Odong, also called pancit odong, is a Visayan noodle soup made with noodles, canned smoked sardines ('' tinapa'') in tomato sauce, bottle gourd (), loofah (), chayote, ginger, garlic, red onions, and various other vegetables. It is garnished and spiced with

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, scallions, toasted garlic, calamansi, or labuyo chilis. The dish is usually prepared as a soup, but it can also be cooked with minimal water, in which case, it is known as odong guisado. It is a common simple and cheap meal in

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(particularly the

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) and the Visayas Islands. It is almost always eaten with white rice, rarely on its own. It is named after the round flour noodles called which are closest in texture and taste to the Okinawa soba. These noodles are characteristically sold dried into straight sticks around long. The name is derived from the Japanese ''

udon Udon ( or ) is a thick noodle made from wheat flour, used in Japanese cuisine. It is a comfort food for many Japanese people. There are a variety of ways it is prepared and served. Its simplest form is in a hot soup as with a mild broth called ...

'' noodles, although it does not use ''udon'' noodles or bear any resemblance to ''udon'' dishes. It originates from the

which had a large Japanese migrant community in the early 1900s. The noodles were previously locally manufactured by

Okinawans The Ryukyuan people ( ryu, 琉球民族 (るーちゅーみんずく), Ruuchuu minzuku or ryu, どぅーちゅーみんずく, Duuchuu minzuku, label=none, ja, 琉球民族/りゅうきゅうみんぞく, Ryūkyū minzoku, also Lewchewan or L ...

, but modern noodles (which are distinctly yellowish) are imported from

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. Because noodles are difficult to find in other regions, they can be substituted with other types of noodles; including '' misua'', ''miki'' (

egg noodles Noodles are a type of food made from unleavened dough which is either rolled flat and cut, stretched, or extruded, into long strips or strings. Noodles are a staple food in many cultures (for example, Chinese noodles, Filipino noodles, In ...

), ''

'', and even instant noodles.

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