Stacy. We went since it was one of her things on her list of things to do before she leaves. We went to eat some udon and check out the city of Takamatsu. I bought a guide from the bookstore so I would have a general idea where we could go and so forth. But I also bought the guidebook to see which udon shops they recommend were worth eating at. When I had free time at school, I would check the book and read the 15 pages 
about "must-eat" udon shop. Through my research, I found a particular shop that caught my attention. The name of the shop was Oka-Sen. It prolly caught my attention because it said... "Here at this shop, you will eat the best bowl of udon." With a caption like that and a picture of a delicious bowl of udon with tempura.... I was determined to visit this udon shop. Stacy was down for anything and so cooperative so we took the early train to Kagawa. To get to this place, we needed to get off at a station in a city called Utazu, which is the spot where the train breaks off into two... and one goes straight to Takamatsu and the other goes to Okayama. We get off at Utazu and walk for like 15 minutes using the guidebook as a navigator. We finally see a huge sign of Oka-Sen and line in front of the shop.
We got in line, received a menu from a waiter, and ordered the special that the shop recommended as well as the guidebook recommended. It's called the Ten Oroshi udon, which is cold udon with grated daikon radish, a wedge of lemon, and tempura. You pour the udon tsuyu on top and squeeze some lemon juice as well. Anyhow, we ordered the Ten Oroshi udon and a plate of tempura, since the udon shop is also very famous for their freshly made tempura. We went all out and decided to have a big lunch.
The bowl of udon was massive. It came with two large shrimp tempuras and some vegetable tempuras. We also had a side order of tempura and that came with two more large shrimps and veggies! It was a tempura overload... but we didn't complain... for it was one of the best tempura that I had ever had in my life! It was very moist in the inside and super crispy on the outside. And it was freshly made. A big difference I must say.
The udon was super good because it was chewy and a great texture. Hard to describe its firmness/chewiness... but it was yummy nonetheless... What made it so delicious was the tsuyu sauce that you pour over it as well as the lemon juice, sesame seeds, and the grated daikon radish. The combination of these flavors were perfect with the udon noodles and the tempura. I could see why it was the special... or why it was recommended in the guidebook... or it was called the best bowl of udon.Here's a video of the udon! hahaI write about this udon because not only am I big fan of food and may want to start a food blog.... but I highly recommend it. If you have the chance to visit Kagawa or more like the city of Utazu... visit Oka-Sen.. I definitely would go again to eat another bowl of Ten-Oroshi Udon and the freshly made tempura! =) Bon Appetit!!!
