Morioka reimen explained

Morioka reimen
Alternate Name:Morioka cold noodle
Type:Noodle
Country:Northern Korea (original)
Japan (introduced)
Region:Morioka, Iwate Prefecture
National Cuisine:Korean
Creator:Teruhito Aoki
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Year:1954
Variations:Naengmyeon
Similar Dish:Hamhung Cold Noodles
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Morioka reimen is a local dish of Morioka, Iwate Prefecture. It is a cold noodle dish and one of the three great noodles of Morioka, along with Morioka jajamen and Wanko soba. It is known for its chewy noodles, rich chilled broth, and toppings of kimchi.[1] It is based on Naengmyeon from Korea.

Overview

The noodles used in Morioka Reimen are made with potato starch, wheat flour, and white buckwheat flour. They are semi-translucent in appearance and get their chewy texture by being formed by extrusion.[2] [3] [4] [5] The broth is made from a combination of chicken stock and beef stock.[6] [7] With soy sauce and dried shitake mushrooms added.[8] It is topped with a hard boiled egg, beef shank or chashu pork, cucumber, kimchi, and seasonal fruit such as apple or watermelon[9] [10]

History

The Morioka Style of cold noodle was brought to Japan by Yang Yongcheol . He was born in 1914 in Hamhung, Kankyōnan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan. At the time it was Korea under Japanese rule and now modern-day North Korea.[11] In March 1938, he came to Japan. In 1940, a new law called Sōshi-kaimei was enacted and he became Teruhito Aoki .[12]

In 1954 Aoki opened a yakiniku restaurant called Shokudoen (食道園) and served cold noodles on the Menu.[13] [14] Using his memory he recreated the taste of his hometown with Japanese ingredients. Slowly the noodles became popular in Morioka.[15] Other restaurants started to open up and also served the cold noodles. By the mid-1980s a gourmet boom elevated the cold noodles to national fame. They started to be known as Morioka Reimen, instead of just Reimen.[16]

Differences from the Korean naengmyeon

See also: Naengmyeon.

The naengmyeon from Pyongyang are mainly buckwheat flour, but the noodles of Morioka cold noodles are mainly potato starch and have a transparent look. The Pyongyang cold noodles are also thinner and not as strong as Morioka cold noodles.[17] [18]

The naengmyeon from Hamhung can be separated into two types: bibim-naengmyeon, served without broth but mixed with chili paste, and mul naengmyeon, served in a clear broth that typically combines beef broth with dongchimi (radish water kimchi).[19] [20] [21] While the broth is different, the strength of Morioka cold noodles is close to that of Hamhung cold noodles but are thicker noodles.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Morioka Reimen . Story of Japanese Local Cuisine . 1 August 2022.
  2. Web site: 冷麺製麺の方法 . 有限会社ワイズクラフト . 3 April 2022 . Japanese.
  3. Web site: 冷麺づくり教室 . 盛岡手づくり村 . 4 April 2022 . Japanese.
  4. Web site: 「韓国冷麺」vs「盛岡冷麺」何が違うの?誕生秘話と原料の違いを解説 . ファルファサン . 4 April 2022 . Japanese . 29 July 2021.
  5. Web site: Morioka Reimen . 郷土料理ものがたり . 4 April 2022.
  6. Web site: Morioka Reimen . Visit Iwate . 1 August 2022.
  7. Web site: Morioka Reimen (盛岡冷麺) . Food in Japan . 1 August 2022 . 25 June 2019.
  8. Book: 正人 . 小西 . 盛岡冷麵物語 . December 2007 . Riezon Paburisshingu . 4903165019 . 51 . Japanese.
  9. Web site: 盛岡冷麺とは . コトバンク . 1 August 2022 . Japanese.
  10. Web site: Let’s Cook Morioka Reimen, One of Morioka’s Three Great Noodles. . Japan OLD . ja . 16 May 2018.
  11. Book: 正人 . 小西 . 盛岡冷麵物語 . December 2007 . Riezon Paburisshingu . 4903165019 . 16 . Japanese.
  12. Book: 正人 . 小西 . 盛岡冷麵物語 . December 2007 . Riezon Paburisshingu . 4903165019 . 21 . Japanese.
  13. Web site: Shokudoen (Morioka, Hiraizumi And HachimantaiYakiniku) . LIVE JAPAN . 1 August 2022 . en.
  14. Web site: 盛岡冷麺とは?|焼肉・冷麺 ぴょんぴょん舎 . 焼肉・冷麺 ぴょんぴょん舎 . 1 August 2022.
  15. Web site: Morioka Reimen – SHOCKIN' JAPAN . shockinjapan.com.
  16. Web site: Morioka Reimen (盛岡冷麺) . Food in Japan . 1 August 2022 . 25 June 2019.
  17. Web site: 물냉면 . . ko.
  18. Book: 正人 . 小西 . 盛岡冷麵物語 . December 2007 . Riezon Paburisshingu . 4903165019 . 11 . Japanese.
  19. Web site: 함흥냉면(咸興冷麵). . 1 August 2022.
  20. Web site: 조선료리 . cooks.org.kp . 1 August 2022.
  21. Web site: 음식칼럼니스트 . 박찬일 . [박찬일 셰프의 맛있는 미학]함흥냉면도 있다 ]. . 1 August 2022 . ko . 14 June 2018.