{{lang|ja-Latn|'''Yakisoba'''}} ({{lang-langx|ja|焼きそば}}, {{IPAc-ja|ya|ki|'|so|ba}}), "{{translation|'fried noodle"'}}), is a Japanese noodle [[Stir frying|stir-fried]] dish. Usually, [[soba]] noodles are made from [[buckwheat]] flour, but soba in {{lang|ja-Latn|yakisoba}} are Chinese-style noodles ({{lang|ja-Latn|chuuka soba}}) made from [[wheat flour]], typically flavored with a condiment similar to [[Worcestershire sauce]]. The dish first appeared in food stalls in Japan around the 1930s.<ref name="Kanbayashi2020">{{Cite web|url=https://dancyu.jp/read/2020_00002808.html|date=18 January 2020|access-date=18 February 2022|website=dancyu|last=Kanbayashi<!--神林-->|first=Keiichi<!--桂一-->|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203142900/https://dancyu.jp/read/2020_00002808.html|archive-date=3 December 2021|url-status=live|publisher=President Inc.|language=ja|script-title=ja:浅草&焼きそば&元祖「オムマキ」 神林先生の浅草ランチ案内(11)|trans-title=Asakusa and ''yakisoba'' and omumaki – Mr. Kanbayashi's guide for lunch in Asakusa (11)|quote=''Sōsu yakisoba'' was thought to be invented in the post-WWII era, but recent studies indicate it appeared around the end of [[Taishō]] or early [[Shōwa (1926–1989)]] periods.}}
