YAKISOBA | SAVORY

Yakisoba or literally fried buckwheat noodles is a Japanese stir fried noodle dish. Soba means buckwheat noodles, but the noodles used in yakisoba are wheat flour noodles. The wheat flour noodles are typically stir fried with bits of pork, cabbage, bean sprouts, onions and carrots. Yakisoba sauce, salt and pepper is also drizzled over it for flavoring (Yakisoba sauce tastes similar to Worcestershire sauce). Yakisoba can also typically be served with mayonnaise, aonori (seaweed powder) and bonito flakes. You can eat yakisoba at teppanyaki restaurants, okonomiyaki restaurants, or at festivals.

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