Soba for lunch!

Dai took us to a soba place that is run by family friends of his and have owned this soba restaurant for four generations in a town that we have no idea of, but that is about 10 minutes from the top part of Togakushi Shrine. It was one of those traditional places where you sit on the low tables to eat. Soba is a buckwheat noodle that is designed to be both filling but light.

Dai explained the history of soba, the restaurant, deep dived into the menu for us, and explained the current regional and seasonal specialty soba. Luckily for us, two of the speciality soba were right up our alley: the pork soba with pork broth, and the smoked duck and caramelised spring onion soba with duck broth. Dai and I got the duck, and Michael got the pork. Michael also opted for a blueberry beer that was brewed locally.

Everything was divine... Except the mushrooms hahahaha. The flavours, the size, the texture of the noodles... So, so good. Michael even enjoyed the beer! And I drank all the buckwheat tea! Even the pickled veg was nice! So filling and delicious.Read more