The Noodle that Saved Japan

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Matthew Li

Matthew Li

Күн бұрын

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One noodle has kept saving Japan in times of crisis and difficulties, soba. This noodle has amazing significance to Japan and the people here. So in this video I dig into the history of soba and discover some recipes that have existed for centuries.
SOCIAL MEDIA:
Twitter - / itsmatthewli
Instagram - / randomchino
Credits:
Producer - Matthew Li
Production Assistant - Mana Chuabang
Script Supervisor - Louis Govier
Special thanks:
Yusef Iqbal
Yeevonne Lim
Dylan Payne
Brandon Goddard
Kevin Thomas
Timestamps:
0:00 - A 230 year old restaurant
1:31 - Togakushi Soba
3:00 - The history of Soba
6:20 - How Soba conquered Japan
9:12 - Why Japan needed Soba
10:30 - Sarashina Soba
11:36 - Sunaba Soba
12:24 - Yabu Soba
SOURCES:
The Book of Soba by James Udesky
Rakujyo - t.ly/G7D4C
Yamato - t.ly/AO-dW
Wattention - t.ly/F2nvw
Tokyo Updates - t.ly/qYSAK

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@shakiMiki
@shakiMiki Ай бұрын
This is the kind of informed, well researched food as culture & history I subscribe for. You really excel at this. And its the topics one think one knows that are full of surprises & revelation. Bravo. Keep it up.
@Booz2020
@Booz2020 Ай бұрын
Malays and Singaporeans: Please hold our Nasi Lemak Rice 🍚 and Laksa 🍜🍛
@allenpoponick6641
@allenpoponick6641 12 күн бұрын
Yes. Great
@n0etic_f0x
@n0etic_f0x Ай бұрын
I love cold soba. Make three sauces (one can be as simple as soy sauce) and have a varied dish. Add some shredded carrots, something pickled, and tofu and you have one of my favorite breakfasts. I made it when I had no money so I did not starve keeping the tradition alive I guess. I still love it even though I have money now.
@Booz2020
@Booz2020 Ай бұрын
Malays and Singaporeans: Please hold our Nasi Lemak 🍚 and Laksa Noodle 🍜🍛
@n0etic_f0x
@n0etic_f0x Ай бұрын
@@Booz2020 I have had Laksa before but this Nasi Lemak sounds wonderful. Never heard of it but I will have made it by this time next week.
@realneonbluegamer
@realneonbluegamer Ай бұрын
Osaka is a whole mood
@mygetawayart
@mygetawayart Ай бұрын
real
@jimvasconcellos6419
@jimvasconcellos6419 Ай бұрын
Tea isn't surprising to me. Grain teas are common. Barley, rye, corn, etc. I love cold barley tea. So refreshing. I first drank it when I was stationed in Korea in 1988.
@letssee8397
@letssee8397 Ай бұрын
Bro! This quality, vibe, format, etc. is almost on point with Great Big Story and the big classic edu channels like Vox You are SO destined to hit millions! Keep it up! Maybe someday we'll collab - working on a couple channels right now ^^
@teddynihon
@teddynihon Ай бұрын
This channel is mad underrated, you've earned my sub
@Moemuntz
@Moemuntz Ай бұрын
Sobagaki reminds me of Fufu in west Africa, Ugali in Eastern Africa, “Asida” from the Middle East, and Polenta in Eastern Europe. The secret is in the broth (the dip) - sobagaki/asida is merely the vessel/utensil to make you full while you eat the tasty dip/broth - which can be Dashi, meat broth, honey, soup, sauce, etc.
@Booz2020
@Booz2020 Ай бұрын
Malays and Singaporeans: Please hold our Nasi Lemak 🍚 and Laksa 🍜🍛
@tktyga77
@tktyga77 Ай бұрын
Check out such as linut (known in Indonesia, especially its eastern parts as papeda & in Brunei as ambuyat)
@Moemuntz
@Moemuntz Ай бұрын
@@tktyga77wow. Truly it is everywhere.
@Moemuntz
@Moemuntz Ай бұрын
@@Booz2020 those are noodles and rice dishes. Not the same.
@squashscent5071
@squashscent5071 Ай бұрын
Your production quality is top notch. Keep it up.
@andiwrath2293
@andiwrath2293 Ай бұрын
Soba is one of my favorite noodles. I love the texture and taste. When I lived in Japan, I loved the curry soba.
@Brgnalf81
@Brgnalf81 Ай бұрын
Traditional food in my country, Slovenia, IN EUROPE, is simillar to "sobagaki"? Only we bake it once more, cover them with pork crackles and then eat it with sour milk (natural yogurt) or some sort of stew. It's really interesting that my ancestors never thought of making noodles out of buckweat.
@cyrildorleac1320
@cyrildorleac1320 Ай бұрын
Another great video! Great picture, script and editing. It’s difficult to understand why you don’t get more views! Is your channel not shadow banned after touching a few sensitive topics!?
@shakiMiki
@shakiMiki Ай бұрын
Absolutely. One of the best food channels. Definitely deserves more exposure. I've been telling everyone about it since the first video I stumbled across. We all need to do part.
@shaado_w
@shaado_w Ай бұрын
yea i really dont understand why he doesnt get more views
@gustercc
@gustercc 22 күн бұрын
The dude’s a boss creator. Just what I need. Kinda like a history lesson behind Japanese cuisine and culture by a good host. sub’d right away.
@thedogeofshibe
@thedogeofshibe Ай бұрын
Hey man I think stumbling on your channel was a godsent. In this day and age of virality and food vlogging your channel's well researched foray into food culture and history is geniunely refreshing. Definitely underrated and Im glad im here at 14k subs because who knows, down the line it might be millions! 🙏
@weiyanchee4199
@weiyanchee4199 9 күн бұрын
how did i stumble onto this channel and why is it so well done but it has so little views and subscribers?
@HelveticaStd
@HelveticaStd Ай бұрын
Excellent work as usual. These videos are gold when preparing travels.
@pangkaji
@pangkaji 25 күн бұрын
The writing of this piece is superb 👌. I love it. 👍
@glissandobartok9590
@glissandobartok9590 16 күн бұрын
Interesting & inspiring for a Mediterranean food culture. Thank you🙏
@worldsofpivotify
@worldsofpivotify Ай бұрын
Always so happy when you upload. Great video as always😊
@kirby7379
@kirby7379 Ай бұрын
Great video, as always.
@planesrift
@planesrift Ай бұрын
Great work! I learnt a lot!
@producedbypodcast
@producedbypodcast Ай бұрын
Love your content! Keep it up I'm sure the numbers will go up. 🔥🤞
@marcdubrowski5278
@marcdubrowski5278 Ай бұрын
I love your videos, man ! They are informative, but not only that, they make me want to taste all these foods, and travel for it.
@alishegamer8490
@alishegamer8490 Ай бұрын
I'm high key binging your channel and i'm loving it. The quality of the videos are as exquisit as the food that is shown itself
@Joao-pl6db
@Joao-pl6db Ай бұрын
soba is my favorite japanese noodle.
@FlorescentInk
@FlorescentInk Ай бұрын
This was amazing and super interesting to watch. Thank you for all the effort you put into this, it feels like a documentary I'd see on television.
@H.pylori
@H.pylori Ай бұрын
Well done! Thanks.
@marabanara
@marabanara Ай бұрын
Wow! This is a very high quality video. I’ve often wondered about soba and how they’re different to other noodles but I hadn’t considered it further. Loved this!
@marlonduarte
@marlonduarte Ай бұрын
I find that these videos are so amazing, I'm not a foodie. But this is such a good video, I thought you already had 100ks or millions of subs!
@MT-kr8cn
@MT-kr8cn Ай бұрын
This is excellent! history and food together👌😍. It is pure Art.Please keep it up! Thanks a lot Matthew!
@yekim138
@yekim138 Ай бұрын
This is amazing, I never knew there were so many varieties of soba. I wish I can try them all one day since this is one my favorite dishes from Japan.
@EpicvidsKetti08
@EpicvidsKetti08 Ай бұрын
The most curious version of Soba I've ever heard of is Acorn Soba
@ImTheKillaMonster
@ImTheKillaMonster 7 күн бұрын
this is so interesting! subscribing
@norbertlabuguen3700
@norbertlabuguen3700 Ай бұрын
Pedantry alert. Buckwheat is not actually a grain like rice or wheat, but a seed. Regardless of that fact, I got hungry watching the video.
@tktyga77
@tktyga77 Ай бұрын
Heeding that such noodles as (especially the juwari kind) soba, shirataki & tokoroten are made of or with something besides wheat, could they technically be called by ふん (粉), as opposed to 麺 (めん) or akin such names?
@forest.02.
@forest.02. Ай бұрын
Just to add some pedantry ontop of your pedantrt, all grains are seeds, but not all seeds are grain; grains are just seeds from grasses. It is true that buckwheat isn't a grain, its a seed from a different kind of plant.
@RKNancy
@RKNancy Ай бұрын
I just grew wheat grass out of wheat kernels. You are wrong about the wheat part. While rice is just a part of a seed. But wheat is a seed my friend. My mum washes these seeds, dries them out and then sends them out to the miller to get some healthy, unadulterated flour to make chapattis.
@Suite_annamite
@Suite_annamite 28 күн бұрын
There is *no such thing is "pedantry":* a term that was made up by asinine narcissists who simply wanted to silence others who correct them. *Everybody's got something to learn everyday.*
@schweinebauchsandwich1606
@schweinebauchsandwich1606 Ай бұрын
really nice video, and now i want a Tempura Soba
@elyewi
@elyewi Ай бұрын
You will pop off one day my dude
@mu2ko
@mu2ko Ай бұрын
蕎麦は日本人の心の食ですね。人生最後に食べる食事に選ばれる事が多いです。私も最後の食事はせいろ蕎麦ですね。 That's amazing to show how much important SOBA for Japanese people, I'm appreciate you to make it to the world. But I'm not really recommend SOBA to foreign people to have SOBA coz very highly allergic product it is. My friend can be dead by SOBA... The SOBA is the most missing food of JAPAN for me ;) Especially, with raw egg! :D
@LeBronKK
@LeBronKK Ай бұрын
i fucking love your channel
@beatrixcreighton-hk8pd
@beatrixcreighton-hk8pd Ай бұрын
Hey!!!I just stumbled upon this channel - this video is AMAZING! The cinamotagrophy, research, music GAH! It makes me want to try every type of soba out there 😭😭😭Sub'd!!!! :)))
@joshuatang69420
@joshuatang69420 Ай бұрын
The algorithm has blessed me
@seminole676
@seminole676 Ай бұрын
I want to go there now thanks to you LOL
@1998tkhri
@1998tkhri Ай бұрын
I find it interesting that soba is buckwheat, known as kasha in Eastern Europe (and personally, I think kasha varnishkes is delicious). Just feels like two very different cuisines, so fascinating to see them share an ingredient that isn't common so broadly elsewhere (unless I'm wrong--please correct me!).
@dirkgoldman1155
@dirkgoldman1155 Ай бұрын
Hey Matthew, are you doing your sound design yourself? I think it is up there with Vox and Johnny Harris 👍
@gustercc
@gustercc 22 күн бұрын
Right?! It’s so good. Wonder if he’s using a sound person or does it hisself.
@LemoNanora
@LemoNanora 15 күн бұрын
2:46 2:54 I think you picked up too much soba that you cant slurp
@onotatsuya
@onotatsuya Ай бұрын
It's a strange channel with compliments in every comment.😂😂😂
@TheBiskitsnGravy
@TheBiskitsnGravy Ай бұрын
9:25 is there a name to this song played here?
@goopi
@goopi Ай бұрын
I'd say 750k subs by 2025
@penguinpingu3807
@penguinpingu3807 Ай бұрын
9:15 BIG MISINFORMATION HERE! Rice does not cause Thiamine deficiency! Thiamine deficiency is cause by the lack vitamin B1 which is also known as Thiamine. Rice doesn't inhibit your body from absorbing Thiamine. Rice indirectly cause it because it doesn't have vitamin B1 while soba has. In fact, eating brown rice can result as the same effect as eating soba, because the rice germ is removed that's where vitamin B1 comes from most grain crops. Just pair anything that has Vitamin B1 with rice, and you won't develop Thiamine deficiency. It's like saying eating flat breads everyday, that is made from unfortified white flour basically "pure" flour, you will develop Thiamine deficiency. Same thing for buckwheat, if you remove everything but it's starchy content, you will still get Thiamine deficiency.
@offthemenuyt
@offthemenuyt Ай бұрын
Sorry! I meant a diet of excessive polished white rice, not just rice in general. I didn’t think that info was necessary to add cause the video was already getting pretty long and didn’t want to overwhelm the audience. I tend to have a habit of not spelling out every minute detail because I’m afraid of small details taking over videos. But in hindsight, I can see how people might misinterpret it. In the future I have to be more careful in considering what info should be included in the video or not.
@penguinpingu3807
@penguinpingu3807 Ай бұрын
@@offthemenuyt Thank you for understanding my concern as I am currently studying nutrition as a core subject for my undergrad degree. As, anything related the human health including nutrition, people will be listening and become slightly anxious. Because a lot of people want to make sure that their eating right. As the average person probably never heard of Thiamine deficiency let alone Thiamine. Though white rice isn't inherently unhealthy, it's more neutral if anything for a healthy person. Because it just pure carbs. Though, I do understand the video essay point is why soba is important to Japan and it's simplified in a way that the average person has some form of understanding of a subject you are talking about. However, I assume your channel is heavily inspired by Johnny Harris but for food, by watching your videos, down from the storytelling to simplification of information the video. Thus, this style of video allows everyone including children to digest the info easier. Which is an advantage. However, the downside to this style of video essay content is that you would leave out a lot of info including context of some subjects that are touchy, which allows for simplification of information. So, any false info in the video may get retain and the worse thing is that they could spread false info to others.
@1998tkhri
@1998tkhri Ай бұрын
6:11 - I know it's the Jain symbol. I know that, and respect it. But wow, intergenerational trauma can be a thing sometimes.
@Astavyastataa
@Astavyastataa Ай бұрын
…Japan is Buddhist. Not Jain.
@donwald3436
@donwald3436 23 күн бұрын
Yeah one chopstick in each hand is not cool dude lol.
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@DerSolinski Ай бұрын
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