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Seriously Asian: Soba

Buckwheat noodles, or soba, are a staple in Japanese cuisine. Chewy with a grainy texture, buckwheat noodles are eaten hot, cold, or at room temperature. The dough is made from a combination of wheat and buckwheat flour and can be found in a variety of thicknesses, in either a round or square shape.

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14 Comments | Posted by Chichi Wang, March 11, 2011 at 11:00 AM
Tagged: Asian, buckwheat, Japanese, noodles, Seriously Asian, soba

Inside the Soba Master's Studio

My favorite type of noodle is soba, a Japanese noodle primarily made of buckwheat flour commonly served chilled with its own dipping sauce. FX Cuisine's photo-laden account of making soba at Tsukiji Soba Academy illustrates the labor intensive process from mixing the flours to rolling the dough to precise thicknesses and—my favorite part—ultimately cutting the noodles from the mother dough with a gigantic cleaver. If you ever find yourself in Tokyo, visit Tsukiji Soba Academy to learn the ways of the sobatician. Here's a great video of the soba making process packed into less than three minutes:...

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2 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, July 6, 2007 at 3:59 PM
Tagged: Japan, noodles, soba