Hannosuke

This is my first time trying Tendon, and I am fortunate to be able to try it at a Tendon chain that originates from Japan. As expected, there’s some light sauce already on the Tendon, and you also get pickled ginger to cleanse your palate between bites. I got the Chicken Tendon, which was served with a variety of other vegetable tempura on a generous bed of rice. The counter also has some strong spicy ish soy sauce for people who feel that the tempura are not flavored enough. The vegetable tempura was sufficiently flavored that I did not need to have extra sauce, though I felt that the slice of chicken was rather thick so I had to dip a little bit of the sauce. Unfortunately, I don’t really eat seafood so I replaced shrimp with chicken and vegetable — I think I would have enjoyed it more if I had gotten shrimp or more vegetables instead of chicken. Chicken is probably better made in a karaage or tonkatsu style than as a tempura. While tempura is not something I frequently eat, Hannosuke definitely represented the tempura donburi very well.

This tempura place in the Mitsuwa food court is fairly new. They have pretty good selections of Tempura Rice Bowls and the batter is light.
I decided to try the Chicken Tempura and added a Shrimp Tempura as well. The bowls also comes with Nori, some tempura vegetables, Tempura egg (yep, a Tempura egg! How awesome is that!), and a miso soup all for $ 10.98!
I will return to try other items on their menu, that’s for sure!

I’m a fan of pretty much anything fried. When I saw this location open up had to try it. Like all the food stalls in the market – eveything made fresh to order — -and the tempura here was super crispy and tasty!
I had the chicken tendon — -and the fried egg was a surprise to me and made the rest of my day. Yep eggs are so awesome and they make me happy. Surprisingly after eating everything I did not feel like a grease ball so that’s a bonus. Like others the person taking orders not so excited to be there — but I wouldn’t imagine leaving your workplace smelling like fried things would be too exciting — but my service was ok – just nothing stellar or off putting so guess it was good enough.

When none of the visible staff are Japanese, and one is complaining to the other about the mess behind the counter, when all the other counters are busy except this one, it’s wise to walk away. Foolishly, I did not walk away, but ordered instead. The tempura coating was thick and greasy; the stale-​oil taste coated my tongue and I kept burping up the smell for hours afterwards. This was on the afternoon of May 7; other days may be different. There is no quality control.

Hannosuke opened up in a stall that once had Chinese food. This new place is impressive! I crave the tempura and delicious sauces! I highly recommend coming to Mitsuwa for this tasty treat…

Came here for the first time today. I got the vegetable tempura with hot soba. The veggie tempura was pretty good; sort of greasy, but most tempura winds up being that way. Can’t complain about that. However, the soba noodles were a letdown. Very thin, and not much texture or flavor. The same description unfortunately applies to the broth, which was quite bland. I love soba noodles but this place is no replacement for Kayaba in that respect.

I come here regularly to buy their shrimp tendon (#3) and this time my brother in law got it for to go and turns out when I opened it, it turned out to be a whole different order. They got my extra vegetables right but the shrimp tendon was supposed to come with 4 shrimps. This one came with two shrimps and a fish. The receipt says shrimp but the order comes out wrong. Bottom line, the girl who took the order messed up. But that’s okay cause their food is still good. There’s also this one girl who always looks like she’d rather be somewhere else and can be downright rude and at one point she said out loud «I don’t know why people eat that thaaang (the pickled ginger) it’s nastaaaayy» like really?

I was so excited to try out this place because I love tempura. A lot of people complain about how the tempura is soggy because the sauce is poured on top. (TIP) So, I made sure to get my sauce on the side!!!
My food came out pretty fast, and I enjoyed the miso soup that comes with the set. The tempura was super crispy and fresh when it came out. The sauce that comes with it is DELICIOUS. I think that is what makes the bowl itself. I would highly recommend if you aren’t feeling ramen. I’m glad they added this as one of the shops! I am definitely going to try out the soba noodles next time.

Originally I was going to go to Santouka (ramen noodles place in Mitsuwa’s food court) instead, but the line was long enough that I said ‘f it’ and gave Hannosuke a shot.
Excellent tempura, I ordered the Chicken Tendon and wasn’t disappointed. Tendon btw is a tempura bowl! Anyway, the Chicken Tendon came with chicken, 2 pieces of fried shrimp, rice, and a fried egg you can cut open and mix the egg yolk into your tendon. It tasted so good, even if it was a little pricey ($ 9.25 before tax). Blows the shrimp tempura I once had at Taste of Chicago many years ago (maybe Guey Lon?), out of the water!
Between this, Santouka, and a 3^rd place I forget the name of inbetween there and the Japanese ice cream place, lol I think I’m trying now to come up with any excuse I can to come back to Mitsuwa’s food court! The food really was that darn great here, between Hannosuke and the ice cream place. Which btw I annoyingly still don’t remember the name of lol, but I’m sure I will later! I’ll review Mitsuwa overall, another time. Probably after 1 – 2 more visits.
If you’re coming from the city via public transit, taking the Blue Line to Rosemont and then the Pace #606 Northwest Limited bus (which is a partial express bus along I-​90, but stops locally along the rest of the route) is one way you can get out here, via getting off at the Algonquin Rd/​Tonne Dr stop. Also if you take the #208 Golf Rd. bus, getting off at Golf/​Arlington Heights Rd. will only put you 3 blocks north of here, and a short walk south to here. Absolutely worth the stop to eat at (and probably the other food court places are too), if you’re in this area!

Sorry, this time I’ve got to be «that guy». Make it a 2.5. The food I had was excellent tasting and reasonably priced. My big gripe is with the cashier that was working today. If you can’t stand dealing with the public, or being pleasant to human beings then perhaps a busy food counter with a long ass line isn’t a wise career choice. Sheesh. At any rate, that’s some seriously tasty conger eel and one of the only places I’ve seen lately that offers «kisu» –a kind of baby whiting that is extremely light and yummy.
This place will do well, because you simply can’t make it this good at home. Too bad for the service tho.

I ordered the shrimp tendon tempura bowl. This is the best tempura I have ever had. I was really surprised by how delicious it was. It had shrimp, broccoli, egg and a slice of kabocha. The tempura had a great crunch and done perfectly. There is a little too much rice I think for the bowl, but overall it’s so good.
Parents… if you need to get your kids to eat veggies make them tempura style!

Got the Edomae Tendon (tempura eel, shrimp, seasonal vegetable and a medium boiled egg in a bowl of rice). There’s a reason the tempura bowl house in Japan is in the Zagat guide. The seasoning used with the batter is amazing. The piece of eel i got was about the length of my forearm!!! This is not your typical run of the mill tempura. Crispy, flavorful and juicy. Risky with the drive and the cost. Best $ 13 meal I’ve had in a while. If you can make the trip to the area for any reason, be sure you stop to get this bowl.

I got their #2 (Edomae Tendon) bowl, and I have to say their tempura batter is so flavorful! I really enjoyed my meal, and I’m definitely coming back!

I had a good first visit. The menu is focused on tempura, served over rice, or with noodles on the side. I tried their original tendon (tempura over rice), with fish, shrimp, seasonal vegetables, and a tempura poached egg. A small bowl of miso soup was served to complete the meal. I opted for a small bowl of their sauce for dipping.
The tempura was perfectly prepared. The vegetables were still fresh tasting, not soggy. The fish and shrimp were flavorful. The sauce was really good. I recommend that extra for dipping. The egg was amazing. It was poached perfectly, and was good with the rice.
I will definitely return and try their other offerings. The Mitsuwa food court has another strong player.