamaru Twitter accounts and repost the tweets beneath, with every firm randomly deciding on one winner.
▼ The Black Thunder account giveaway winner will even obtain a provide of 320 items of Black Thunder…
▼ …whereas the Hanamaru Udon account winner will even get 10 free bowls of udon.
With Black thunder having bits of cookie inside it, it’s already been confirmed that its chocolate goes nice with starchy parts, however the Black Thunder Tempura is supposed to be eaten by itself as a dessert as an alternative of being dunked into the bowl of broth and eaten concurrently with the udon noodles. You may order your Black Thunder Tempura to go, and Yuraku says it makes a very good Valentine’s Day current too, however we’ve to marvel if the rarity would possibly form of muddle the “Let’s just be friends” message the model is thought for.
Related: Hanamaru Udon location finder
Source: PR Times
Insert photographs: PR Times, Hanamaru Udon
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