4-5 pieces vegetables (mixed and shrimp tempura, per person. As a short-cut, leftover tempura or take-out tempura may be substituted for homemade.)
1 pkg. udon noodles (frozen Sanuki style)
4 cups water (or substitute with homemade dashi and omit dried bonito dashi powder listed in the ingredients below)
1 tablespoon dried bonito (Katsuobushi powder)
1/4 soy sauce (shoyu)
1/3 cup mirin (sweet cooking sake)
1 tsp. sugar (granulated, optional)
1 green onion (stalk, sliced for garnish, optional)
Optional: 3 slices red fish cake (kamaboko, for garnish)
Optional: Japanese 7-spice chili seasoning (shichimi togarashi, for garnish)