In "I Am a Cat" (1905) by Soseki NATSUME, there is a passage where the posh free spirit Meitei who prided himself in being stylish boasted that udon was something a packhorse driver would eat.
夏目漱石の『吾輩は猫である』（1905年）でも、粋人を気取るハイカラ遊民・迷亭が「うどんは馬子の喰うもんだ」とうそぶく。