Champon

Champon is a Japanese noodle dish and a Nagasaki specialty made by frying pork, seafood, and various vegetables in lard, then adding a chicken-pork bone soup and boiling the noodles in the combination. The dish is based on Chinese cooking and takes its inspiration from a dish originating from the Chinese province of Fujian. Its name, champon, comes from the Fujian word shapon, meaning to eat a meal. It was originally served in Nagasaki as an inexpensive, filling meal for the students of the city. The first version of the dish was a combination of pork and bamboo shoots, but eventually came to include ingredients such as squid, oysters, and shrimp.