Comment on the word men Japanese word for noodle.

In Japanese, men mean noodle, or the long stringy pasta thingamajigs that goes into ramen or other types of Japanese fine gourmet meals cuisine.

Somen - Noodles for the summer months

The Japanese word men in general is used for your basic noodle. There are many different types of men. The most famous of which is Ra-men, which has become quite popular in America and sales are good because of its cheap price. Somen on the other hand could be considered the angel hair of ramen, except that somen is seasonal. The Japanese eat somen in the summer chilled in a bowl with its own special tare (sauce) similar to soy sauce. The noodles are very thin, like I said and there is no need to overcook. Just boil a couple of minutes, put ice in a bowl with the special tare and blam, instant summer meal that keeps the heat of the humid summers months off of you and instead offers a nice chilly summer meal. Try somen for you gourmet meal during your summer stay in the land of the rising sun, Japan.

Takoyaki

Takoyaki

Takoyaki tastes delicious and is very good for you too. Its fresh but never tastes wet. The main constituents of this Japanese food dish delight which served on the streets in Japan under a canopy or simply prepared on a skewer stick, made into a ball like catfish bait, in a busy throng of hungry for takoyaki fanatics are boiled octopus in a ball corn meal. A tasty gourmet meal and cheap at 2-4 balls/ 100 yen.

It tastes like a corn dog more than it gives anyoctupus, so you with a weak stomach need not worry