2009/10/04
Soba (Japanese noodle)
How to eat Japanese noodle
When discussing traditional Japanese soba noodles, there is a cold type of soba that when it’s eaten is dipped into TSUYU source. Among these cold noodles, the one covered with NORI (laver) is called “ZARU soba,” and the one without NORI is called “MORI “soba. The way to eat these noodles is, pour some TSUYU source into a small cup (OCHOKO) and put the condiments (NEGI, law leek, and WASABI, Japanese horseradish) on top of the noodles little by little according to your preference. Then, pick-up the NEGI, WASABI, NORI and noodles all together with your chopsticks.
You should pick-up just enough so that you can eat the noodles all in one go. Dipping one third of the noodles into TSUYU and slurping them up all at once. It is not recommended that you eat large amounts of noodles all at one time. Avoid shoving them into your mouth or cutting them with your teeth before slurping. Don’t dip all of the noodles into TSUYO and there is no need to stir them in the cup. However, soba noodle slurping is no problem. When you have eaten all the noodles, if there is some TSUYU left, then, pour “SOBA-YU, the hot water that is used for soba noodle boiling” into a cup and drink it. You can also add NEGI and WASABI as you like, but please be careful not to use too much Japanese WASABI as it is very strong and spicy even in small amounts.
