Steps

1. Prepare two types of noodles: cold soba and cold somen.
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2. Chill the straight-type mentsuyu until just before serving.
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3. Boil Ajisenryu Zaru Soba (domestic), then cool thoroughly with cold water.
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4. Boil Ibonoito Hand-stretched Somen Premium, then cool thoroughly with ice water.
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5. For concentrated mentsuyu, dilute with water according to the dilution ratio on the package. If the ratio is 2-3x, use the higher concentration (2x).
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6. To evaluate the authentic taste of the mentsuyu, do not use any condiments.
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7. Taste Yamaki Mentsuyu and evaluate its compatibility with soba and somen.
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8. Taste Yamasa Kelp Tsuyu and evaluate its compatibility with soba and somen.
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9. Taste Ninben Tsuyu Base and evaluate its compatibility with soba and somen.
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10. Taste Mizkan Oigatsuo Tsuyu (Double Bonito Flavour) and evaluate its compatibility with soba and somen.
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11. Taste Best Price Bonito and Kelp Umami Tsuyu and evaluate its compatibility with soba and somen.
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12. Taste Ninben Tsuyu Base Gold and evaluate its compatibility with soba and somen.
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13. Taste Topvalu Green Eye Organic Mentsuyu and evaluate its compatibility with soba and somen.
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14. Taste Kikkoman Rich Dashi Hontsuyu and evaluate its compatibility with soba and somen.
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15. Taste Kuhara Agodashi Tsuyu (Flying Fish Dashi) and evaluate its compatibility with soba and somen.
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16. Taste Somi Tsuyu and evaluate its compatibility with soba and somen.
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17. Taste Momoya Tsuyu Special Grade and evaluate its compatibility with soba and somen.
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18. Taste Hinai Jidori Chicken Tsuyu and evaluate its compatibility with soba and somen.
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19. Taste Soba Restaurant's Soba Tsuyu and evaluate its compatibility with soba and somen.
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20. Taste Nagasaka Sarashina Straight Tsuyu and evaluate its compatibility with soba and somen.
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21. Taste Kikkoman Aromatic First Dashi Somen Tsuyu and evaluate its compatibility with soba and somen.
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22. Taste Ibonoito Mentsuyu and evaluate its compatibility with soba and somen.
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23. Once all mentsuyu have been tasted, select the 1st place in the Soba category, Somen category, and Overall category.
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24. As the final result, the 1st place in the Soba category is Soba Restaurant's Soba Tsuyu, 1st place in the Somen category is Ninben Tsuyu Base Gold, and the Overall Winner is announced as Ninben Tsuyu Base Gold.
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