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is a Chinese-style Japanese dish consisting of chilled
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is a Chinese-style Japanese dish consisting of chilled Chinese noodles
Chinese noodles vary widely according to the region of production, ingredients, shape or width, and manner of preparation. Noodles were invented in China, and are an essential ingredient and Staple food, staple in Chinese cuisine. They are an im ...
with various toppings served in the summer. It is also called in Kansai region
The or the lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshū. The region includes the prefectures of Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo and Shiga, often also Mie, sometimes Fukui, Tokushima and Tottori. The metropol ...
and in Hokkaido
is the list of islands of Japan by area, second-largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefectures of Japan, prefecture, making up its own list of regions of Japan, region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō fr ...
. Toppings are usually colorful cold ingredients and a ''tare'' sauce.
The dish was invented in 1937 by the Chinese restaurant Ryutei in Sendai
is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Miyagi Prefecture and the largest city in the Tōhoku region. , the city had a population of 1,098,335 in 539,698 households, making it the List of cities in Japan, twelfth most populated city in Japan.
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as an adaptation of the Shanghainese
The Shanghainese language, also known as the Shanghai dialect, or Hu language, is a variety of Wu Chinese spoken in the central districts of the city of Shanghai and its surrounding areas. It is classified as part of the Sino-Tibetan langua ...
dish ''liangbanmian'' (). The dish was originally sold in Japan under the borrowed Chinese name ''ryanbanmyen'' . The name "hiyashi chuka" was established in the late 1950s.
Popular toppings are meat (ham, boiled chicken, or char siu
''Char siu'' () is a Cantonese-style barbecued pork. Originating in Guangdong, it is eaten with rice, used as an ingredient for noodle dishes or in stir fries, and as a filling for '' cha siu bao'' or pineapple buns. Five-spice powder is t ...
), strips of '' tamagoyaki'' (egg omelette), summer vegetables like cucumber and tomatoes, ''menma
is a Japanese condiment made from lacto-fermented bamboo shoots. The bamboo shoots are dried in the sun or through other means before the process of fermentation. Menma is a common topping for noodle soups, notably ramen. Menma is primarily ...
'' (fermented bamboo shoots), and ''beni shōga
is a type of ''tsukemono'' ( Japanese pickle). It is made from thin strips of ginger pickled in umezu (), the vinegary pickling solution used to make umeboshi. The red color is traditionally derived from red perilla (''Perilla frutescens'' var ...
'' (pickled ginger) as a condiment. Toppings are cut thin, to mix well with the noodles and the sauce. The ''tare'' sauce is usually made with a base of either soy sauce and rice vinegar, or sesame seeds and mayonnaise ().
See also
* '' Jungguk-naengmyeon'' *List of ramen dishes
This is a list of notable ramen dishes. Ramen is a Japanese dish that consists of Chinese-style wheat noodles served in a meat or (occasionally) fish-based broth, often flavored with soy sauce or miso. Ramen dishes often include toppings such as , ...
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