That’s why when the weather gets cold, we don’t spend time mourning summer—we put on a sweater and we go eat noodle soup.

If you're a fan of thick, chewy noodles, you'll appreciate that learning how to make homemade udon noodles is so easy.

Japanese udon resides in a different body of liquid, usually in a lighter dashi broth, which consists of some combo of bonito flakes, mushroom, kelp, nori, anchovies, mackerel and fermented fish.