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先週[せんしゅう]、私[わたし]の好[す]きな甘[あま]い冷[つめ]たい食[た]べ物[もの]について書[か]きました。
I wrote about my favourite cold sweets last week.
日本[にほん]の夏[なつ]は本当[ほんとう]に蒸[む]し暑[あつ]いので、甘[あま]いものだけでなく、昼[ひる]ごはんや朝[あさ]ごはんに食[た]べる冷[つめ]たい料理[りょうり]がたくさんあります。麺[めん]類[るい] (men in Japanese means noodle)が多[おお]いですが、特[とく]に私[わたし]が好[す]きなのが冷[ひ]やし中華[ちゅうか]! 以前[いぜん]、このブログにラーメンについて書[か]きましたが、簡単[かんたん]に言[い]うと冷[ひ]やし中華[ちゅうか]は冷[つめ]たいラーメンです。
上[うえ]の写真[しゃしん]は東京[とうきょう]のレストランで撮[と]った写真[しゃしん]だそうです。レストランの冷[ひ]やし中華[ちゅうか]なのでゴージャスですね。
Japanese summer is really muggy and unpleasant, so Japanese people often eat something cold for lunch and dinner as well; not just sweets. There are all sorts of cold dishes and many of them, I think, are noodle dishes. One of my most favourite is hiyashi chuka – this is sort of cold ramen. I wrote about ramen here sometime ago and Japanese people love cold ramen as well!
In summer, any ramen restaurants in Japan serve hiyashi chuka. The photo above shows hiyashi chuka served at a restaurant in Tokyo. Since this is a restaurant dish, the toppings look really gorgeous! But, you do not have to necessarily go to a restaurant to eat hiyashi chuka; you can cook this dish at home too.