Meaning
天ぷら蕎麦 (てんぷらそば, Tempura soba) is Tempura soba, a Japanese food (noodle dishes).
What is Tempura soba?
Tempura-soba , or tensoba for short, is a soba noodle dish that is topped with tempura, deep-fried vegetables and sometimes seafood. There are two varieties of tensoba . One is served with hot broth using dashi and soy sauce, and the other one is served with cooled soba and dipped in tsukejiru (lit. dipping sauce), usually strongly flavored. The dipping variety is also called ' tenzaru-soba ' or 't en-seiro ' depending on the soba shop or stand. There are some regional varieties for tensoba toppings. In Kanto and Kyushu, the soba shops often use satsuma-age (fried fish cake) or chikuwa as tempura. These two fish cakes are sometimes batter-fried.