Japanese bread roll with fried wheat noodle fillings
Yakisoba-pan (焼きそばパン) is a popular Japanese food in which yakisoba is sandwiched between
an oblong white bread roll resembling an American hotdog bun known as koppe-pan.[1]
This high-carbohydrate food item is essentially a sandwich with a filling of fried wheat noodles.[2]
Omura describes it succinctly as a "Japanese noodle bun."[3]
Behymer more loosely terms it a "spaghetti sandwich" and it has also been portrayed as
a Japanese stir-fried noodle sandwich.[4]
Moreover, scenes of young people eating this high-carb food in Japanese films such as "Hanataba mitaina koi o shita"
[花束みたいな恋をした, I fell in love like a bouquet] or "Shitsuren meshi" [失恋めし, Heartbreak on a Plate] further attest to its cultural ubiquity in Japan.[5][6]