Summer is nearly end. (Who is saying "Where is the summer in England?)
Somen (pronounce 'soh-men') is a popular summer noodle in Japan. It's like a vermicelli or capellini, which made from wheat flour like Udon noodle. But, much thinner than udon noodle.

It'e very easy to cook. Boil in the water without salt (never!!) for a couple of minutes.  Drain and rinse well with cold water. See instructions. 
Place in a big bowl with the cold water, sometimes with ice cubes, for serving. 
Cut some fresh veggies and ham or shredded egg sheet (Pic →)
You need a small bowl for the dipping sauce. 

For the sauce; each one part of soy sauce & mirin and 5 part of dashi-stock (if you don't have a dashi-stock, the weak vegetarian stock would be replaced). Need to be boiled a bit. Then, make it cool. Everything should be cool.

This picture was taken at Sainsbury's in Bristol.

You can find some Japanese ingredients at the big superstore.  For native Japanese or Japanese food lovers, the quantity of those products would be so small. If you need more big stuff, you should go to the oriental shop.

For instance, I always buy a 10Kg bag of rice and at least a 1l soy sauce at one time. 

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