The most popular and beloved is udon, a thick rice noodle. Udon symbolizes purity and is widely recognized as superior to soba and ramen. Udon constitutes the majority of noodle options in the South Bay's Japanese restaurants. One eatery stands out as the top udon house in the valley. Although other restaurants offer a wider variety of toppings, Sushi Zen crafts the best basic udon noodle.
Soups here come only in sumo size.
The bowl is too big and heavy to be picked up for direct broth-sipping, so a spoon is provided. Boiling hot, the soup sizzles on the walls of the pot. A generous serving of succulent udon sits in a clear vegetable stock. A raw egg is cracked on top of the udon and covered with tempura of carrots, eggplant, yam, broccoli and prawn. Shredded spring onions top off the ensemble beautifully.