(Miso-nikomi)Udon in Nagoya

Again, another food in Nagoya. A friend of mine who lives in Gifu where is next to Aichi prefecture took me to a restaurant that is famous for Udon.
Udon is a pretty common food in western part of Japan, but this type of Udon is barely seen. First of all, the soup is dark because of miso-base. This miso-nikomi-Udon (Miso stewed Udon) is another Nagoya food.

The taste of the soup was not salty as looks. The udon was very thick and sticky. I almost thought it was not well boiled.

What I like the most in this restaurant was the pickles that they served as appetizer, which is not shown in the picture though. They were very lightly seasoned and nice texture.

The name of the restaurant is Yamamotoyama. According to my friend, it is very famous around here so everybody in Nagoya knows if somebody want to find it.

Famous food in Nagoya

This is something I had when I visited a friend who lives near Nagoya.
Nagoya is located in just between Tokyo and Osaka. Tokyo and Osaka are kind of representatives of eastern and western parts of Japan (excluding Hokkaido and Okinawa). Since Nagoya is in between, its culture was mixed and has been developed to be a original one.
To me from Osaka, people in Nagoya like relatively strong tastes. Sometimes it is a bit salty, but sometimes it is too much source on a food.

In the picture I had Miso-katsu (deep fried pork,Ton-katsu, with miso source) and Udon though Udon is not a Nagoya food. Ton-katsu is a pretty popular food in Japan, but once it is served with a miso source, it becomes a Nagoya food. I do not think any special Miso is used for this, but this combination of the fried pork and miso source is quite nice. And always Ton-katsu is served with shredded cabbage, which is nice match , too.