1. A new soup noodle shop has opened in Tokyo that lets customers choose from over 500 soup and noodle combinations — and mix them together with the help of a robot.
2. Noodle shops usually specialize in one type of noodle such as ramen or udon, and these different noodle types are served with different soups. But the Oh My Dot noodle soup shop, in Tokyo’s fashionable Shibuya area, lets customers experiment by trying different types of noodles with a variety of soup ingredients.
3. Customers first choose between one to three soup ingredients from 10 possible choices. These concentrated soup bases are called “dots,” and include flavors like clam chowder, curry and sesame. Customers then choose one type of noodle from a choice of Hong Kong noodle, pho, or short pasta.
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4. Finally, customers can add up to four toppings, including pork, egg, soybeans and bell peppers. Altogether, more than 525 different soup and noodle combinations are possible. But you don’t need to worry about staff getting your order wrong.
5. When you have finished making your choices, the shop’s robot cook will prepare your noodles in front of you and your order will soon be ready. The price for a cup of noodles is between 590 yen and 790 yen — around $4 to $6 — based on how many soup dots you choose.
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6. The Oh My Dot noodle shop opened on April 29, and has already received a lot of positive reviews on Google. Clifford Beul wrote, “They have an amazing amount of different soup tastes!”
7. Kim Lafreniere said the soup was excellent. And Hoang Anh Pham Tran was most impressed by the chef, writing: “The robot hand was so cool!”
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