04/06 | Fresh Udon 2 Ways: Classic & Wafu + Pantry Pop-Up

Workshop Date: SUNDAY, April 6th, 2025

Time: 10:00AM to 02:00PM PST. with Specialty Pantry Pop-up after

Location: IN-PERSON @ Sonoko’s Kitchen Studio in Highland Park, Los Angeles, CA 90042 (address provided upon completion of sign-up)

Fee: $225 per guest (*includes instruction, recipes, all ingredients, light refreshments, and a complete meal) and exclusive access to specialty artisan pantry pop-up with products made by Sonoko or from Yagicho Honten in Tokyo.

Workshop Details:

Join us for a special IN-PERSON cooking class hosted by Sonoko Sakai in the Los Angeles’ Highland Park neighborhood. The workshop will take place in Sonoko’s kitchen-studio. During this class, we’ll work together to make fresh, slippery Udon Noodles from scratch, entirely by hand. Everything from blending and kneading, rolling out and cutting.

After the workshop, I'll have exclusive products available for purchase for workshop attendees, including:

• Homemade miso

• Oro Blanco furikake and shrub drink

• Baked goods

I'm excited to share some special products I brought home from my childhood friend's family store in Tokyo, Yagicho Honten. Their shop has been family-owned for 288 years (since 1737!), and they make some of the best traditional Japanese ingredients that I’ll have excusively available for sale at my pop-up:

• Bonito flakes

• Furikake

• Kombu

• Nori

• Hand-pulled, hand-dried somen noodles

What to bring:

1. Comfortable, closed-toe shoes

2. Apron

3. Sunhat/Sunglasses/Sunblock/Sweater (October in LA can be unpredictable!)

4. Beverage (Optional. Complimentary tea and water will be provided)

5. Kitchen Towel

***Following sign-up, our team will email you with a PDF file. This file includes the additional workshop details, including event address, parking instructions, a “what to bring” list, and more. Contact us here if you have any lingering questions about this workshop.

COVID SAFETY: To ensure optimal safety for students within 5 days of the event date, if you experience COVID-like symptoms or come in contact with someone known to be carrying or exposed to COVID-19, please contact us immediately.

*Images courtesy of The New York Times, Rick Poon and Knopf Doubleday