Your doctor’s advise: Continue reading only with a full stomach. Some of the pictures may cause severe response of gastric juices My Warning: as always a strong stomach is highly recommended for responding to your divine calling Woohoooo woohooo I am delighted to annouce that the official sanuki udon pilgrimage for 2010 has started! Hahaha…every mention of udon brings back fond memories of …
Last stop – Ritsuri National Park, a listed must-visit for all visitors to Takamatsu. Part of a compound of a former shogun residence. Spend an hour there guided by an elderly park warden who showed me some of the most beautfiful trees and bonsai I’ve ever seen. There are 2 parts, north and south garden…this …
(Above: Me, my love and hard work and the kids enjoying their udon in the background) After we left the SHOGUN residence, we headed to the other side of the hill overlooking takamatsu. This is where I’m taking my udon making classes with Andy and Tamai san. When we got there, there were …
(Above: Posing for picture with Tamai san and Andy from the Kagawa Prefecture in Ritsuri National Park.) I’m thrilled today because our friends from the Kagawa Prefecture are taking me to eat more udon!!! Hahahaha…this trip is really a baptism of udon for me. I had as much udon as I would had for an …
(Another of the popular local hand made udon shops in Takamatsu above that I later was to be introduced to the 4th generation son of its founder by the our friends from the government office) For dinner I found this place along one of the side streets of the main shopping street (chu dori), it …
(Da-rah – Freshly cut udon dough above) There are 2 things I must do today – 1) get up early to have my first udon breakfast in the home of udon makers. 2) And attend my udon making class at Sanuki Udon School And I’m so glad I did both and more… =)
(Bowl of freshly made udon with signature onsen tamago) Sanuki is the old name of the area that I am writing this blog from. Yes I took the opportunity to get out of Singapore again and landed myself in Sanuki or Takamatsu, in Shikoku island. The moment I arrived after a grueling 3 and half …
