Yakisoba-pan

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.

[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.

In that era, the United States flooded Japanese markets with cheap flour products; by 1955, it was appearing in department stores in Tokyo and soon nationwide.

[7][8] Today, yakisoba-pan is widely sold in convenience stores and bakeries, not only in Japan but also in some overseas locations,[9][10] as well as school canteens.