Hot days continue on!
When it's hot, we lose our appetite, right?
I must go somewhere where I can cool myself down!
Yappity-yap~ It's Francis!
In this episode, I'll introduce summer noodles that are cooling both when you look at and eat them!
Does everyone know about Japanese somen noodles?
It is a must-have noodle in the Japanese summer, and different households arrange it in various ways and eat it.
It looks yummy, right?
At home, people chill it and eat it using a cooling dish.
This time, I am going to eat Nagashi somen at Funayado that serves seasonal cuisine.
What is Nagashi somen?
It's a Japanese seasonal tradition in which somen flows through a tub
made out of bamboo that's cut in half.
Dip the somen that comes flowing your way in seasoning soy sauce.
It's my first time to try Nagashi somen!
Surprisingly, there are quite a few Japanese who haven't tried it before.
In the seasoning soy sauce, put grated radish or ginger.
You can also put in green onions, according to your taste.
The soy sauce becomes really flavorful.
Wait for somen to come flowing down your way.
Here it comes!
It came flowing down!
Take it slow and make sure to catch it well.
At Funayado, you can also have tempura and tomatoes with it.
Even for people who don't get full with just somen, the volume is more than enough.
To finish off the meal...
...another summer seasonal tradition: a soda called ramune.
Take off the lid...
And drop the marble that works as the lid into the bottom.
Push with all your strength!
It's really cooling!
On a rainy day between hot days...
I came to Yosuko Saikan to find the original representative noodle of Japanese summer!
In summer, squall-like rain falls in Japan as well, so be careful!
I found it!
Next, I'll introduce Hiyashi Chūka noodles.
Just like somen, people arrange the noodles in various ways at home and eat it.
There are many stories,
but the Gomoku cold soba noodles of Yosuko Saikan is considered to be the origin of Hiyashi Chūka noodles.
You can eat it at the restaurant located in Jinbōchō, Tokyo.
This man is the creator of the noodles, the second-generation owner.
He got the idea from both Chinese cold noodles that he was regularly eating and Japanese soba noodles.
Let's eat the original Hiyashi Chūka noodles that people have loved for a long time!
Amazing!
The ingredients are used as decorations after the beautiful image of Mt. Fuji.
The image of Mt. Fuji, as seen from Kanda, Tokyo.
So artistic!
The ingredient used to portray the clouds above Mt. Fuji is...
A famous Japanese scenery is to be found in the original Hiyashi Chūka noodles!