Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL that in Japan, they have a thing called "nagashi somen", which are restaurants with flowing troughs of water where noodles slide down and you have to catch themtokyocheapo.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1329arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1323arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in Japan, they have a thing called "nagashi somen", which are restaurants with flowing troughs of water where noodles slide down and you have to catch themtokyocheapo.comDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square51fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaretiredofsametab@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·3 months agoIt is unappealing. I would not eat at a place like that. Some do have separate chopsticks for catching the somen (long o, so probably sounds less like semen than you might think), but it’s still not great. I have seen it at family events as well.
minus-squareEllia Plissken@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down9·3 months agoapparently the noodles are served cold and that sounds awful as well
minus-squaretiredofsametab@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down1·3 months agoWhy? Cold noodles are nice and refreshing. Pasta salad (cold noodles) is a thing all over the place.
minus-squareEllia Plissken@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·3 months agoyeah and I hate it
It is unappealing. I would not eat at a place like that. Some do have separate chopsticks for catching the somen (long o, so probably sounds less like semen than you might think), but it’s still not great. I have seen it at family events as well.
apparently the noodles are served cold and that sounds awful as well
Why? Cold noodles are nice and refreshing. Pasta salad (cold noodles) is a thing all over the place.
yeah and I hate it