Cold Udon with Golden Sesame Dipping Sauce

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups (300 ml) kombu and bonito dashi or your choice of dashi
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) mirin
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) usukuchi shoyu (light-colored soy sauce) or soy sauce
• 1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoons (100 ml) golden sesame paste
• 3 tablespoons Saikyo miso or other white sweet miso (can substitute with 1 tablespoon of regular miso)
• 3 tablespoons roasted golden sesame seeds, ground
• Green onion, thinly-sliced crosswise
• Finely grated ginger
• Shichimi togarashi
• Thinly-sliced shiso leaves
• Roasted and ground sesame seeds
• Mix seaweed
• Thinly-sliced blanched okra
• Fresh yuzu juice
• 2 servings (7 oz/ 200 g) dry udon noodles