Evolution Japan Tour

Former Sanuki prefecture.

There is a noodle called Hiyashi chuka in Japan. If you translate into English, it will be cooled Chinese. Therefore everyone thinks that this dish is a Chinese dish but actually it does not exist in China. This is one of the Japanese cuisines that Japan has adapted from abroad. It is a cold noodle using ramen noodle but there is no soup but just sauce. Then, the toppings or accompanied ingredients are different from ramen. For example, tomato, cucumber, sliced ham and sl

Kishimen is a local specialty of Nagoya, the fourth largest city in Japan. Also is a specialty of Aichi prefecture which Nagoya is the prefectural capital. Kishimen looks similar to udon but if is a flat noodle and not chewy at all. The definitions of kishimen are: 1 - the width must be 4.5 mm or more 2 - the thickness must be less than 2.0 mm Kishimen can be eaten everywhere in Aichi prefecture but the most famous kishimen diner is located on the platform of Tokaido Shink

If you are traveling Europe, it is quite easy to find a place to eat. The reason is that the restaurants,cafe or diners are all the time located on the ground floor or basement with direct access from the street, excluding roof top or restaurants located on the top of the building. On the other hand, there are many restaurants located on first floor, second floor, third floor or other floors in Japan, especially in large cities. Also there are many buildings which numerous

There are three major noodles in Japan, soba, udon and ramen noodles. Not like pasta, these noodles have similar shapes but the ingredients are different. Soba noodle is made from buckwheat flour and sometimes wheat flour is added. Udon noodle is made from only wheat flour. Then, ramen noodle is also made from wheat flour but kansui; a type of alkaline mineral water, containing sodium carbonate and usually potassium carbonate must be added. Also the difference is that sob

Although ramen is very popular among young Japanese and considered as a national food of Japan, ramen originally came from China. It is not exactly the same but Japanese adapted the Chinese noodle to Japanese ramen. On the other hand, udon noodle is the another main noodle in Japan. The ingredients are simple. Wheat, water and salt. Then, ramen uses animal based stock as like pork or chicken, but udon uses fish or seaweed based stock. Which means udon is less heavy than ra