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The story
A post titled “I’m a girl but I made yakisoba” appeared on 5ch’s “Nandemo Jikkyo G” livestream-chat board, showing a photo of homemade yakisoba. The dish, apparently Nagoya-style with a thin fried-egg sheet laid on top, drew skepticism before any comments on taste — with posters asking “why hasn’t the mayonnaise lost its shape?” and “is the poster really a woman?” At the same time, part of the thread turned into a genuine cooking discussion, covering how to layer the egg, whether yakisoba even needs egg, and how it pairs with Aichi’s miso-simmered udon — making for a thread that mixed mockery with practical exchange.
What people said
Dunno, but okay
It's not omu-soba
Nagoya-style yakisoba
Looks delicious
If it were omu-soba, wouldn't it be the other way around?
Make the yakisoba, plate it, then add the egg, right?
Yep, that's right
You fry up yakisoba for everyone in one big pan
Then pour beaten egg onto a griddle heated per serving, plate the yakisoba right on top — by the time it's served, the egg's cooked just right
It's yakisoba though
This whole time I'd basically just been boiling them in the pan
I'm in the no-egg-in-yakisoba camp, what do you think?
Better with it
By the way, I love the egg in miso nikomi udon (miso-simmered udon) — what about that?
No strong feelings
It's tasty though
You're from Aichi and you're not particular about miso nikomi udon?
I don't even like udon
Background and Talking Points
Post titles like “I’m a girl but I did X” are a common format on 5ch’s livestream-chat boards, seemingly designed to draw more replies by revealing the poster’s gender. In this thread too, reply #17 mocked the technique itself, calling it “a pathetic thread that only gets traction because it tacked on ‘I’m a girl.’” As for the cooking method — laying a thin fried-egg sheet over yakisoba — commenters explained it echoes a restaurant technique: frying yakisoba for multiple servings at once, then pouring beaten egg onto a griddle per serving and plating the noodles on top so the egg finishes cooking just as it’s served. This is easily mistaken for omu-soba (omelette-wrapped yakisoba) when attempted at home, which itself became a talking point. The suspicion that the mayonnaise was “AI-generated,” based on its shape, is a typical reflex on anonymous boards to question whether a posted photo is real. Readers should keep in mind that in these photo-post threads, reactions tend to focus less on the food itself and more on the poster’s identity and the authenticity of the image.
※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “[Photo] I’m a girl but I made yakisoba wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.”
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