How to pronounce Wanko soba

Wanko soba is written わんこそば where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /waŋko soba/. In plain English letters that is WAHN-ko SOH-bah, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Wanko soba?

Wanko soba is a noodle dish of Japan. Where it comes from: Morioka and Hanamaki, Iwate. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner and on festive days. Its main ingredients are wheat & flour. It tastes savory.

Where Wanko soba comes from

Wanko soba is one of 65 signature dishes of Japan on this map. See all dishes from Morioka.

• Morioka reimen 盛岡冷麺 · Noodles & pasta · Morioka, Iwate

  Morioka reimen is the cold noodle dish of Morioka in Iwate Prefecture, an adaptation of the Korean cold noodle dish naengmyeon.

• Jajamen じゃじゃ麺 · Noodles & pasta · Morioka, Iwate

  Morioka jajamen is a noodle dish from Morioka, Iwate, based on the Chinese dish zhajiangmian.

• Sushi 寿司 · Main dish · Edo (Tokyo)

  Sushi began as a way to keep fish, not as a fresh delicacy.

• Ramen ラーメン · Noodles & pasta · Tokyo and Yokohama

  Ramen arrived with Chinese cooks.

• Okonomiyaki お好み焼き · Street food · Osaka and Hiroshima

  The name means "grilled as you like it", and that is the whole idea: a batter of wheat flour and shredded cabbage cooked on a hot iron plate with whatever the cook has, then brushed with a thick sweet-savoury sauce, mayonnaise, seaweed flakes and bonito.

• Tempura 天ぷら · Main dish · Edo (Tokyo)

  Deep-frying in batter came to Japan with Portuguese traders and missionaries who reached Nagasaki in the 16th century.

Food of Japan

Dishes like Wanko soba in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Wanko soba:

• Jjajangmyeon 짜장면 · Noodles & pasta · Incheon, South Korea

  Jjajangmyeon is wheat noodles topped with a thick black sauce of chunjang (fried black bean paste), diced pork, onion and other vegetables.

• Zhajiangmian 炸酱面 · Noodles & pasta · Beijing, China

  Zhajiangmian means noodles with fried sauce: thick wheat noodles tossed with zhajiang, a sauce of fermented soybean paste fried in plenty of oil with minced or diced pork.

• Beef noodle soup 牛肉麵 · Noodles & pasta · Taipei, Taiwan

  Beef noodle soup, niúròumiàn, is Taiwan's signature noodle dish: thick wheat noodles in a deep broth of slowly braised beef, often red-braised with soy sauce, chilli bean paste and spices, topped with greens and pickled mustard.

• Bansh банш · Noodles & pasta · Mongolia

  Bansh are small Mongolian dumplings filled with meat, eaten all over the country.