Today, I'd like to introduce a local dish called sara udon from Nagasaki Prefecture in Kyushu. There's a restaurant in my hometown that serves it. When my husband and I visited his parents' grave, we stopped by the restaurant. We had to wait in a long line because it's very popular among local people.
The picture below shows sara udon, which make with a variety of vegetables, seafood, and pork, all covered in a thick starchy sauce and served over crispy fried noodles. I like having it with a splash of vinegar. Even thought it's called udon, it's quite different from regular udon noodles. During the Edo period (1600 to 1868), Nagasak was the only place in Japan to open to the rest of the world. That's why its local food is very unique.
I personally prefer the thick fried noodles over the thin ones.
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That looks scrumdillyicious! Do the noodles stay crunchy in the sauce?
Thank you for the corrections and teaching the new big word. Compared to the thin noodles, I can say yes.
Another Japanese delight I have yet to try!
I think Udon is my favorite type of Japanese noodle, so I'll definitely have to try this.
@CocoPop I'm sure you'll love it! Thank you for the corrections again.
@Ersatzjello If you love udon, you should go to kagawa in Shikoku, but their udon is different from this one. I believe that Udon in Kagawa is the best. Do you know that Udon in the Kansai and Kanto are different? The soup in the Kanto is very dark. Since I used to the Kansai version, I don't like the Kanto one. If you want the best sara udon, you'd better to go Nagasaki!