'Sanuki' noodle makers rely on Australia for their survival

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nutsagain at 09:52 AM JST - 21st July

Silly, sillier, silliest. that's the stuff of the Sanuki-udon-is-unique argument. There are people in Kagawa that will swear black and blue the shops just over the border in Tokushima cannot make the genuine article as the Sanuki udon is just impossible to replicate anywhere else but Kagawa...

Bunkum. It's the just the same anywhere as the wheat is from Oz and this just doesn't interfere one single iota with the silly logic behind the locals' insistence that Kagawa's udon is unique.

The real point here is nostalgia for things past. Japan's self sufficiency rate is now 39% and J rice farmers actually do something truly 'unique', with the opportunity to grow wheat in the off season as it can be profitable with the Australian drought causing mayhem to Japan's grain prices.
lipscombe at 10:34 AM JST - 21st July

pipe-dream 2000
GW at 11:12 AM JST - 21st July

udon is ok, but I will take soba over udon every time!
Bovinus at 01:11 PM JST - 21st July

Ramen's the best!