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Thick white udon noodles in clear broth with scallion and a piece of fried tofu

Udon Noodle Soup

$13 play money

Thick, chewy wheat noodles in a clear broth. On the ChowChow Feast menu it costs $13 in play money, which puts it in the Snack tier ($1 to $14). It is one of the small, cheap things that make an order feel real.

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Key facts

Cuisine
Japanese
Menu section
Japanese
Price tier
Snack ($1 to $14)
Play-money price
$13
Main ingredients
thick wheat noodles, clear broth, scallion
How it is served
Thick white udon noodles in clear broth with scallion and a piece of fried tofu

History, tradition and origin

Ramen came to Japan with Chinese cooks in the late 1800s and spread after the Second World War, when wheat flour was plentiful. Regions built their own bowls: pork bone broth in the south, miso in the north, soy in Tokyo. Thick wheat noodles and buckwheat noodles are much older, and buckwheat noodles are eaten on New Year's Eve.

Food economy and industry

Japan has tens of thousands of ramen shops, many run by a single owner who makes broth through the night. Instant noodles, invented in Japan in 1958, are now eaten more than a hundred billion times a year worldwide. Buckwheat grows in poor soil and cool climates, and much of it is imported.

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