Sunomono Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

MARINADE
1/2 cup rice vinegar (not seasoned)
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sake
1 dash soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon grated gingerroot
INGREDIENTS
1/4 lb shrimp (cooked)
1/4 lb crabmeat (or artificial crab)
1/2 cucumber, thinly sliced
250 g of thin rice noodles (harasume)
2 green onions, sliced on a sharp diagonal

Preparation

Mix all the marinade ingredients together and set aside.
Bring water to a boil and put in noodles, Stir noodles for 3-4 minutes until cooked . Drain the noodles in a colander and cool under running cold water, drain as much water off you can.
Mix cooked cooled noodles, green onions, cucumber, shrimp and crab meat in a bowl. Pour marinade over noodles. Mix well, cover and refrigerate allowing the flavors to combine (just an hour or two). Serve cold.