100% no Kaori, Wassamu Yukiwari Soba
Source: Yellow
Translator Notes:
This long restaurant name, "100% no Kaori, Wassamu Yukiwari Soba," can be translated as 100% of the aroma, Wassamu snow splitting soba.
100% no Kaori, Wassamu Yukiwari Soba is located in a residential area in Chikabumi.
It is a shop where an elderly couple is working together.
The name of the store includes Wassamu, and since our reporter is a native of Wassamu she immediately felt close to this restaurant.
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The inside of the restaurant was relaxing and looked like the interior of a renovated home.
Our writer ordered soba, and as she was waiting, the waiter served her pumpkin dumplings.
As expected from a pumpkin production area!
It’s been a while since our writer didn’t eat some of these dumplings, their flavour felt nostalgic.
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By the way, at this shop, the owners do everything from soba cultivation to the noodle making.
100% buckwheat, 100% handmade.
Our writer is expecting a lot from this place !
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Our reporter ordered an oyako soba.
From Wikipedia:
Oyakodon literally "parent-and-child donburi", is a donburi, or Japanese rice bowl dish, in which chicken, egg, sliced scallion (or sometimes regular onions), and other ingredients are all simmered together in a kind of soup that is made with soy sauce and stock, and then served on top of a large bowl of rice. The name of the dish is a poetic reflection of the fact that both chicken and egg are used in the dish.
Here, our writer ordered a oyako soba. Thus, the rice will be replaced by soba.
It smelled really nice !
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The chicken is tender and the eggs are fluffy ♪
The broth itself and its aftertaste are refreshing.
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The soba was delicious, but the soba hot water was also delicious !
It's strange that soba water also has a different taste depending the store.
If you are into soba water, please try it out !
Translator notes: the soba water, also called soba-yu is the water in which the noodles were boiled.
■Information
Name: 100% no Kaori, Wassamu Yukiwari Soba
Address: Hokkaidō, Asahikawa-shi Chikabumi 25-chōme
Phone: 0166-85-6624
Business hours: 11:00 ~ 19:00 (the restaurant closes as soon as they are out of stock)
Regular holiday: Tuesday (open on public holidays, closed the next day)
Parking: Yes
Sumire
Source: Yellow
Located in Chuwa, Sumire has a cheerful staff.
A lively shop is great and brightens up the atmosphere !
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Our reporter ordered a "Tsukemen Tori"
This 100% buckwheat soba is actually made with a millstone, so our reporter was looking forward to eat it!
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It looks like regular soba, so our reporter tried to eat the soba without dipping it into the tsuyu.
Tsuyu= Dipping sauce or soup served with Japanese noodles.
These soba are chewy and elastic, our reporter’s favourite type of soba.
Generally, 100% buckwheat noodles have a sandy or rough image, but the 100% buckwheat noodles of Sumire are surprisingly smooth ! !
When our reporter asked the staff why the noodles here are so smooth, they said it was because they blended two types of buckwheat flour to create a smooth texture.
Restaurants like this are unusual and this is the first time our writer ate at a soba restaurant that makes their soba this way.
The soba noodles of Sumire are unique and can only be eat here !
Source: Yellow
A big portion of chicken was hidden in the soup!
The seasoning is well done and the umami (savoriness) spreads in your mouth each time you chew.
Oh and by the way, Taiyaki are also sold at Sumire
Our writer will surely come here again since he hasn't ate Sumire's taiyaki yet ♪
(Psst, there is a translated article about Sumire’s taiyaki if you’re interested)
Take it easy with some Japanese traditional sweets ♪ | asatan
https://asatan.com/articles/2482When you look for Japanese sweets at a cafe, you can't easily find them on the menu. But don’t worry, our reporter make thorough researches for us! Introducing a soba shop, a cafe in a residential area, and a newly opened coffee shop in a traditional street.
■Information
Name: Sumire
Address: Hokkaidō, Asahikawa-shi Chūwa 4-jō 4 - 4 - 9
Phone: 0166-73-7181
Business hours: 11:00-16:00
Regular holidays: Mondays and Tuesdays
Parking: Yes
Conclusion
We introduced you two restaurants where you can eat 100% soba in Asahikawa.
100% buckwheat soba noodles aren’t something you can eat in any soba restaurant. You can know in advance by doing some research but usually our writer get the surprise when he looks at the menu.
If you like soba noodle, please go there!
Translator notes: Since these soba noodles are fully made of buckwheat, they are USUALLY safe to eat for people who have gluten allergies. Check with the owner beforehand since everyone have their own way of making soba.
Translated from Yellow’s article.
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