How to recreate "Banmen"

Introduction

Here is a recipe for a recreation of Banmen, which is a representative of Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Stirred noodles are a somewhat unusual local delicacy in Yokohama.
At Suikaen, you can enjoy "Stirred Noodles" which is a noodle soup with little dipping sauce and a good combination of noodles and ingredients with sesame oil. It is filled with hot sweet red bean paste, and the red bean paste is, of course, full of vegetables. The rich bean paste and noodles go very well together, and the dish is so delicious that you will finish it in no time.
To easily reproduce the taste of "Stirred Noodle" banhmen, here is a recipe using commercial Ramen soup.

How to make "Banmen

Ingredients for mixed noodles

Ingredients for Banmen

・Commercial chicken white soup (CP-TBN10)...50ml
・Uma-ni...300g
[Uma-ni]
・Pork belly (sliced) ... 150g
・Green onion...20g
・Carrot...1/3
・Chinese cabbage…100g
・ Wood Ear Mushroom...20g
・Shrimp...4 pieces
・Salad oil...appropriate amount
・Potato starch dissolved in water...appropriate amount
= Completed amount…2 servings

How to make ramen noodles

1. To make umani, fry the ingredients in salad oil and combine them with water-dissolved potato starch.
2. Add chicken broth to the soup to bring out its rich flavor, then bring to a boil and the soup is ready.
3. Pour a thick, simmered sauce over the Ramen soup and noodles.

History and origins

"Banmen" is Ramen found in Yokohama that is rare even nationwide. It can be found in popular Chinese restaurants known as "machi chuuka" in the Honmoku and Yokohama Chinatown areas. If you order "banmen," which sounds like Chinese, you will be served a dish reminiscent of a gomoku ankake soba (soba noodles with a thickened sauce). "Banmen" is neither a noodle soup nor a mixed noodle dish.

In the Yokohama area, there is also an original noodle dish called "Sanmamen," which also originated in China and was introduced to the menu around 1930, along with "banmen." They have in common the use of meat, bean sprouts, and Chinese cabbage, with the vegetables being stir-fried quickly until crisp, and thickened with water-dissolved potato starch to give it a rich flavor. The difference is that the noodles are less sweet than "Sanmamen."

Store Information

• Store name: Suikoen
• Address: 148 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
• 営業：11:30～14:30、16:30～20:00
• Closed: Mondays

*Business hours and holidays may change, so please check with the store before visiting.

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Precautions

*Created by Nishio Ryoichi as an homage to "Banmen."

*This recipe is for reference only. It aims to have a similar taste, but may differ from the authentic "Banmen" recipe.

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