Tendon no Iwamatsu 天丼の岩松 横須賀

Judge a restaurant by its lines. The positive reviews led me here, and a line to enter confirmed it must be good. Tendon no Iwamatsu is a small family run place, just a two person operation putting out great tempura, rice, and udon dishes.

After getting in you'll sit at an L-shaped counter holding only about 10 people. The Japanese menus are all around on the walls and the counter. There is one English menu on the wall next to the entrance. The dishes that seemed to be the most popular were the Oo-Ebi 大えび bowl with giant tempura shrimp on top of at least 4 scoops of rice, and the Kaisen bowl which comes with eel. Both are drizzled on top with their signature sauce.

大海老　Oo-ebi means big shrimp
海鮮 kaisen means seafood
from the menus you also see 丼　don which means served over rice in a bowl.

岩松 Iwamatsu is named after the friendly owner's hometown area.
岩 breaking down the kanji, we have mountain 山　and stone 石 - which together means boulder.
松 this one breaks down to tree 木　and public 公 - and together means pine tree.

They are open from 11:30 to 18:00 unless the food runs out first. I believe they are closed on one of the weekdays to rest. You may want to avoid the peak lunch hour if you don't like to wait. Phone: 046-825-0128

Tendon no Iwamatsu is located two blocks East of Blue Street and can be found by checking the blog map or the location link below. It's a great place for a tempura lunch and their prices are great. Portions are sure to satisfy. All meals come with a few pickles and shredded daikon on the side. Free oolong tea is provided. Definitely one of the top tendon places in Yokosuka.

Check the tabelog site for additional information and photos.

Credit for the photos goes to Hank's Mobile Food Photography. That new iPhone takes some nice photos.