Overview
Somen: these traditional Japanese noodles are amazingly thin and white. Japan has many noodles, like soba, udon and ramen, but the saga of somen goes back some 1,200 years. We visit Miwa, Nara Prefecture to see how traditional techniques are used to stretch somen again and again over a two-day period to achieve millimeter thinness. We also see how somen works in recipes from curry to Okinawan to even Italian with cheese and tomato sauce. Slurp into the history of somen!
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5 - 1SHIITAKE January 25, 2023
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5 - 2SERI February 15, 2023
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5 - 3WASANBON March 08, 2023
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5 - 4SOMEN March 22, 2023
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5 - 5KUZU April 19, 2023
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5 - 6YOMOGI May 17, 2023
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5 - 7HIMONO May 31, 2023
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5 - 8YUBA June 14, 2023
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5 - 9HOYA July 12, 2023
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5 - 10BUTTER July 19, 2023
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5 - 11JAPANESE MUSTARD August 02, 2023
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5 - 12JAPANESE CURRY September 13, 2023
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5 - 13FUKUSHIMA: FRUIT KINGDOM September 27, 2023
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5 - 14WAGASHI October 18, 2023
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5 - 15NODOGURO October 25, 2023
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5 - 16JAPANESE GIN November 08, 2023
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5 - 17SAITAMA WHEAT November 22, 2023
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5 - 18APPLES December 06, 2023
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5 - 19GOBO December 27, 2023