Panko Man!

I just met my new best friend. He is called panko. It means "children of bread" in Japanese and just means special bread crumbs.

Last night I made shrimp tempura, but what shrimp tempura! It was the first I'd ever made, but it was possibly the best thing I've ever made! And I'm not a big fry guy.

It's amazing how we seem to get intimidated by deep frying. We buy (I've been a victim) these mechanical rotating, easy-draining blah blah blah electric deep fryers, but they're next to useless. All you need for most food is a medium pan and two inches of oil on medium heat. Then, tongs and a spider (a mesh food retriever).

Oh, but the panko! The shrimp last night were too small to really get good pics of but tonight is round two, with the recipe. You like tempura, you'll never have to go to a Japanese restaurant for it again.

Update at eleven!