Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days 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-square39fedilinkarrow-up1315
arrow-up1315external-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 · 21 days agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squaresuction@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·21 days agoYeah and it’s disgusting. Later in the day that water will be 50% saliva.
minus-squarefilcuk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·21 days 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-up16·21 days agoSpitting into it sounds very impolite. Japan doesn’t do impolite.
minus-squarePsythik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·21 days agoI was about to say, this concept sounds like several health code violations in the western world.
minus-squarebooly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 days 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?