I am interested in naming a dish “sesame sawayaka udon” in a restaurant in
America, but am curious if this would sound silly to anyone who speaks
Japanese.

Does it make sense in Japanese to use sawayaka to describe food (in particular
udon) or the flavour of food?
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Sesame sawayaka udon
_Sawayaka_ makes sense as a term to describe a dish. It means "refreshing",
and so _sawayaka udon_ sounds like it should be a light _udon_ dish, for
example with cold _udon_ and cold broth (as often eaten on hot summer days),
maybe with fresh grated ginger, or with raw vegetables like tomato or
cucumber, or with other "fresh" flavours like citrus fruits (for example
_kabosu_ ), etc.

But even _sawayaka udon nabe_ could be possible for a warm (winter) dish,
where _sawayaka_ could refer to the "fresh" flavour of _yuzu_ , say.
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