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Why you’ll love it

Cool, slurpable, and umami-packed — summer Zen in a bowl! 🍜

Ingredients

• 🍜 180 g dried soba noodles (buckwheat)
• 💧 1.5 L water (for boiling)
• 🧂 ½ tsp salt
• Dipping sauce (mentsuyu)
• 🍶 120 ml dashi
• 🍶 40 ml soy sauce glutensoy
• 🍯 40 ml mirin
• 🍚 1 tsp sugar
• Toppings
• 🧅 1 spring onion, finely chopped
• 🫚 1 tsp grated ginger or wasabi
• 🌿 1 tbsp nori (shredded seaweed)
• 🍋 Few drops yuzu or lemon (optional)

Preparation

• 1 Cook soba Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. Add noodles and cook according to package instructions (usually 4–5 min). Stir occasionally.
• 2 Rinse Drain immediately and rinse under cold running water to remove starch. Chill in ice water 2–3 min.
• 3 Sauce In a small saucepan, combine dashi, soy, mirin, and sugar. Bring just to a simmer; cool completely.
• 4 Serve Pile soba on a bamboo tray or plate. Sprinkle with nori and serve with chilled dipping sauce, onions, and ginger/wasabi on the side.

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