Japanese Udon Chain Apologizes for Serving Frog in Takeaway Bowl

▲Japanese netizens ate a whole frog at Marugame Noodles. (Picture/Twitter/@kaito09061)

Reporter Wang Peiyi / Compiled

The well-known Japanese udon chain brand “Marugame Seimen” recently launched a takeaway item “Marugame Shake Udon”. A customer tweeted on the 22nd that he found a frog at the bottom of the bowl after eating almost the whole bowl. It can be seen from the video that the green frogs are constantly “swimming” in the soup at the bottom of the bowl, very energetic. For this, Marugame Seimen urgently apologized on the official website on the 23rd.

Twitter netizen Kuidou (@kaito09061) wrote on Twitter on the 22nd, “I came here to eat the long-awaited udon noodles while on a business trip, but there were actually frogs.” The netizen pointed out that he didn’t find out until the end of the meal This “uninvited guest” reminds netizens to be careful before eating.

Grass with a lot of normally energetic frogs.

Marugame Seimen “ Shake Udon ” mixed with frog, head office acknowledges fact, apologizes, suspends sales of some products “ Strive to prevent recurrence ” pic.twitter.com/hFSE1WH1jg

— Samurai (@ZanEngineer) May 23, 2023

The “Marugame Shaking Udon” eaten by this netizen is a take-out limited product first launched by Marugame Seimen on May 16. It was loved by consumers as soon as it was launched. 200,000 bowls became a hot topic on social media. This udon noodle is similar to a salad. Lettuce, cold udon noodles and sauce are put together in a transparent container. Consumers can shake it vigorously before eating instead of stirring.

▲Currently related items have been discontinued. (Photo/Marugame Seimen)

From the photos and videos uploaded by netizens, it is clear that there is a green frog lying on the bottom of the bowl. As the netizens stir with chopsticks, the frog stretches out its front legs and swims in the soup.

Marugame Seimen apologized on the official website on the 23rd, and said that the incident happened on May 21. According to the investigation, the frog should not have been found when it was in the vegetable processing factory, and it was finally mixed into the food. At the same time, it also emphasized that inspections will be strengthened in the future to prevent similar incidents from happening again.

#shake udon

When I ate udon that I was worried about during my business trip

what frog

I ate after shaking and didn’t notice until the end

The shop reopened from that night after being closed for 3 hours, and is still selling salads and the same products.

be careful before eating pic.twitter.com/pjbxuLy9F6

— Kaito (@ kaito09061) May 22, 2023