Here is some Japanese-style soup I made for my Valentine's sweetie. I made a pork and vegetable stock, which I flavored with light miso. I added udon noodles, onion, zucchini, snap peas, pork, and stringy, tasty enoki mushrooms.
The reason for Japanese soup was that I finally tracked down my own DVD copy of "Tampopo" (1985). Tampopo is the Japanese word for "dandelion", and is also the name of the film's leading lady. My wife and I watched this movie when we were dating, way back when. This is a movie that leaves an indelible impression on the audience. Veteran Japanese character actor Ken Watanabe gets upstaged by a bowl of soup. There's plenty of good humour and excellent food in this film, but also enough crazy sex, violence, and blood to make this feature unsuitable for children.
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