The Man Who Had a Food Fight During His Lunch Break

The calm before the storm

The summer holidays are over, and today is a workday.
I headed to work while feeling the speed at which time passes.
Even though it was a workday, there wasn't much to do other than prepare for next week, so I finished everything by the morning.
The afternoon was just waiting around to receive shipments.

Suddenly, my boss suggested, "Let's go out for lunch."
Since we usually eat the bento boxes we bring ourselves, everyone agreed to this suggestion.
We all went to a soba noodle shop near the workplace.

I had no idea at the time that a fierce food fight would begin after this.

I found it

When we arrived at the shop and looked at the menu, I discovered
a 1-kilogram serving of soba noodlesthere.
Seeing that, my boss looked at me with sparkling eyes.

I had a bad feeling about this...

Actually, my boss loves making young employees eat massive amounts of food.
He doesn't force it, but he has a hobby ofmaking young employees eat menu items over 1 kilogram and watching them struggle.At the end of last year, at a Chinese restaurant, he made me eat a total of nearly 1 kilogram of fried rice and tantanmen, and I still clearly remember feeling like I was going to throw up while finishing it.
Come to think of it, this soba shop was my boss's suggestion.

That means my boss must have known about this serving of soba.
Could it be that he suggested going to this soba shop just to make me eat this from the start?
Did I get completely set up!?

"Is this going to turn into a situation where I have to eat a 1-kilogram serving of soba...?"

This premonition turned out to be perfectly accurate.

The food fight begins

And then, the 1-kilogram serving of soba appeared in front of me.

The soba is piled high on a large platter, and three dipping sauces are placed next to it.
Apparently, one isn't enough, so there are three.
At the very least, it's definitely not something you should eat on a lunch break.

I braced myself and started eating.
It's delicious. It's just normal soba.
Since it was hot outside, the cold soba went down my throat easily.
At first, I was able to eat it happily.

However, as I kept eating, I felt something strange.
"This thing... it doesn't feel like it's decreasing even though I'm eating it..."
As expected of 1 kilogram. No matter how much I eat, I can't see the bottom.

Trying to change the mood, I used the second dipping sauce.
However, I realized a shocking fact here.

"All three dipping sauces are the same flavor!"

Yes, the dipping sauces in all three bowls were just noodle broth.
There was no thought given to changing the flavor.
In desperation, I added some all-you-can-eat tempura scraps.
Instead of changing the flavor, it became even heavier with the double punch of oil and broth-soaked tempura scraps!
(Thinking about it now, it's obvious, but I wasn't making rational decisions at the time.)

A meal should originally be a fun time.
So why am I eating while suffering so much...!
Thinking that, I somehow managed to finish it all.
I think I'm fine not eating soba for a while...

Apparently, he was influenced by YouTube

I heard later that
he had watched a YouTube video of someone eating a 1-kilogram serving of soba yesterday, and that's why he said we should go eat there.
When I watched that video, the person was eating it with a relatively relaxed face.

Why did they look so relaxed...?

Also, a 1-kilogram serving of soba is1647 kcal—a terrifying number.
I consumed the calories for an entire day from when I was on a diet in just one meal.
I think I'll skip dinner tonight.

Unintentionally, I had a food fight during my lunch break.
It was a day with such an unexpected experience.