Well, today was a cold, rainy day, so naturally our dinner plans in the Piepan household gravitated towards soup. Namely Japanese-style noodle soup. There is nothing that can warm you down to your bones like a perfect bowl of udon with fall vegetables. A word about noodle bowls and hotpots: I used more traditional Japanese ingredients because I have them around, and have easy access to them. The great thing about soups and hotpots is that the whole point is to use what you have laying around. Half a zucchini, a quarter of a potato that never got used, some random bits of onion, whatever. You can pretty much put anything in a bowl with some dashi and some noodles (or not!) and it will be delicious. Think of it as a great way to use your scraps.
