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Woman eats 383 bowls of soba in 10 minutes

November 10th, 2008 by James

Some footage of this year’s Morioka city wanko soba eating contest:

The winner of the competition was a 44-year-old woman who downed 383 bowls of soba noodles in ten minutes.



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Comment by Jarvik7
2008-11-10 07:16:13

Too bad they aren’t actual bowls of soba instead of mouthfuls.

Comment by warubozu
2008-11-10 10:06:40

That’s the point of the way wanko soba served in Iwate prefecture. A mouthful amount of soba is served in a small sized bowl. When it is finished, a server shouts and than immediately refills the bowl with more noodles. This continues until you can’t say you can’t eat any more. The average adult can eat between 40-60 bowls which gives an idea of how much this woman consumed.

The competition in Morioka draws on this but has servers providing new bowls of soba since there is a 15 minute time limit.

 
 
Comment by Jerry
2008-11-10 07:36:37

Gal Sone would’ve kicked all of their asses and still enjoy a 10-pound cake!

Comment by Joe
2008-11-10 21:57:27

Actually Gal Sone lost to her in another eating contest.

 
 
Comment by VonSkippy
2008-11-10 07:46:58

“Bowls” or as the rest of the world knows them as “teaspoons”.

Comment by stereo
2008-11-10 10:26:03

Don’t you know famous Wanko Soba? Go to Morioka and try it. There are lots of restaurants that specialize in it. Ordinary adult man will vomit at around 100 “teaspoons”. Have fun.

 
 
Comment by me
2008-11-10 12:10:28

Why does she look like death?

Comment by TofuUnion
2008-11-10 12:44:13

I guess she doesn’t have enough ability to digest nutrition.
Otherwise she must be very fat.

 
 
Comment by Bruce Smith
2008-11-10 12:20:34

Years ago I happened to be in Morioka and had a go at eating Wanko Soba. I don’t remember how many bowls I ate but I doubt I managed 38 let alone 383.

 
Comment by Hmmm
2008-11-11 00:56:21

I have seen her on a heap of eating competition shows on TV in Japan… its quite a disturbing trend and there are always regular faces… most looking like her… can anyone say ‘bulimia’?

 
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