Curry Udon in Summer

I am Tatsuya Kawaguchi, a self-proclaimed bookworm from Kawaguchi City!

Monday, when it suddenly got hot. Apparently, the temperature in the city center exceeded 30 degrees during the day.

Thinking that summer is already here, I, a man who wears long sleeves all year round, say, 'It's getting hot, isn't it?' only to be told, 'Then why don't you wear short sleeves?'

I am a person who basically works in long sleeves. I am grateful that long sleeves go on sale during this season.

Because both the train and the workplace are cold.

Even though weak air conditioning would be fine, the AC is blasting everywhere. If I walked around in short sleeves and shorts, I would probably catch a cold.

On the other hand, even in a workplace with such strong air conditioning, there are people who say it's hot and that we should turn the AC up even more, so the individual differences in humanity are a mysterious thing.

That's why I've been feeling chilly at work since before the summer solstice.

On top of that, I felt like the air conditioning was too strong today, so I wanted to eat something warm for dinner.

But when I left the ticket gate at my nearest station, I thought, 'It's incredibly hot,' but since my body was cold to the core, I decided to eat something hot after all.

First, I put sesame oil in a deep frying pan and lightly stir-fry some pork.

I add hot water, some diluted white dashi, and then dump in a retort pouch of curry. I add a little instant coffee as a secret ingredient.

I put two portions of udon noodles directly into it. It's a man living alone's home cooking; it doesn't matter if it's sloppy as long as it's delicious.

I crack an egg and separate the white from the yolk. I boil the white with the udon and put the yolk on top at the end.

Done. Curry udon after work.

It would be great to have some green onions or tempura scraps if you like, but it's delicious even like this.

I eat it while saying it's hot, sweating profusely, and saying it's delicious.

Perhaps, in general, cold foods like somen or hiyamugi are preferred, but eating hot food in the summer is also quite nice.

Well, this is another summer meal, isn't it? It looks like it's going to be hot again starting tomorrow.

Well, we just have to be careful about heatstroke. See you next time!