Glossary > Yakisoba

What is Yakisoba?

焼きそば やきそば / yakisoba

Stir-fried wheat noodles with cabbage and thin slices of pork, flavoured with a thick sweet-savoury sauce. It is often topped with red pickled ginger and seaweed flakes.

How to order and eat it

A filling dish at the end of an izakaya meal, often shared.

Dietary notes

Contains wheat and usually pork. The sauce often contains soy and sometimes fruit and vegetable extracts.

This is a general description, and recipes vary by shop. If you have an allergy or follow a diet, ask the staff before you order.