Recently, it has become cold in Tokyo, and heating has become indispensable in offices and homes. "I'm sure Hokkaido is extremely cold ..." While thinking about that, I stopped by at the Hokkaido antenna shop. So, when I was asked by a clerk from Hokkaido to talk about the recommended “local gourmet”, I heard a surprising fact.

In Hokkaido, it is said that the "hot water" that is cut and thrown away when making cup yakisoba is drunk without being thrown away .


The clerk at the antenna shop says:

"I used to drink cup yakisoba hot water in my hometown (Hokkaido) without throwing it away, so I don't want to have to come here (Kanto) and throw away the hot water."

Is "drinking without throwing away the cut water" a way of eating that is so familiar to the lives of the people of Hokkaido? I'm curious, so I decided to give it a try.

■ "Yakisoba Bento" delivered from Hokkaido

The author bought Maru-chan's "Yakisoba Bento", a cup of yakisoba made at the Hokkaido factory. The name "bento" implies that "our cup yakisoba is different from ordinary cup yakisoba."


Then, I will try to make "Yakisoba lunch" according to the explanation. It will become clear after this what it means to "drink hot water".


■ How to make "Yakisoba Bento"

First, open the lid to the fixed position and take out the sauce from the inside. ...Hmm? There is one more thing, but this is ...?


The source of "Chinese soup" is included with Kayakuya sauce! The instruction is written to "pour the hot water"! It seems that the mechanism of eating "drinking hot water" was here!

That's why I spoiled it, but I decided to make it to the end.

Next, put the noodles inside and pour boiling water up to the line inside the cup, and wait for 3 minutes until the "noodles" are soft. At that time, it is better to put the sauce on the lid and warm it.


Three minutes later, it was finally time to drain the water. The hot water cut here is poured into the "Chinese soup", which is a different procedure than usual.




Pour into a cup to make soup and discard the excess hot water. Do you want to throw it away after all? If you think, don't get me wrong. By recycling hot water and using it in soup, wasteful water consumption is greatly reduced.

Finally, sprinkle the sauce on the yakisoba and mix it to complete the "yakisoba lunch".


■ Try to eat

"Yakisoba" is a simple cup of yakisoba with a traditional sauce. Contains cabbage and diced meat.


On the other hand, "Chinese soup" has a soy sauce-based taste with pepper. What is this, isn't it usually good? It is possible that the extract from the noodles permeates the hot water and uses the hot water to make the soup, resulting in a deeper taste. With just this, a simple "cup yakisoba" will be transformed into a "yakisoba lunch". It also has the advantage of moisturizing the mouth, which tends to be dry, by eating cup yakisoba.

In addition to adding one more lunch, the environmentally friendly "Yakisoba Bento" from Hokkaido. The idea of changing the hot water that was always thrown away into soup is huge.