奈良 · 710–794
The Nara table
Tang China is the fashion: chopsticks, fermentation, and the first noodles cross the sea.
飲Drinks · 15 min · Beginner
Amazake甘酒
Naturally sweet rice-koji ferment with roots in the Nara chronicles — a non-alcoholic, no-sugar drink Edo peddlers sold as a summer energy tonic.
麺Noodles · 20 min · Beginner
Hiyashi Sōmen三輪素麺
Ice-cold sōmen with dipping sauce, done properly — Japan's oldest noodle, first stretched at Miwa in Nara thirteen centuries ago as a Tang-dynasty import.