Udon, or Japanese wheat noodle

Kitsune-udon

Udon is one of the most popular food to Japanese people. Udon is made from wheat flour. I think the king of Udon is Kitsune-udon. Kitsune-udon is Udon with a piece of deep-fried tofu. The deep-fried tofu was simmered with sugar and soy sauce before it is put into Udon soup. Udon soup is made from a lot of piece of dried bonito shavings and kombu. Since the ingredients of Kitsune-udon are the only above things, Kitsune-udon is very simple but has deep flavor. Soba made from buckwheat with a piece of deep-fried tofu is called Tanuki. Kitsune means fox and Tanuki means raccoon dog in Japanese. Japanese people have been attached to Both Kitsune and Tanuki for hundreds years.