Sushi and Japanese Market's Blog

Thanks for joining me, the beginning of this week has been a busy one here at
Sushi & Japanese Market,
here is a run down of the most current happenings:

This Monday (2-4-08), I sent out our February Newsletter, and It's response has been great! You can view it via our
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This months feature is Japanese Noodles!
With explanations of the most common, Soba, Udon, Ramen, Somen and Okinawan Soba.

At the storefront
To accompany this months theme, I have also found and added a whole bunch of
Japanese Noodles
Japanese Soba - Buckwheat & Cha(green tea)Soba
Japanese Udon - Thick White Round Noodle
Japanese Somen - Very Thin usually white
Japanese Noodle Servers
Maru Zaru Soba Servers - Square and Round Shaped Zaru
Zaru sets - Unique, Stylish sets, with compartments for all of your different toppings and a bachi dipping bowl for your Tsuyu sauce.
Bamboo Zaru - Totally Natural bamboo Zaru, hand made.
Bachi - Japanese dipping Bowls, made for dipping our noodles into your sauce.
Japanese Ceramic Donburi - Noodle Bowls
Classic Japanese Ceramic Donburi - Quite nice selection of different styles
Futa Donburi - Ceramic Noodle Bowls with Matching Lids
&
Japanese Noodle Toppings - Goma, Beni Shoga, Nori..
Japanese Noodle Bases - Premium Pre made Stocks, and Noodle Soup Bases

New to Japanese Noodles

The best and easiest way to get started with trying Japanese Noodles, and using the cool servers, soup bases and toppings, is with a kit.
I have put together :
The Japanese Noodle Sampler

This is a great way to get started sampling three of the most popular Japanese Noodles:

Soba, Cha Soba and Udon.
This is a complete set, it allows you to make both Soba and Udon either hot or cold, and present it in a truly Authentic Japanese manner, with a Bamboo Zaru and a Dipping Bowl(Bachi) for the Tsuyu.
Also in the set are three basic noodle toppings: Roasted Sesame Seeds - Goma, Nori Flakes and Beni Shoga - Red Pickled Ginger Sticks. All you would need optionally would be Negi(finely cut green onions). I've even added four pairs of wooden chopsticks to complete this great set. I have given you three different types of Japanese Noodles:

Traditional buckwheat soba
Cha soba - Green tea powder and buckwheat flour
Traditional Udon Noodles

The Tsuyu is made by Yamasa, which has been making soy and other sauces since 1645, and here has made a superior premixed Japanese Noodle Base - Kanto style Udon/Soba soup base, makes it super easy, just warm or chill it and serve into your bachi bowls(provided) for either Soba or Udon, it works for all three... After cooking your noodles simply drain and place on top of your bamboo zaru's, then top with your desired choice of any combination of the three toppings provided in this kit.


That's it, It is truly one of the quickest meals you can prepare, and nothing compares to the taste of each of these unique Japanese Noodles.
I've provided enough ingredients to last you through several full Japanese Noodle meals, And the tools you can use again and again...


The Japanese Noodle Sampler Kit contains:


1 - Kanto Style Tsuyu, Soba/Udon Noodle Soup Base - 1.8 liter
1 - Sigeno Ajisen zaru Soba - Japanese Buckwheat Noodles, three bundles each individually wrapped with ribbon - 12.70 oz. Package
1 - Sigeno Ajisen Zaru Udon - Japanese Udon Noodles, three bundles each individually wrapped with green ribbon - 10.58 oz. Package
1- Istuki Inaka Cha Soba - Japanese Green Tea and Buckwheat Soba Noodles, Premium Green Tea's health and taste benefits add to the already healthy soba noodle, for an absolute treat! - 7.05 oz Package.
1 - Beni Shoga Ginger - Japanese Pickled Ginger - 5oz. Glass Bottle
1- Roasted Sesame Seeds Goma - White Roasted In a convenient Shaker Container - 8.5 oz
1 - Ao Noriko - Japanese Nori (seaweed) Flakes - .24 oz. Glass Bottle
4 - Soba Zaru Maru Large - Natural Bamboo Noodle Servers - Our Soba Zaru Maru is the most natural and simplest way to authentically serve Japanese noodles.Hand Made entirely out of Bamboo, the earthy colors really set off the wholesomeness of your choice of Japanese Noodles.It's Inner Zaru is removable for care taking.What a wonderful way to enjoy your favorite Soba! - 8 5/8" dia.
4 pairs - Wajima Nurihashi - Japanese Wooden Chopsticks
4 - Fuka Bachi Kuro Shiro Hakeme - Japanese Ceramic Noodle Tsuyu Dipping Bowl - This is a low profile, round saucer like piece of Japanese Pottery, It features a dark Brownish black matte color, with a cream white glazing accent on inner bottom of bowl. A set of four Bachi's - 3 1/2" dia.
The Japanese Noodle Sampler - 19 pieces - 4 Full Individual Place Settings.

You can follow this link to https://www.shop.sushiandjapanesemarket.com/ , where you can safely purchase this fabulous kit and browse all of the unique Japanese foods, sushi tools and accessories and all the Noodle Features as mentioned above.

Please email me with any suggestions for products you'd like to see in the store, newsletter suggestions, or just to say hi, I value your feedback and genuinely encourage your comments.

Thanks for stopping by,

Have a Great Day!

Sushi & Japanese Market