Traditional Japanese noodles are usually served chilled with a dipping sauce, or in a hot soy-dashi broth. Soba (): thin brown buckwheat noodles. Also known as Nihon-soba ("Japanese soba"). In Okinawa, soba likely refers to Okinawa soba (see below). Zaru soba (): Soba noodles served cold Udon (): thick white wheat noodles served with various toppings, usually in a hot soy-dashi broth, or sometimes in a Japanese curry soup. Miso-nikomi-Udon (): hard udon simmered in red miso soup. Sōmen (): thin white wheat noodles served chilled with a dipping sauce. Hot sōmen is called Nyumen. Chinese-influenced noodles are served in a meat or chicken broth and have only appeared in the last 100 years or so. Ramen (): thin light yellow noodles served in hot chicken or pork broth with various toppings; of Chinese origin, it is a popular and common item in Japan. Also known as Shina-soba () or Chūka-soba () (both mean "Chinese-style soba"). Champon (): yellow noodles of medium thickness served with a great variety of seafood and vegetable toppings in a hot chicken broth which originated in Nagasaki as a cheap food for students. Hiyashi chūka (): thin, yellow noodles served cold with a variety of toppings, such as cucumber, tomato, ham or chicken, bean sprouts, thin-sliced omelet, etc., and a cold sauce (soy sauce based, sesame based, etc.). The name means "cold Chinese noodles." Mazesoba (: wheat noodles served with a number of savory toppings, including raw egg, ginger, and meat Okinawa soba (): thick wheat-flour noodles served in Okinawa, often served in a hot broth with sōki, steamed pork. Akin to a cross between udon and ramen. Yaki soba (): Fried Chinese noodles. Yaki udon (): Fried udon noodles. Bread (pan, ) Bread (the word "pan" () is derived from the Portuguese pão) is not native to Japan and is not considered traditional Japanese food, but since its introduction in the 16th century it has become common. Curry bread (karē pan ): deep fried bread filled with Japanese curry sauce Anpan (ampan ): sweet roll filled with red bean (anko) paste Yakisoba-pan (): bread roll sandwich with yakisoba (fried noodles and red pickled ginger) filling (): bread roll sandwich with croquette (deep-fried patties mashed potato) filling Melon-pan (): sweet round bun covered in a (sometimes melon flavored) cookie-like coating, scored in criss cross shape and baked (): sandwich with tonkatsu (breaded pork cutlet) filling