Steps

1. Trim the root ends of garlic 10-15g (2 cloves), peel, and slice.
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2. In a frying pan, add olive oil 1 tbsp and 1 tsp. Sauté the sliced garlic over medium heat until golden brown and fragrant, then remove to make garlic chips. Tip! Cooking on high heat can cause burning, so sauté slowly over medium heat.
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3. Pour the oil remaining after removing the garlic chips into a serving bowl. Add whole chicken bone broth 1/2 tsp, soy sauce 1 tsp, oyster sauce 1 tsp, sugar 1 pinch, water 1 tsp, and black pepper to taste to the bowl and mix well.
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4. Chill the serving bowl with the sauce in the freezer for about 10 minutes until very cold. Tip! The flavor will be compromised if cold somen is mixed with warm sauce, so make sure to chill it thoroughly. The refrigerator is fine, but chilling it in the freezer makes it even more delicious.
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5. Bring a generous amount of water to a boil, add somen noodles 100g, and boil for 45 seconds. Tip! To achieve extra-firm somen, the key is to boil it for a shorter duration, 45 seconds, than the package instructions.
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6. Drain the cooked somen noodles and cool them in ice water for 1 minute. You can also cool them under running water. Tip! Chilling in ice water makes the somen smooth and chewy.
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7. Thoroughly squeeze out the water from the chilled somen noodles. Tip! Somen noodles tend to retain water, so be sure to squeeze them thoroughly to prevent the sauce from becoming diluted.
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8. Add the squeezed somen noodles to the chilled sauce in the bowl and mix well.
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9. Arrange the prepared garlic chips, scallions to taste, and store-bought char siu to taste on top of the mixed somen. Place the egg yolk from 1 egg in the center of the somen, and sprinkle with black pepper to taste. Finally, garnish with shredded nori to taste.
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10. In a separate bowl, combine the leftover egg white from 1 egg with whole chicken bone broth 1 tsp, water 180ml, and black pepper to taste, then mix. Heat in the microwave for 1-2 minutes to complete the cloud soup.
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