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Noodle soup for breakfast -
06-06-2011, 01:49 PM
In Japan rice is the staple food often eaten up to 3 times a day. However, noodles (soba,ramen,udon,somen) are also popular especially in soups.
In Tokyo I stayed at a hostel in Asakusa and would sometimes eat noodle soup for breakfast. In most other places I did not find noodle shops open before 11 am. I also saw noodle shops open in the morning at Tsukiji, Imamiya (Osaka) and some 24 hour chains that had noodles on the menu. A Japanese friend seemed nearly shocked that I or anyone would eat noodles for breakfast, and I don't know why. Is it uncommon to do so? I am interested to know if anyone could provide further information. 
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06-06-2011, 02:36 PM
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06-06-2011, 03:56 PM
ramen for breakfast? yeah, i'll say, it's a bit too heavy. I had shabu shabu for breakfast sometime last week, i think. I felt like a God on rollerskates afterwards.
 Nabe is great in the morning too, especially on witer.
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06-07-2011, 12:03 AM
Learnt something new. I never thought about noodles for breakfast before. But I am now confused as I have been served fish for breakfast at some ryokans. How can noodles be considered to be too heavy but fish not be?
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06-07-2011, 12:19 AM
I've had many kinds of noodles for breakfast. In fact, yesterday morning I had a local kind of udon for breakfast. I don't think it's too uncommon where I live. Of course the udon was prepared cool, which is appropriate for the heat/humidity of this time of year. However, in the winter hot noodles in the morning is a good way to start the day.
However, I think ramen is indeed pushing it. I have had it before, though. I think my wife's family had done it some times when she was growing up as well. I think 冷やし中華 would be fine, but like a full blown hot ramen in the morning is in my opinion a bit too heavy. I have a friend who does a lot of traveling around Japan-- last year he went to Hakata, where he said finding ramen shops in the morning was not unusual at all. Supposedly it's a pretty popular thing to eat in the morning down there! Of course neither him nor I are from there, so I can't speak for certain.
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06-07-2011, 12:35 AM
I have not asked anybody about this, but to me udon or soba would not seem so strange, but ramen has a bit of an unhealthy stigma to it here (even the real stuff not just cup noodle etc) so I could see a lot of Japanese feeling a bit strange about eating it for breakfast. Every Japanese style breakfast I have had screamed healthiness.
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06-07-2011, 04:26 AM
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06-07-2011, 04:35 AM
Interesting how in some regions it is a common breakfast in comparison to others. Something tells me there is also differences within the larger cities. While I don't think most soups are too oily, I don't think most ramen would be delicate enough for breakfast.
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