Hormone yaki udon

Hormone yaki udon (hormone yaki udon) is a specialty dish of Sayo Town, Sayo District, Hyogo Prefecture, and the central eastern Mimasaka region of Okayama Prefecture (Tsuyama City, etc.). Sayo town and Tsuyama city have been selling it as a local gourmet since 2003 and 2008, respectively, in an attempt to revitalize the town. It is also commonly known as ``hormone udon''. Tsuyama City's Horumon Yaki Udon won the Silver Grand Prix (2nd place) at the 2011 B-1 Grand Prix. == Overview == A type of teppanyaki udon that uses a lot of offal as an ingredient and is grilled with sauce. Most teppanyaki restaurants in Tsuyama City serve horumon yaki udon. There is a wide variety depending on the store, including miso, sauce, and combinations with many vegetables. == History == The mountainous area from Sayo Town in Hyogo Prefecture to the northern part of Okayama Prefecture has been a thriving livestock industry since ancient times, and by improving Wagyu cattle that were used for farming, they have created an excellent bloodline of Wagyu beef known as ``Sakushu Beef.'' Since Tsuyama City has a meat processing center (slaughterhouse), fresh hormones (offal meat, offal) were easy to obtain and inexpensive, so restaurants in the city offer many ``hormone dishes.'' (Also see grilled hormones) It is thought that horumon yaki udon was born by grilling udon noodles, which were also inexpensive, to fill the stomach.