Udon Fest: 1st Stop

So what I will do is post a description and then pictures of the place for each place, so each store will get it's own post.

That being said, to back track a bit; Masa met me in front of my house (Chie knows where I live), and we hopped on the ferry. I had brought a deck of cards with me, and we played Up and Down the River. They finally got the hang, and we also played a much faster and cut-throat game on the way back to Tamano that afternoon.

Landing in Takamatsu, we drove to the first shop. It was tucked away behind the main straight, almost in what seemed like a little neighborhood; not your usual location for a restaurant.

This place was cheap, and despite it being just 10:30am, it was pretty packed. I was surprised. The price for Udon was 70yen (100yen if you wanted to add an egg, which I did). As you can see, the menu didn't really contain much. Another interested thing about the place was that you ate outside (crammed into the little tent area if it was raining. People shuttled through the inside to pay and get your food. Speaking of paying, it was very nonchalant; Put your coins in the appropriate dish and take whatever change you need. People were too busy to pay much attention, and the Japanese place quite a bit of faith in the honor code that I guess it works.

So there was the option of getting some tempura to go on top as well, but I passed for the raw egg instead (after putting in three pumps of shouyuu, or soy sauce). Scramble the egg (already scrambled in picture), and then eat away. Nearly everyone agree: Despite the cheap price, this was the best place we went to the entire day.

Lastly, we were able to find these places using a "Udon Shops of Takamatsu" book (basically a book on all the Udon shops in Takamatsu and Kagawa Prefecture. They have books like this for Ramen, Udon, Yakiniku, Sushi, Tempura, etc. etc.; The Japanese love their food. The best part was the old lady in the shop is in the picture in the book too!!!