Somen

One Sunday, a few weeks before her departure to Japan, a good friend of mine invited me to her home.  One, to hand me most of her lovely clothing items she wants to donate, but secondly, to get me to taste her version of somen. 

Somen is Japanese noodles, served cold with a soup of cold water and ice cubes, and eaten typically during the summer time.  It is very refreshing and very light and remarkably very tasty.  You would take a bit of the noodles, dip it in the dipping sauce, sprinkle with all the herbs and eat it.  You can buy all the ingredients (noodles, sauce and all) ready made at a Japanese supermarket or make it yourself.  Either way, very yummy indeed!

Somen in the big bowl, with iced water and ice cubes, plus all the herbs around it and pictures below.

Ready made somen sauce