Today, July 7th is "Tanabata", but did you know that it is also "somen day"? (I'm ashamed to say that I didn't know ...) It seems that the traditional "style" is to decorate a strip of paper with a wish written on it and eat somen noodles while looking at the starry sky. According to one theory, somen (an ancestor) was offered as an offering to the Tanabata event in the Imperial Palace from the Heian period!

I heard rumors that this year's trend is to add a slightly unique arrangement to eat somen noodles. What does "arrange" mean ...?


For example, Kikkoman is selling somen de pasta shrimp tomato cream and somen de ramen refreshing chicken stock salt as new products this year.


"Somen de Pasta Shrimp Tomato Cream" is a soup noodle soup that you can enjoy the taste of "tomato cream pasta" just by sprinkling it on boiled somen noodles. The taste of shrimp and the richness of cream are combined with the freshness of Italian tomatoes, and it is said to have a rich yet refreshing aftertaste.


On the other hand, "Somen de Ramen Refreshing Chicken Dashi Salt" is a ramen-like taste with "chicken broth" when you put it on somen. It contains minced chicken and shiitake mushrooms made in Japan , so you can eat it deliciously without adding any special ingredients .


In addition, "Cold Kake soba with chestnut pumpkin" is on sale from Yamaki. A potage-style soup made by adding potatoes to "ripe chestnut pumpkin" from Kagoshima prefecture. You can enjoy the soft and rich sweetness! This also seems to be delicious.


It looks gorgeous without any hassle, so suddenly a friend came to play but I don't have time to cook elaborate dishes! How useful it is for the day. A little strange fashionable somen, why don't you give it a try this summer?