Soba is made of buckwheat flour, and udon and kishimen are made of plain wheat flour.
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Udon
//ˈuːdɒn//
Synonyms for "udon"
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Translations
12 translations across 10 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ուդոն noun (udon)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 烏冬 /乌冬 noun (udon)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 烏冬麵 /乌冬面 noun (udon)
- 烏龍麵 /乌龙面 noun (udon)
French
1 entries- udon noun (udon)
German
1 entries- Udon noun (udon)
Indonesian
1 entries- udon noun (udon)
Japanese
2 entries- うどん noun (udon)
- 饂飩 noun (udon)
Korean
1 entries- 우동 noun (udon)
Polish
1 entries- udon noun (udon)
Russian
1 entries- удо́н noun (udon)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Would you like to eat some udon?
Source: tatoeba (1771901)
The first time I had niku udon was at a Japanese convenience store, now long closed, near Columbia University in the mid-1990s. For about $5, the attendants would plop a handful of freshly boiled udon into a Styrofoam cup and add a ladle of dashi broth seasoned with soy sauce and mirin.
Source: wiktionary
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