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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.
Sanuki Udon Iwai
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So yummy
Is apprentice get paid during the internship?
yo why this video inspiring! and full of energy!
apakah ini ramen? jadi ingat film waktu kecil😁 naruto. rasanya ingin mencoba makan ramen tapi belum kesampaian😃
salam dari indonesia ☺🙏
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Love iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit
What kind of bags are they boiling the fish in?
family vibes all over the place, so awesome and chill work enviornment
While I love these service and food industry DIL videos, I think they most often show an impressive amount of diligence and professionalism, which is amazing, especially in the restaurant industry. But I think it gets confused with actual passion and love for this kind of job. And a lot of the people in this series don't seem to really have that imo. No knock against them, it's still impressive.
But this dude, you can tell by how he talks and does his routine and by other little things, just fucking loves the absolute grind of being a chef, which is rare. The reward is usually too low, the hours are too shit, you're tired all the time, and you equally care about and don't give a shit about what people think of your cooking. But for some reason you go bust it out everyday because there's just something about it that drives you, even when it's boring or sucks ass.
I always feel happy after watching your videos. Thank you! It is heartwarming to see people living their best lives doing what they enjoy.
Small place but efficient .. imagine working alone and sucessful
BUKKAKE UDON?!?!
大将の気風がイイね！
The act to making food from foot is just like drinking toilet water
This "Behind the Counter" series is easily becoming my favorite series on your channel. It's just so interesting to see how Japanese people put effort and passion into their craft EVERY day. Truly amazing to see and thank you for sharing their stories Paolo!
Disgusting! stepping on noodle dough with feet!? that socks looked damn dirty too! WTF
Oh main that udon looks so good!
🙂👍👍👍
I love the fact that there are so many mom and pop local shops that serve delicious food at great prices ND super quick.
every boss needs to be like this wner. woooooooow
that has got to be the best looking udon ive ever seen
I just tried Udon noodles the other day (found some at a local asian food market) and they are SO good! I love the thick, chewy texture of them, and it seems like they can be used for many kinds of dishes.
14:16
AAAAYYYYY boooOOOOOOSSSSSS
I wish i have boss like him !
Thanks!
Dude i definetly need to go here, I've been craving some good Udon for a while now…. One day tho ╤__╤
I doubt he stepped on the same side of the paper while trying to flatten the dough..he could have stepped on both sides in that case the Dough will have all dirt from socks. Looks unhealthy way to create dough. Better use machine
Whiskey tribe!
Worth a visit! Look at the proportions!
He's a very cool guy. It's great to see him do what he loves.
His Udon chopper looks like the Slave 1. It's awesome.
Brother, you nail everything awesome about your content; optimistic, posi-mistic, and just… everything positive about the content… I will watch every one of your videos in earnest!!!
Tiap hari mkn terigu wkwkk
Man, this is the third video of this series I watched in a row. So chill and friendly. I have put them on the list to visit. Thanks for your great and heartwarming work. =)
"So what did you learn from here the most?"
"I learned that i need to keep the store clean"
"You were suposed to say udon" =)))
A Japanese friend of mine told me about a dish native to her home that was melted chocolate dipped raw garlic cloves. She said they're normally eaten like westerners eat meatloaf or chicken pot pie.
3:13 the dyson stick vacuum to clean up flour. So bougie hahaha
13:27 Only ¥200 per package? No wonder they sold out everyday i would buy from them everyday too
This vid is still engaging and satisfying no matter how many times I've watched it
Wow, what great guy, when you have staff that have worked in small shop like that for 5-10 years, he must be really great to work for. Watching what happens made me want to work there and see how to make really great Udon.
Omg Ako – Chan is a Princess… let her do what she wants… or ima kill people
The owner is the perfect example of doing what you love.
Imagine if a client appeared seeing the chef stepping onto the dough 🤣
Ok, my friend,
You dashi this and dashi that
Is dashi the Broth?
Make it enjoyable please
Us US citizens don't readily know what dashi is, off the bat.
Thank you 🙏
3:06 wasn't expect to hear "no cap"
bro, your channel is insane. thanks for all of these amazing uploads!
He's using dyson for the dough table…….what does he use for his home? NASA grade vacuum cleaner?😆
Disappointed because he used his pair of legs stamping on the dough🤷!haiyaaa
Tell him to use something else instead of legs to stamp the dough! Because it's disgusting! No hard feelings