Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL that in Japan, they have a thing called "nagashi somen", which are restaurants with flowing troughs of water where noodles slide down and you have to catch themtokyocheapo.comexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1331arrow-down16
arrow-up1325arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in Japan, they have a thing called "nagashi somen", which are restaurants with flowing troughs of water where noodles slide down and you have to catch themtokyocheapo.comDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squaresuction@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down14·3 months agoYeah and it’s disgusting. Later in the day that water will be 50% saliva.
minus-squarefilcuk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·3 months agoLol, people don’t spittle into the shoot, plus it’s constantly washed by the flowing water. Definitely not pristine, but it’s really not an issue unless you make it to be.
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·3 months agoSpitting into it sounds very impolite. Japan doesn’t do impolite.
minus-squarePsythik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoI was about to say, this concept sounds like several health code violations in the western world.
minus-squarebooly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoAre you under the impression that the water is recycled back in, like in a closed loop?
Yeah and it’s disgusting. Later in the day that water will be 50% saliva.
Lol, people don’t spittle into the shoot, plus it’s constantly washed by the flowing water.
Definitely not pristine, but it’s really not an issue unless you make it to be.
Spitting into it sounds very impolite. Japan doesn’t do impolite.
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I was about to say, this concept sounds like several health code violations in the western world.
Are you under the impression that the water is recycled back in, like in a closed loop?