Make a comforting bowl of Japanese curry udon soup, with fried pork belly ... until the bonito flakes have sunk to the bottom of the pan. Strain the liquid through a colander lined with kitchen ...

Add the shiitake mushrooms and simmer for five minutes, then turn the flame to very low and cover the pan with the ... it's ready to cook the udon as soon as the tempura is fried.

Fry the vegetables until slightly softened, then add all but a pinch of the schicimi pepper and sesame seeds. Meanwhile, bring a second pan, filled with water, to the boil. Drop the udon noodles ...

But if you like, use the satay soup as my friend did - poach hotpot ingredients in it first, then when you're almost full, boil some udon noodles ... curd puffs (or pan-fried firm bean curd ...