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I’m taking you behind the counter at another local family-owned Japanese restaurant to bring you the real life story of how handcrafted udon is made.  This time, we’re at Sanuki Udon Iwai a local favorite at Juju Station in Tokyo.  It’s just a 5 minute walk from the station through the Jujo Ginza Shotengai.  Udon Noodles are one of Japan’s most traditional foods as well as one of its most simple, just soup and udon noodles.  Well, you can add toppings, but many Japanese still enjoy it just with those 2 ingredients.  So it’s critical to craft a perfect dashi in order to craft a perfect bowl of udon.  Iwai san learned his udon crafting skills under the master at Miyatake Udon in Kagawa Prefecture.  He studied for about half year and then returned to Tokyo to open up his own shop.  In fact, Kagawa Prefecture is known as the Udon prefecture in Japan as it ranks first nationwide for udon noodle production and consumption, with over 600 udon noodle shops which easily outnumbers their total number of convenience stores.  And Iwai san, crafts their famous style Sanuki Udon Noodle at his local Tokyo shop.  His shop uses a traditional Japanese method of kneading with your feet, which creates their udon’s signature elastic and chewy texture.  Many Udon shops these days have moved to using machines for the kneading, but Iwai san prefers to carry on the Koshi method he learned from his master in Kagawa Japan.  

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