Sake - Koshi no Kagetora
Dashimaki omelette with scallions and grated daikon
Duck with leek
Vegetable tempura
Gomadare
Itasoba
Soba with onsen-boiled egg and perilla-wrapped chicken tempura
Vegetable tempura
Takikomi gohan
Itasoba Kaoriya is a popular (30 minute queues are not uncommon) soba-ya specializing in country-style soba praised for their flavour and fragrance.
Amidst the comfortably rustic interior, eager customers sit at crowded communal tables enjoying a range of side dishes, such as the fluffy dashimaki tamago or juicy yaki-kamo, while awaiting generous portions of flavoursome, al dente ‘itasoba’ buckwheat noodles.
Served in traditional wooden ‘itabako’ storage trays, the noodles come in one of two ways; regular or thick cut (we prefer the thicker cut for its chewier texture), with soba tsuyu (soy) or gomadare (sesame) dipping sauces, accompanied by assorted tempura and takikomi gohan.
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