Japanese summer feasts, Hiyashi-chuka

Hello, guys! It's getting really hot recently isn't it? Normally it's not such hot in Hirosaki tho, toooooo high tempareture these days... You might be irritated about this heat, right?? So, today I wanna introduce good cold feast in Japan! I'm sure you will come to look for very hot summer after you reading my blog! As you know, "Ramen" is widely known as one of the most famous Japanese dishs in the world. When I went to Auckland in New Zealand, there were many Japanese Ramen shops, and the taste was so similar to the original one! However, "Cold Ramen", which is usually called as "Hiyashi-chuka", is not as well known as Ramen is. In summer, you would often see the following catchphrase everywhere in Japan, "冷やし中華はじめました" When I see this catchphrase, I can feel "summer has come"! And I guess many local people tend to have the same feeling with me,haha Lastly, I just wanna introduce this funny video for you guys. http://youtu.be/X6AUxVRc2dk Thnx for your reading! Cheers! Michiko Nara