the best soba i ever had was in a tiny little hut restaurant in the middle of a buckwheat field, along the side of the road on the way back from hakone to tokyo. the place was run by the tiniest grandma+grandpa couple. best. soba. evarrrr. (2nd place runner up is soba-ya in east village in ny).
buckwheat field. [soba is made from buckwheat]. on the right is the hut. this field went on for miles and miles.
family deciding to eat at the soba hut.
best. soba. ever. ever. ever. might not look for much, but this is a soba lover's dream. i got hot soba + yamakake (love). i also bought 7 boxes of buckwheat tea to take home. i should have bought 100.
while browsing my japan pictures, i re-fell in love with my trip. best. vacation. evarrrr. i shall share my nostalgia. (lily, i am very jealous that you will be in japan next year you have no idea. i might steal your identity in your sleep and take your place!!!)
here are a few photos of the best things i ever ate - so sad they are all in japan! i am so very hungry for real food right now. i ate unsatisfying food all day today and so now i'm full but not satisfied. i want sobaiwantsobaiwenrabawosbawtiaewkaljsfa;lksj.
best. ramen. ever. stumbled in while wandering around kyoto with a friend who also spoke no japanese. we took the lady outside the window to point to which ramen we wanted. i went to so many ramen places in ny and oc trying to find this taste again. search continues.
best. desserts. ever. toshi yoroizuka in roppongi. (these terrible photos do no justice to these deliciousness cakes). we waited 2 hours to get inside. thus we made the most of our wait and bought something like 30Yen worth of desserts.
....crepe from harajuku! japanese crepes > parisian crepes, i swear it. [i made the photo small so my enormous moon face doesnt fill up your webbrowser]
....fruit tea in hakone.
me and my mom went around the temple in our (real!!!) kimonos taking photos, until i almost fainted because i could not breathe. kimonos are not for fatties. i bet that's why japanese girls are railthin.
ok, so the last one isn't food, but the antithesis rather. i did not regret anything i ate in japan, even in the moments of being squished inside the kimono corset-like belt.
i said (to myself) i would stop posting humongo sized photos, but i am so hungry and the food looks so tasty....
gah, i could really go for a bowl of soba right now.
ive never eaten soba. i feel so deprived right now. :(.
ReplyDeletesobaya is soooooooooo gooooooooood
ReplyDeleteomg craving it.