Toward the season of autumn with a good appetite A new genre of noodle "Awa Sora Soba" with a slippery texture A new menu item will be introduced one after another!

Awa Sora Soba", a restaurant opened in April 2023 by Takeshi Harada, the representative of Wire Orange Corporation (located in Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture), in addition to his writing activities, continues to have a long line of customers even after six months have passed since its opening, and will introduce a new menu in September for the autumn season of appetite.

The name of the menu is "Hatsukoi Sora Soba" (First Love Sora Soba), with heart-shaped sudachi (Japanese sweet potato) spread all over the menu.

＜About the new menu

Hatsukoi Sora Soba: 851 yen (tax included)

Basil sorasoba: 1,000 yen (tax included)

Curry sorasoba: 900 yen (tax included)

Basil Sora-Soba" made with a large amount of pesticide-free basil grown in Tokushima Prefecture

＜About "Awa Sora Soba

Takeshi Harada, the owner of Awa Sora Soba, debuted as a picture book author at the age of 42 with "As an elementary school student, I was forced to sell eggplant by my ogre-like mother. He is a popular picture book author who debuted as a picture book author at the age of 42 with "I, an elementary school student, was forced to sell eggplant to my ogre-like mother. She has also appeared on Fuji Television's "Miracle Experience! Anbiribabo" and Nippon Television's "Sekaiichi uketai jugyo" (The class I want to take in the world) as "a picture book author who is funny but makes you cry.

Despite her face as a picture book author, she loves eating ramen (2,000 bowls in total) and making ramen so much that she has completed "Awa Sora-soba," a ramen-like dish using local somen noodles, for the Corona disaster that prevented her from working on her picture book.

Awa Sora-soba" looks like ramen at first glance, but the noodles are made from Handa Somen, a local specialty of Tokushima Prefecture, and unlike ramen, the soup is made from dried bonito flakes and kelp, not pork bones, chicken bones, or any other animal-based ingredients, The soup is made from dried bonito flakes and kelp, and herbs such as garlic and ginger.

This new style of noodle is rare, and the fact that it is only open for six hours a week, as well as the fact that it is created by a picture book author, has made it a popular restaurant with lines out the door from the second day of its opening. By 6:00 p.m., when the store opens, there is already a long line of people waiting to get in!

Of course, everything is prepared by the owner, Mr. Harada, but since he works as a picture book artist on weekdays, he is only open on Saturdays and Sundays, which means that the restaurant is open only six hours a week, a rare occurrence.

From this September, new menu items have been introduced one after another, such as "Hatsukoi Sorasoba" using rare heart-shaped sudachi, "Basil Sorasoba" using pesticide-free basil from Tokushima Prefecture, and "Curry Sorasoba" using the finest Awa beef, so please come and experience a "new genre of noodles We hope you will experience a "new genre of noodles!

<Outline of the restaurant

Store Name ： "Awa Sorasoba White Base

Location ： 13-2 Aza Kadota, Kandase-cho, Komatsushima City, Tokushima Prefecture

Business hours: 18:00 - 21:00 every Saturday and Sunday *Close when sold out

Official website: https://www.tanoq.com/sorasoba

<Company Profile

Name: Wire Orange Co.

Representative: Tsuyoshi Harada, Representative Director

Location: 2F, 5-71-4 Bandai-cho, Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture

Establishment : May 7, 2001

Capital : 10 million yen