Soba is a Japanese dish made from buckwheat noodles and processed with buckwheat flour.
There are two typical ways to eat soba: Kakesoba (hot soba noodles served in a bowl with dipping sauce) and Zarusoba (cold soba noodles served separately with dipping sauce, and eaten while dipping the noodles in the sauce).
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Seasoning and toppings
The main ingredients used to make the sauce for soba noodles are soy sauce, dried bonito flakes, kelp, and mirin(sweet sake), and the soup has a characteristic dashi broth aroma.
There are a variety of toppings for soba, such as tempura, duck, grated yam, tanuki (deep-fried tofu), green onions, and wakame seaweed.
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