Fish Cake Tempura from a Kamaboko Shop

I bought some kamaboko tempura and other items from a fish cake shop I stopped at during a drive, wanting to savor the taste of fish after a long time🐟️ Posting this might give away my location, but some things are better left unsaid…💐 The round, dumpling-like thing on top should have been squid tempura balls, I think🤔 But it felt more like a menchi-katsu with finely chopped squid inside, rather than my favorite satsuma-age (fried fish cake) with plenty of chopped squid. The pink thing below is a deep-fried pink kamaboko coated in tempura batter, a type of isobe-age. I honestly thought it was imitation crab stick when I first bought it💦 But it tasted like a luxurious treat from my outing because it's not a combination I usually make at home. Looking at this photo makes me crave my favorite squid tempura or the Tako Maru-kun from a certain kamaboko maker…! I haven't had them in ages, I wonder what they'd taste like now that I'm an adult. Why are octopus and squid so delicious? Not related to this post, but I like takoyaki too😁