Tempura is deep-fried battered seafood and vegetables. Most tempura places will have yasai tempura (vegetables only) on the menu. Eggs are used in the batter so it's not an option for vegans. The vegetables are also of course fried in the same oil as seafood. Skip the miso soup as it probably contains fish stock. The tempura sauce might too, so ask for it "shio de" (with salt) and use salt or soy sauce instead. Don't put the sauce or salt on the tempura, but dip the tempura in it. Common vegetables in tempura are nasu (eggplant/aubergine), Shiitake or other mushrooms, imo (sweet potato), kabotcha (pumpkin), renkon (lotus root), and onion. You'd be better to order a la carte because the sets usually contain miso soup and a kind of egg pudding made with fish stock. Tenya is a cheap fast-food-style tempura chain easily recognised by its blue and yellow signs.

Take a look at some recommended tempura restaurants in Tokyo.

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