Japanese often eat rice as a side dish with fried noodles (yakisoba), enjoying the moistness of the former with the chewy fragrance of the latter. Besides solving the perennial dilemma, "What'll it be today, rice or noodles?"
日本人習慣同時吃麵加飯，以麵的潤滑搭配米飯的香 Q，順帶免除「今天要吃飯還是吃麵」的兩難，吃起來也更有飽足感。