Cool Japan: Cold noodles

■Cool Japan: Cold noodles

NHK Cool Japan: "Cold Noodles"

Summer in Japan. Udon, soba, somen, and other cold noodles are a symbol of summer.

Eating any type of noodles cold is actually a Japanese characteristic.

The Japanese culture of surviving the heat by eating delicious cold foods.

"Chinese food, pho, pasta"

In summer, Japanese people eat cold foods to cool their bodies.

In winter, we eat hot food to warm our bodies.

Change the temperature of your food depending on the season to keep yourself in good health.

This is a characteristic of Japan.

There are four distinct seasons, with extreme differences between hot and cold.

He pays particular attention to the temperature of the food and changes the dishes he serves with each season.

That's how I enjoy the changing of the seasons.

"Somen"

Somen noodles were developed through the wisdom and ingenuity of the Japanese, who in the past could only grow wheat.

That's why it has been made in various parts of Japan for a long time.

Semi-dried somen noodles have also been made since the Edo period, taking advantage of the local climate and soil to differentiate the product from other regions.

Each region's somen noodles are infused with the wisdom and ingenuity of the area.

Following on from ramen and soba, somen may soon be discovered and go global.

"Cold cup noodles"

A lot of water is needed to make cold noodles.

Boil and rinse in water.

Nagashi somen noodles are mostly just water.

This is possible only in Japan, a country of abundant water, where water is readily available.

So it may be difficult to spread it overseas.

Everyone, please come and try it in Japan in the summer.

Udon, pasta, chilled Chinese noodles, Japanese, Western and Chinese food, I'll cool and chill everything for now, because it's hot in the summer and I have water.

I also like the rough feel of it.