Word: udon
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...Kamachiku This family-run noodle shop, set in a century-old granary with a modern addition designed by architect Kengo Kuma, overlooks a soothing Japanese garden. Arrive early to avoid disappointment: the handmade udon is so good, it's gone by 1:30 p.m. on weekends. Tel: (81-3) 5815-4675, 2-14-18 Nezu...
...global foray into fast food. Part convenience store, part fast-food restaurant, the café opened its doors last month with a rotating menu featuring dishes you're more likely to see in a college cafeteria than a corner store: chicken fillet with onion and black-pepper sauce, Japanese udon noodles with curry, penne Bolognese. "We've been a snack destination," says Tim Chalk, commercial director of Dairy Farm, which holds the 7-Eleven area franchise for Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore and Guangdong. "We want to be a food destination." (See 10 things to do in Hong Kong...
...sunny Thursday in Hong Kong when Carmen Wong takes the mike in a dimly lit room at a karaoke lounge. As she belts out a number by Cantopop (Cantonese pop) star Sammi Cheng, her colleagues bounce to the beat, waving forks in the air between bites of udon noodles, pork cutlets and potato salad...
...Lunch patrons make the most of their privacy. Down the hall from Wong, a middle-aged couple canoodled on their room's black pleather couch. In another room, two girls in prim white school uniforms and navy cardigans sang earnestly between slurps of udon, their eyes glued to the screen. High school boys with spiky hair whooped and crooned...
...even deluxe Wagyu beef—and an array of appetizers, soups, sides, and noodle dishes, all at attractive prices. The four of us at my table ordered a couple rounds of steamed chicken dumplings, summer rolls, a beef shabu dinner with rice vermicelli, a pork dinner with udon, a noodle dish called simply Yum Yum, and two orders of sashimi. Things were looking up, we were excited, and then the waitress returned to say that they were out of sashimi. Totally. All of it. Shabu Square has only been open for a few weeks, but its owners also...