soba

One of my favourite Japanese dishes is soba. I didn't know what they were until I came to Japan. How did I manage? They are buckwheat noodles. I have had them in stews in winter in villages in Nagano who claim to make the best soba in the country. My favourite way to enjoy them though is cold with a cold sauce mixed with wasabi. Yum! Even the supermarket variety will do. I just had some for dinner and here are some photos in case you can't visualize soba.










This is how you buy it in the supermarket. Open the little packets of sauce, wasabi, shredded seaweed and spring onion.










Empty the packets onto the soba. Mix it up and eat.