Wanko Soba Challenge – The Record Of Having Customers Eating 570 Bowls Of Noodles At A Time

With just 32 USD, visitors can eat hundreds of bowls of noodles when going to some restaurants in Iwate (Japan).
Wanko soba challenge - record a customer to eat 570 bowls of noodles at once when traveling to Japan
Karla Cripps, a CNN reporter, visited a soba noodle restaurant during a trip to Japan in 2016 and saw a diners eat hundreds of bowls of noodles. Recently her experience was updated on CNN.
Contrary to the sweet but solemn shout, the waiter's face showed a tired expression. But she still doesn't stop

. The bowls of soba noodles continued to be presented on the table.
As soon as I finished my tiny bowl of noodles, she swooped in to refill again, shouting "hai dan dan!". This scene was repeated 33 times It makes no sense to say she stopped.




I am conquering the wanko soba challenge - eating unique buckwheat noodles from Iwate Prefecture, Japan. The pile of bowls placed next to me kept getting taller like a monument. There is only one way to stop the tide of soba coming in - to put a lid on the wanko (in the local language, wanko means "bowl").
Restaurant staff Azumaya revealed the record of visitors coming here is 570 bowls in one meal. Photo: Karla Cripps / CNN.
Record: 570 bowls
Traveling to Japan, to conquer the wanko soba challenge, I went to the Azumaya Soba Shop in Morioka, the capital of Iwate Prefecture. There is an English menu there
You do not have to join the game non-stop when you come here.



The menu has regular sets, including a traditional kaiseki lunch (served in the order of soup or clear broth; fried dishes, steamed dishes, stews, grilled dishes and rice served with vegetables and miso soup). But if so, it's not fun.
The wanko soba challenge costs 3,240 yen ($ 31.8). Diners are served 9 side dishes such as tuna sashimi, mushrooms, radish mash and other local specialties. At the end, the diners will receive a souvenir: a certificate and a copy of the bowl of noodles they've eaten.
15 bowls of wanko soba have the same amount of noodles as one medium-sized bowl of soba noodles. I thought my record of 33 bowls of noodles was a very impressive number - until I saw the man sitting at the table behind me.




This man ate 111 bowls of wanko soba and received the certificate. Photo: Karla Cripps / CNN.
Principles of entering the game
For starters, you have to eat continuously. You are not allowed to sit down to consume some noodles before you return to the table. You can sip on to the side food, but it's best to save your stomach until you complete the challenge. Do not miss, everything is delicious.
Another tip for you is not to drink too much soup. There is a bowl on the table to fill with excess water, after you've picked up all the noodles.




Chew? This is not required. The shop staff advised me to keep swallowing the noodles.
As I said above, when you feel your stomach is full, you can say that you are full as well. You must quickly get the lid on your bowl or the waiter's bowl. They'll be on duty with a tray full of soba and lightning fast order a new order in front of you when you finish a bowl.
This customer finished up 62 bowls of wanko soba. Photo: Karla Cripps / CNN.
Source
The owner of the Azumaya noodle shop said that wanko soba was born in the early 1600s.



Due to living in the high mountains with severe weather, farmers in Nanbu prefecture mainly grow buckwheat and eat soba noodles. Since this noodle dish is considered a rustic food, the Nanbu farmers are very embarrassed to serve the nobles.
When a general visits Hanamaki town, locals hesitate to offer bowls of noodles that are just a piece - but offer loads of specialties to accompany them. Because the noodles were so delicious, the general continued to order more. Since then, people have a tradition of serving guests tiny bowls of soba noodles until they are full.
Over the past four centuries, the tradition has gradually become the wanko soba challenge loved by the Iwate people, and the competitions take place twice a year. According to information from the local tourism industry, a woman who won the competition at Morioka by eating 383 bowls of noodles in just 10 minutes.
Morioka City is 3 hours away from Tokyo by bullet train.



From Sendai, the largest city in the Tohoku region, passengers take a 40-minute train ride to Morioka. Azumaya Soba Shop has four branches here. The branch at Ekimae is just a two-minute walk from the train station. For a complete list of wanko soba restaurants, you can visit the Japan Iwate Info tourism promotion website.
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