Noodle Quiz
Hiyashi Chuka (Chilled Ramen Salad)
Like toppings laid out in neat rows on the noodles, you separate things out and add creative touches by feel.
Hiyashi chuka is made with Chinese-style kansui noodles, boiled and rinsed in cold water, then topped with neat rows of cucumber, ham, thin strips of egg crepe, tomato and more, with a sweet-and-sour sauce poured over. It's said to have been created in Japan, and there are several theories about where.
Just as hiyashi chuka isn't submerged in soup but has its toppings set out on the noodles by type, you tend to separate matters and situations and move through them one section at a time. And just as toppings and sauce are layered over kansui noodles to finish the dish, you add touches to things to change them.
When the weather turns hot in Japan, shops put up signs announcing “Hiyashi chuka now being served” — it's a noodle that arrives with the feel of the season. You, too, choose by feel rather than lining up reasons. But because you choose by feel and keep adding ideas, you may rearrange the order of what you've laid out again and again.
Strengths
- You can choose by going on what you feel
- You can lay matters out separately and move them forward in a way that's clear at a glance
- You can add a creative touch even to ready-made things and enjoy them more
Where you may stumble
- You rearrange plans you've laid out, on a whim, again and again
- You add so many touches that the original form gets lost
- Asked why you chose something, you're stuck for an answer
Sounds familiar, Hiyashi Chuka (Chilled Ramen Salad)?
- In conversation, you mark each change of topic with “Anyway, moving on…”
- Even to a game with set rules, you add one house rule of your own
- You've picked a travel destination after seeing a single photo
Where you shine
Planning an event scene by scene, or adding ideas to what's already on hand. This is where you can put both your knack for laying things out and your bright ideas to use.
Tips for “Hiyashi Chuka (Chilled Ramen Salad)”
- When you want to rearrange things, sleep on it before deciding
- Before adding a touch, check one thing that's good about the original
- Try putting into words, even briefly, why something clicked
Matches
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Somen (Thin Wheat Noodles) — Somen also serves thin noodles apart from the dipping sauce and picks by feel. Around Somen, who likes things as they are, Hiyashi Chuka, prone to adding touches, notices where nothing needs to be added.
Ramen — Ramen also uses specially made Chinese-style noodles and picks by feel. Ramen, who brings everything together in one bowl, links Hiyashi Chuka's neatly separated plans into a single flow.
Kake Udon (Udon in Hot Broth) — Kake Udon keeps everything together, chews over its reasons and leaves things in their original form. With Hiyashi Chuka, who lays things out separately, picks by feel and adds its own touch, both how they get going and which way they head tend to be out of step.
Close neighbors
These differ from this one on just 1 of the 3 axes. If one of your axes was near the middle, you may have their side too.
Which one are you? 18 everyday situations, about 3 minutes.
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