Half of the week, I buy soup and rice at the soup shop, which is part of the cafeteria. I've been living like this for almost a year now, and since I go to the soup shop often, I'm very well aquainted with mama and a young man who runs the shop. When I went to buy lunch 2days ago for the first time this week, there was a sign by the counter. It was written, "Recommended Lunch! Mama's homemade Oden ¥380". There's no way, I'll miss that sign and so I asked mama what was in her Oden. But 2days ago, there was some other soup that I already wanted to eat, so I ordered something else. I was waiting for my take-out as usual. Then mama said to me, "Here's some of my Oden. Try it and tell me how you like it." She put some Oden in my take-out bag. I ate it and it was a very simply made but very good. The cold weather will still continue on, so this kind of menu is a happy news for us because it helps us warm up a bit.