Noodle Quiz
Tsukemen (Dipping Noodles)
Like thick noodles and dipping broth served in separate bowls, you take things one section at a time and add an extra touch at the end.
Tsukemen are thick ramen-style noodles made with kansui, an alkaline water — boiled, rinsed in cold water, then dipped into a strong, concentrated broth. They're said to have been born at a Tokyo ramen shop in the 1950s. Some shops let you ask for “soup-wari” when you've finished: hot stock poured into the leftover dipping broth so you can drink it.
Just as tsukemen serves noodles and broth in separate bowls and brings them together one bite at a time, you tend to separate matters and situations and move through them in clearly marked sections. And just as the broth gets a second life with that splash of stock at the end, you keep adding a touch to things even after they're finished.
The more you chew thick noodles, the more the taste of the wheat comes out. You chew over each thing and decide once the reasons make sense to you. But because you draw such clear lines, people around you may feel you keep your relationships a little too separate.
Strengths
- You can split up tasks and get each one reliably done
- You can add one more idea even to something that's already finished
- You can explain the reasons for your decisions clearly and logically
Where you may stumble
- Insisting on clear breaks, you put off an errand you could have done along the way
- Each time you add a touch, you rethink your reasons and the work grows
- Keeping your friendships separate, you miss chances to connect the people you know
Sounds familiar, Tsukemen (Dipping Noodles)?
- On the phone, you hang up once the business is done, then call back to chat
- When you tell someone something, you start with “First thing…”
- For anything you buy, you find at least one use that isn't printed on the box
Where you shine
A day of working through several tasks in order, or a finished plan that needs one more layer of thought. This is where you get to use both your clear sections and your extra touches.
Tips for “Tsukemen (Dipping Noodles)”
- Just once, bundle together errands you could do in the same area
- Before adding a touch, decide in a word what it's for
- Introduce friends you see separately to each other, just once
Matches
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Zaru Udon (Chilled Udon on a Bamboo Tray) — Zaru Udon also rinses its thick noodles in cold water and keeps them apart from the dipping sauce. Around Zaru Udon, who likes things as they are, Tsukemen, prone to tinkering, can tell where nothing needs adding.
Hiyashi Chuka (Chilled Ramen Salad) — Hiyashi Chuka also lays out its ramen noodles, toppings and sauce separately. Since you share the same feel for setting things out in sections, when the two of you plan something, the steps for each part fall neatly into place.
Kake Soba (Buckwheat Noodles in Hot Broth) — Kake Soba puts everything in one bowl, picks by feel and keeps things in their original form. With Tsukemen, who divides things into sections, checks its reasons and adds its own touch, almost everything they value tends to pull in different directions.
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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